Light & LEDs
September 25, 2024 • EPISODE 232
Explore the quest for the perfect filament that led to the invention of the first long-lasting lightbulb. Discover the remarkable mentoring legacy passed down from Edison to Lear to Billings. Plus, learn how modern LEDs work and why they’ve become the most efficient lighting technology available today.
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This episode was really interesting and I love how they add stories and jokes to make the videos more fun to watch.
I have LED lights in my room.
when did they start switching over to LED over traditional lightbulbs
I just love the concept of light and energy
My mom says she loves led light bulbs
I use LED lights.
led lights are cool
I have leds as well, they are great! Good video.
i have all ways wondered how the old styled lightbulb worked
That’s amazing how the creator of acellus is connected to some great people, and providing us with great information and fun classes.
I have LED lights in my room! Its such a creative and well thought design.
I learned inside a light bulb there is a filament that makes the light bulb glow.
Are LED bulbs the biggest improvement of the last ten years?
would a light bulb work without a control chip?
awsome
LED Lights are so cool i actually have them in my room!! I would love to learn how they work the way they do!
R.51 we love you!!! I love how Dr. Tobias is so funny. He always makes me laugh😄. I liked his story on Thomas Edison.
Pizza is key!
pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
How do led lights change color?
LED lights do save energy.
We have come a long way since the days of Edison.
the random chicken in the beginning made me crack up
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LED lights are so fun and cool!
Using plants to power light bulbs. I didn’t know this could be possible.
i like how bright leds are and how efficient they are is surprising
I really liked the pizza story
pizza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait so what is blue light considered??🔵
2 moons?👌😁( •̀ ω •́ )✧
And, Michael Faraday invented electric generators.
R-51 is the best! The videos make learning so much fun! I learned a lot about LED lights and had a lot of laughs. Thanks!
WOW THIS SO COOL AND IT IS FUNNY I LOVE THE PIZZA STORY IT WAS SO FUNNY THAT I WAS LAUGHING MY LUNGS OUT 💀💀💀😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I LOVE LEARNING ABOUT THOMAS EDISON HE MADE LIGHT BULB AND ITS SO COOL I WONDER WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME AND ROGER BILLINGS IS FUNNY TOO AND ALSO ITS SO COOL THAT HE IS THOMAS EDSIONS STUDENT’S STUDENT AND I WONDER WHAT HE WAS TAUGHT AND I ALSO LOVE THE LED LIGHTS THEYRE SO COOL AND THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS LIKE CHANGE COLORS I THINK ITS SO NICE TO HAVE LIGHTS SO WE CAN SEE IN THE DARK OR FOR WHAT EVER WE NEED AND AI IS SO COOL THEY CAN MAKE PICTURES 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 MAN THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE I HAVE EVER WATCHED IN MY WHOLE LIFE LIKE I JUST FIND ANY THING BETTER THAN THIS VIDEO I WATCH ONE EPISODE EVERY DAY SO I CAN LEARN I CAN BE SMART AND I CAN MAKE VIDEOS LIKE THESE TOO.😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
Episode was really really good I enjoyed watching it.
We switched all of our bulbs to led to save money.
I think it’s pretty crazy that with all of the ai now that they have not figured out how to create a never ending light source.
Wow, I love LED light because we use them every day every night Thomas You light up my life
light bulbs are a very interesting thing to study up on!
loved this!
technology has advanced so much
how is it possible to change colors so quickly?
I had no idea that lightbulbs used bamboo fibres! That is AWESOME!
Wow, I enjoyed this video
Are Led lights bad for pets?
Light is so important to our world. New technologies are so cool.
Why is led so bright?
I have LEDs in my room, such an amazing invention.
I always wondered how LEDs worked.
I love LEDS but they are bad for your eyes
LED lights Are Very cool LIGHT Bulbs are so Amazing
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Light is important because it helps us see in the dark.
How do we harness the power of LEDs and how do they change colors?
Wonderful! I love R-51 😀
LED’s are bad for the human eye. I wonder if it is bad for animals too. I bet it is.
That ChatGPT story about R-51 was a riot!!! That story had me laughing till my lungs started hurting😂😂😂. Such wonderful entertainment.
We use LED lights in our house
I enjoyed learning about light and led lights and how technology has changed over time.
I Like LED lights THEY are so Amazing LED lights Are the Best
I did my 5th-grade research project on this! I absolutely love this topic and you explained it so well!
it’s so cool seeing how technology has advanced
I love learning about how light bulbs work! great video!
Will these new incandescent light bulbs being tested by MIT, produce heat, that if you touch is it hot?
i dot a led lightbulb in my room and i have led light strips
LED is cooler and last longer than the Incandescent is interesting/
We have LED lights in our home
I really enjoyed learning about how lightbulbs work and the pizza story was very entertaining. Thank you!
The light bulb! Thomas Edison!
I Like science project so much fun
How are different color LED bulbs made?
Yeah the light bulb 💡 is a good one
LED light are so cool
what adres so i can send r-51 led’s (i has alot) (lolim jk but i would)
Yeah the light bulb 💡 is a good one !!
The Ventionair videos are always so funny and intriguing!
very interesting how technology has changed!
This video is really cool.
I like this lesson a lot I never knew Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
This was very interesting
amazing
Why are people so resistant to using new technology and ideas when they first come out?
Are there places that mandate use of LED rather than regular light bulbs because of the energy savings?
This was a good lesson. I like the pizza story.
This video is really cool.
I liked learning about how light bulbs work.
It was fascinating to learn about Thomas Edison and the process of creating a light bulb. I knew he invented a light bulb but I had no idea he created system for light bulbs. Thank you for this awesome class!
Wow! this lesson was super intriguing and very cool!
I like the sounds and music and the introduction
Why do LED lights not last 10 years if we know what the problem is? Do we not know how to fix it?
Why is LED so much brighter?
Isn’t LED light bad for your eyes?
Loved this episode!
It is interesting to watch how much technology has changed
I think it is cool how far we have come from when lightbulbs and even leds were first invented
Wish I could make those LED.
So jealous.😇
I didn’t know that there is 6,000 plants.
Let’s all pray for the well being of the east coast kids who are gonna suffer from hurricane Milton
I never new that Thomas Edison tried to power light bullbs by using plants.
wow this is good
I love it!
Awsome
So cool😄😃
im not sure if you have but you should definitely write a book because I believe you have a lot of great information that could benefit this country if not this world
I thought it was amazing! I did not know it was so cool!
Wow, who knew that ChatGPT could be that funny lol
PIZZA!!! i love the story so fun and great.
I liked the story about r51 making the best pizza.
Area51 is so fun and silly. And so are you Mr.roger billing
I kind of take light for granted, but its very cool to learn how it works!
I vote that the second moon be named tuna. I wonder if I can see the new moon through my telescope. I also like the story near the end of the video.
This is so cool. I learned so much about the light bulb.
How long did it take for Thomas Edison to make the final design of the lightbulb.
How cool!
I like the Fresh Air Canister
What is the process of carbonization use on the bamboo? What was the procedure?
Why did they not think of the light bulb before. How did they make the light work.
Who had the first idea for a lightbulb? Do we know of ways that might be more efficient/effective to light our homes and businesses besides lightbulbs? Could another solution to lighting our homes ever take the place of lightbulbs?
This was an amazing episode!
pizza for world peace
LED lights are so cool i love that they change colors and i have some in my room
the story was so funny.
When does the asteroid leave Earth? What is the date?
Its cool that you can make light.
These videos helped me to understand lots of things!
leds are very bright
How do LED light change colors?
Watching how light bulbs work was awesome!
I’m starting to learn so much more about led lights!
how does a photon accelerate to light speed so quickly
Is light a partical or a wave?