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Researchers Create New Cheap, Shatterproof, Plastic Light Bulbs

Posted by samzenpus on from the light-up-your-life dept.

hattig writes "US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new light source is called field-induced polymer electroluminescent (Fipel) technology. It is made from three layers of white-emitting polymer that contain a small volume of nanomaterials that glow when electric current is passed through them. The developer is promising cheap, hard-to-break, mercury-free, highly efficient bulbs from 2013."

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  1. Re:Cheap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Capitalist: Noun

    1) I ignore my advantages and some luck I've had and claim I earned it 100%.

    There, fixed that for you.