Archive for May 2015

LED filament lamp teardown

An LED Filament light bulb is an electric light bulb which produces light with a LED that is shaped as a filament. Compared to other LED lights, LED Filament lights are omni-directional and have look similar to old fashioned light bulbs.  So how exactly those bulbs are built? Hackaday article [Mike] Illuminates us on LED

Razor-thin profits are cutting into newspapers’ chances at innovation

Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab: Newspaper companies will continue to struggle with digital innovation without better cashflow — Newsonomics: Razor-thin profits are cutting into newspapers’ chances at innovation Newsonomics: Razor-thin profits are cutting into newspapers’ chances at innovation http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/05/newsonomics-razor-thin-profits-are-cutting-into-newspapers-chances-at-innovation/ It’s taken lots of cuts to keep American newspaper companies even slightly profitable. But without better