Flat bulb

Remember when you saw the first eco-compact fluorescent lightbulb with it's unusual bending tubes, how different it seemed to our pear shaped incandescent bulbs?  Well here is another great re-thinking of the current light bulb! Joonhuyn Kim has slimmed the sides of the pear-shaped light bulb to create this sliced version which saves space in packaging, making it more portable, less fragile and stackable. I'm not sure how feasible this is - there must be an engineer geek out there who can explain the reasons why the round bulb is the way it it, or has no one simply thought to rethink the original shape? Still, nice to challenge everyday objects.

(via Dornob)

Comments

Tim said…
The flat shape would create an uneven distribution of light due to refraction (the way the light changes inside the glass). The flat side creates many more angles of incidence (the angle the light hits the glass) and the thickness at the corners would cause visibly light and dark areas.
Tim said…
The flat shape would create an uneven distribution of light due to refraction (the way the light changes inside the glass). The flat side creates many more angles of incidence (the angle the light hits the glass) and the thickness at the corners would cause visibly light and dark areas.

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