Light 2.0 | The EarthLED Blog — edison style

Up until now, LED bulbs have looked fairly unconventional. This is primarily due to the use of flat chip based LEDs that have provided very little in the way of design flexibility. Some manufacturers such as CREE have developed unique filament tower technology to arrange chip based LEDs vertically inside a bulb to mimic a traditional light pattern but the external appearance of the bulb still looks fairly foreign to anyone used to a traditional incandescent bulb. Above: CREE's LED Filament Tower Design This has left a key part of the market neglected by LEDs, namely fixtures and applications requiring a...