Thomas Edison filed a patent for his electric lightbulb in 1879. Somehow we’re still tinkering with it. The latest leap forward: Tala’s new LED take on Edison-style lightbulbs—ubiquitous in ...

With most of the apparatus and instruments we now take for granted yet to be developed, the early pioneers of the Electric Age had to bring a lot to the lab besides electrical skills. Machining, ...

You can’t walk into a trendy restaurant these days without spotting them: vintage-looking LED light bulbs, with clear glass surrounding a glowing filament, styled after the bulbs first invented by ...

While most modern light bulbs barely last a year, this example is still shining on after an incredible 130 years. The bulb, dating from 1883, was clearly built to last with six internal filaments ...

Flip the switch on boring, bright white lighting with our pick of decorative filament light bulbs that’ll become the focal point of any room The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When ...

This is a list of the longest lasting incandescent light bulbs. Before the development of LED light bulbs, which have very long lifespans, incandescent bulbs that lasted more than a few years were ...

If you want to give your home a 90s vintage look, all you need to do is use one of the antique-style LED filament bulbs, but finding a good one can prove to be a headache. So here’s a list of some of ...

What was considered old technology, is new again. Researchers from MIT took a counterintuitive step in the search for energy efficient illumination: Instead of devising a new means of lighting our ...

How stylish are your light bulbs? More than a century after Thomas Edison created what would become the first practical electric light bulb, versions modeled after it are popping up in trendy ...

From Issue Five of Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Before electricity, interiors were illuminated by flame, with candles and gas lamps ...