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...object he's holding is a table lamp. It's just one of 50-plus lighting fixtures (luminaries, in the industry jargon) in a new range based on the latest in digital light-emitting diode (LED) technology, which can produce a warm, white light that comes close to rivaling halogen lamps but uses only a fraction of the electricity. And, unlike traditional bulbs, there's no need to stock up on spares: Philips estimates the new lights will have a 20-year life...
...graduate student who was performing the experiment, Tsing-Hua Her, noticed immediately that something was amiss when he combined the silicon with halogen gas: the silicon had turned black, but the material couldn’t have been burned, since there was no oxygen present in the chamber. Under the microscope, Her and Mazur saw, the surface of the wafers displayed a forest of tiny spikes...
...year, making our country 520 gal. (2,000 L) of gas more dependent on foreign suppliers. The thermostat in our 2,200-sq.-ft. (200 sq m) house is set at 70°F (21°C). It takes 6,960 kW-h a year to power our computers, halogen lights and plasma TV. My child went through an industry-calculated average of 4.4 diapers a day for 34 months, which amounts to 4,488 soiled Huggies in some landfill. So far this year, I have traveled 34,574 miles (or 55,636 km, which sounds a lot worse) by air. According...
...public areas, you have doubtless suffered their like in worshipful TV travel shows and weekend glossies. Chili mojitos are served in a bar that resembles a pharmacy, and is called something like Dose. In the restaurant-invariably named after a once exotic herb, say Lemongrass-halogen lamps spotlight rarified stacks of food, borne on asymmetrical plates. The spa (known simply, perhaps, as The Spa) is expensive, padded and white, as if catering to the insane. None of these things are necessarily bad in themselves. But design-led hotels were supposed to free us from homogeneity. Instead, behind individual...
...CHANDELIERS From the more traditional Murano glass to the completely funky wineglass cluster version, above, chandeliers are suddenly everywhere, adding romance and whimsy to private homes and public spaces. One of the most innovative takes on this classic home staple is Foscarini's halogen Caboche...