TIME Best Inventions 2006

More Categories:
Best Inventions for:

Transportation

The Home

Meals and Cooking

Clothing

Toys

Medicine

Safety

The Military

Using Light

previous | next

LOREFFREY FOR TIME

BRIGHT IDEAS

E-MAIL

It's a Wrap
CeeLite's paper-thin, flexible lightbulbs can go virtually anywhere: around a pillar, on the floor, even around Chad Smith's drum set during the Red Hot Chili Peppers' recent appearance on Saturday Night Live. The light-emitting capacitors (LECs) are essentially 1-mm-thick sheets of plastic. Inside is a layer of phosphor that when hit with an alternating current, shines bright white (not bluish like other electroluminescent light). The LECs illuminate surfaces evenly but can also be programmed to dim, fade or flash on contact.

Inventor: CeeLite
Availability: Now
To learn more, visit ceelite.com

BEST INVENTIONS 2006