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Lighting prize announced

by Gene on Jun. 04th, 2008

The US Department of Energy has created a competition, called the L Prize, for designing new, high-efficiency lighting to replace the common light bulb. The competition will award up to $20 million in prizes.

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<em>bert123</em>'s picture
bert123 says:

how come the department of energy cant think of their own idea on how to get a new light bulb? instead of paying for someone elses idea.
IBI Call it what you want IBI

posted on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 2:06pm
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Gene says:

The Dept. of Energy is a political office that sets and enforces policy. It is not a research lab. They do fund research labs and projects.

posted on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 4:28pm
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Batsquid says:

We should develop better energy models across the US

posted on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 5:04pm

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