Silicon Valley's Luxim Corporation has developed a solid-state plasma light bulb called Luxim LIFI™. It is the size of a Tic Tac and gives off as much light as a streetlight. Because it doesn't use electrical connections, more of the energy goes to light, rather than heat.

Yet the plasma does get very hot, 6000 degrees Kelvin -- as hot as the surface of the sun -- which is why the spectrum of wavelengths it emits is very similar to sunlight, according to CEO, Tony McGettigan.

The company, which (as of March 2008) has received around $40 million in VC funds, was founded in the year 2000 to develop breakthrough designs in energy efficient, long-life, lighting technology. The LIFI 8000 is their cutting-edge product.

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