GiiNii International will launch the new Audio Bulb in October 2011. The Audio Bulb is a combination of an energy-efficient LED light and a wireless speaker, allowing users to play music from iPods, iPhones and auxiliary input sources throughout their homes or offices sans wires. This eco-friendly lamp fits into any standard lamp socket and consumes only 5W of power to produce light that is equivalent to a 60W incandescent bulb. The GiiNii Audio Bulb is priced at an MSRP of $299.99. Each Audio Bulb package consists of two LED bulbs, a standalone base unit, a remote control, an auxiliary-in cable and a power cord. Watch the video after the jump. Read more
GE Lighting will release the unique hybrid halogen-CFL light bulb in 2011. This incandescent-shaped light bulb combines the instant brightness of halogen technology with the energy efficiency and longer rated life of compact fluorescent (CFL) technology. The halogen capsule inside GE’s new hybrid halogen-CFL bulb comes on instantly, allowing the bulb to operate noticeably brighter in less than a half a second. The capsule shuts off once the CFL comes to full brightness. GE Lighting’s hybrid halogen-CFL bulbs will be RoHS compliant and offer eight times the life of incandescent bulbs (8,000 hours vs. 1,000 hours). First to launch will be 15-watt and 20-watt hybrid halogen-CFL bulbs that are considered viable replacements for 60-watt and 75-watt incandescent bulbs, respectively. Stay tuned for more updates. [Press Release]
General Electric has recently introduced the 9-watt Energy Smart LED bulb, which is a replacement for the ordinary 40-watt bulbs. The new LED bulb will last for up to 17 years (4 hours per day), which is 25 times longer than a general service 40-watt incandescent or halogen bulb and more than 3 times longer than a standard 8,000-hour rated life CFL. The LED bulb is also environmentally friendly since it doesn’t hold any mercury. General Electric will release the Energy Smart LED bulb later this year or early 2011 for between $40 to $50 each. [Press Release]
The Play Coalition team has creatively designed the Martyr nightlight. It is actually the small lamp that is designed to look like a person who is trying to unplug himself from the socket. What an interesting design is it? See more pictures in the gallery below. [The Play Coalition Team]
This Motion detecting light bulb is the new and revolutionary light bulb that turns on automatically when you enter the room and turns off automatically when you leave. Built into the tip of the bulb is a small motion detector. The detector is only active if there isn’t enough ambient light (you can control this) and activates the bulb when it detects ‘temperature changes’. Once you leave its 25 foot-detecting-radius the bulb turns off within 10 seconds to 5 minutes, it just depends on your preference. Available now for $19. [GadgetReview]
