Welcome back to the Discount Lights & Knives featured blog series, Surprising LED Uses! This month we are taking a nose dive right into the ocean and learning how the United States Navy is about to launch a massive overhaul of their entire lighting system – and all because of one employee’s complaint!

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NBC Nightly News recently reported on the government-mandated phase out of traditional incandescent bulbs. This report focused on incandescent being replaced by compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs), a move many people are not quite happy with. What was interesting about the report was that LED light bulbs – the world’s most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly type of bulb – was conspicuously absent from the report.

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Welcome back to the Discount Lights & Knives original blog series, Surprising LED Uses. This month we’ll be taking a look at the iGloLEDset, a custom car lighting set produced by New Zealand-based MEA Mobile.

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Researchers in the Netherlands have used red and blue LED lights in an attempt to more efficiently produce beans, corn, strawberries, and tomatoes.

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This past week, Cree announced that it had developed an LED alternative to the popular 60-watt incandescent bulb found in many homes across the globe.

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