Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series that examines the lessons behind the most disruptive products in history through the lens of design. Few products in recent history have been as ...

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 ...

The right glow can transform even the smallest of spaces.

Smart bulbs can really up the atmosphere in your home, not to mention make your life easier (who doesn’t love being able to just ask Alexa to turn on your lights?). But despite their plethora of cool ...

Since the earliest versions of indoor LED light bulbs were developed, their designers have faced a variety of technical challenges. These include AC-to-DC power conversion, thermal design/heat-sinking ...

Maxim applications engineer and eFlea aficionado Eric Schlaepfer sent me a link to some pictures of a 1000-watt light bulb I gave him at the last Electronics Flea Market. Of course, he fired it up, ...

[electronupdate] has done a lot of LED light bulb teardowns over the years, witnessing a drive towards ever-cheaper and ever-simpler implementations, and suspects that LED light bulb design has ...