More than a century after their invention, tungsten filaments—the coiled metal wires at the heart of many incandescent light bulbs—continue to be popular. This is despite the growing market for LED ...

The SaVi SHO floodlight can deliver up to 16 million programmable colors (as well as various shades of white) at up to 1,400 lm for an output that not only rivals tungsten or halogen emitters, but ...

Upgrading your headlights is one of the easiest, cheapest, and simplest mods. It’s often the first mod of any prospective car modder, or it could be just time to swap out some old bulbs. Either way, ...

Each of the three basic types of light sources — incandescent, fluorescent, and HID — has its own particular applications and advantages. The proper selection of a lamp type will ultimately depend on ...

Philips Lighting claims to produce “a light spectrum nearly identical to halogen” from what it calls its ‘ExpertColor’ technology. “Master LED ExpertColor GU10 and MR16 enable customers to create a ...

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and some light-emitting diodes (LEDs) present a much greater non-linear load on the distribution system compared to incandescent lights. As the less energy-efficient ...

A look at what filtering it takes to adequately match a variety of film lights to tungsten or daylight. The lighting filters used in this piece are all from Lee Filters' Master Location Pack. For this ...

This month, let’s take a deeper look at one of the most ubiquitous forms of illumination in our world: tungsten or incandescent bulbs. Incandescent means light from heat, which also includes the light ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Reliably generating light with the limited resources at a car’s disposal was a problem for early automotive engineers. Tungsten filaments, similar to the kind found in household incandescent light ...

When driving off-road at night or even down rural roads, it becomes very apparent that the factory headlights and fog lights leave a lot to be desired, even with the high beams on. In the past, ...