I recently moved into a new apartment, and as I toiled away, hour after hour… organizing hundreds and hundreds of boxes, my mind started to drift off. At first I was thinking about how much I enjoy a fine women’s posterior, and then my mind started to drift back towards more utilitarian thoughts… such as lightbulbs.
Illuminating my organizational adventure was a set of two hideous old CFL bulbs, casting a sickly yellow light on my handsome face. It was unacceptable, and so I started researching new fangled LED bulbs. What I discovered is that most of them are rather crappy. They’ve got low luminosity (around 400 for a 60watt equivalent) and they run in the 2500k spectrum, which is no where near that of sunlight. So what’s a man to do? Well, there is one option…
NanoLight Shines Bright
I have an ongoing and slightly frightening hardon for all things Kickstarter, and one morning – much to my surprise – I found a brand new listing for a product called NanoLight. If I had to sum it up I would say that it’s an ultra efficient LED bulb that looks a bit like something out of Deus Ex: Human Revolution. It’s brighter than any LED bulb on the market, and even better, it uses less power. Oh yeah, and the light appearance is 4000k, which is much closer to than of natural sunlight. Nice!
Now, unfortunately the bulb isn’t available until March 2013, but… but… you can go ahead and Kickstart it right away to make sure that you get one the moment it’s available. I’m guessing that after their Kickstarter campaign ends, they’ll bump up the price. At least, that’s what most people do. Right now a single 75w bulb works out to around $30 USD. If you’ve had a look at LED bulb prices recently, well… I think you’ll agree that it’s a decent price.
