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light bulb

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An LED bulb uses about a sixth of the energy of an old filament bulb.

First appeared1879 (147 yrs ago)
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An LED bulb uses about a sixth of the energy of an old filament bulb.

From the big bang to light bulb

The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.

big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hehelium13.8 bn yrs ago
CO2 laser1964
copper wiredate unknown
light bulb1879