Volcano Lightning

That’s right, mofo! Thunderstorms and volcanoes have teamed up, and they’re putting the mutha back into mother nature with a capital holy hell how did that happen?!?! What’s next, earthquakes and tidal waves? Oh, right.

When Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano began rumbling back to life in January, a team of researchers scrambled to set up a system called a Lightning Mapping Array that would be able to peer through the dust and gas of any eruption that occurred to the lightning storm happening within. Lightning is known to flash in the tumultuous clouds belched out during volcanic eruptions.

In light of this phenomena, I think that Alaska needs to change their state motto from “We’ve got eskimos and oil” to “Volcano Lightining, can I get a what-what?“. I’ll start ordering the rubber stamps with the new motto on them, you can work on changing the state bird to something awesome like the pterodactyl thunder strike or the chain lightning eagle whip. In 2009, Alaska turns this mutha out. Word.

Pterodactyl thunder strike! (volcano lightning) [ geekologie] via [live science]

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A Flat Light Bulb!

Check out this flat light bulb! The benefits of this design are many; they stack and ship easily, they won’t roll off of the table… they are 1/3 the size, meaning that they cost less to ship and package. So my question is- why keep the rounded bulb shape at all? Just make the sucker as small as possible while still retaining functionality!

source: Geekologie

Plasma Bulbs: The Future Of Lighting?

The current state of lighting is archaic at best. Even the oft heralded LED light can’t compare to the emerging technologies that exist today. A quick comparison reveals that the plasma bulb is far more efficient that our current options. Here’s how plasma compares to our current options:

Normal , old school Thomas Edison style light bulb: 15 lumens per watt

Newfangled, awesome LED Light: 70 lumens per watt

Uber futuristic, mega hot plasma light: 140 lumens per watt

Now, plasma light technology isn’t ready for the general public just yet… also, it burns a s hot as the sun, which could pose a problem if you live somewhere that gets warm…but on the plus side, it produces a natural, sun-like light.