I'm just going to put this out there; you must be REALLY ignorant of what the blue LED has done for optics, solid-state lasers, understanding the Auger effect, crop production under artificial lighting, photobiology, understanding the circadian rhythm, and a whole slew of other things if you think this isn't worthy of a Nobel.

This invention SERIOUSLY helped humanity along.

You must not know how to get organic search rankings.

Learn yourself some SEO.

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Sadly, they're way out of date with their math. We're hitting almost 50% with blue-based white LEDs right now.

If they're practicing soniluminescence, I'm sure they are, assuming they haven't killed the thing with high-energy sound waves!

300 lumens per watt for LED, versus a measly (typical) 50-ish for CFL and 100-ish for T5 flourescent.

And typical white LEDs right now are ~130 lumens per watt.

"LED savings over CFL bulbs is dubious"

Not with the math I just popped above.

I've got plenty of LED lights, consumer-grade, that have already hit 50Khours operation and are still going strong at 90% original light output.

Don't get shit power drivers.

And I bet that tube is BLACK on the ends. Probably won't re-start after you turn it off.

Yes, we do have true white LEDs. The problem is the efficiency isn't up there, and it's based on a new nano-material (I can't remember if it was selenium or tungsten-based.)

We've got remote phosphor tech that works great for producing green - otherwise Cree wouldn't be hitting 300+ lumens per watt (given the lumen is weighted at 550-555nm green)

Also, green light is great for plants. Don't let old science fool you. Why do you think an HPS lamp works so well despite about 80% of its visible light output being green and yellow?

I already have LEDs that run directly off AC, no power electronics required, persistent phosphor to kill flicker. Had it almost a full year, now.

Nobody wants to pick up the tech from me.

You are talking about an LED tech that's still being developed. There was an article on it just a couple months ago, in fact. It's got some viability to it but the efficiency is still rather low.

Since we've had much more success in the past year or so understanding the watercooler effect on LEDs, we've hit incredible efficiencies with current InGaN blue LEDs, to the point where we can make white LEDs with almost 50% efficiency (as noted by the 300 lm/w noted in TFS, which was hit by Cree at a correlated color temp of 5150K, 85C junction temp, 350mA forward current.)

Right now, thanks to that, development on the nano-tech LED stuff is really lagging behind.

If you can't see how this advances the science of physics (Auger effect is now fairly understood as a side effect of this) I can't help you.

PWM is NOT AC. Whatever makes you think that needs to be burned and destroyed.

" If and when you screw up existing stated design behavior, you have not created an "upgrade""

Really? So my dicking around with LEDs and discovering how to make them operate without a power driver at all isn't a fucking upgrade?

What shit world do you live in? I just cut complexity and parts costs down 98% and it still performs the exact function it is intended to perform. In what world is that not considered a fucking upgrade?

"On the other hand, as a modern (japanese) equivalent of Space Quest,"

Nope. SD is pretty much Cowboy BeBop with Excel Saga mixed in.

"I am an electronics technician and have been one since 1964 and I've never heard of that nomenclature.

It's 2.2 K, and 1.5 M."

WRONG! Example, Ceramic caps. SMD resistors (because they don't have a color code discernible on a 2mm x 1m package.)

You're saying you've never used a single ceramic cap or SMD resistor, EVER?

I think it more likely you're lying your ass off given your UID.