• It was the kind of lightbulb moment that seemed to give Pittsburgh a welcome energy boost.

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  • It weighs 45 pounds or so and takes 100 watts, a lightbulb-size power draw.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The firm makes kits, which consists of a battery, an LED lightbulb and a small solar panel.

    BBC: TEDGlobal 2011: Simple tech aids developing world

  • In 1993 Home Depot caught General Electric running down its lightbulb inventories, causing shortages at hundreds of stores.

    FORBES: Profit in a big orange box

  • The fact that so many aspects of de la Renta's business are being moved in-house facilitates such lightbulb moments.

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  • The pits get damp, especially during the monsoons, and after the daylight fades, weavers must rely on a single naked lightbulb.

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  • Over 150 years ago, when Edison turned on his first lightbulb, he had to compete against the burning of oil for light.

    FORBES: How to Light Africa Within a Decade

  • At first I thought it was a lightbulb going off as it didn't sound like a proper shotgun or like a rifle.

    BBC: Mumbai shootings: Eyewitnesses

  • The Reinventing Edison lightbulb kit (photo to right) is one such example (link below by Harris Educational, if you want to get one).

    FORBES: Kitmakers say Make It Yourself

  • Araujo changed over to organic farming in the late-1990s, but he had beenreading about biodynamics in a wine publication when another lightbulb went on.

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  • Flowing from this facility was the technological lifeblood of the twentieth century the first practical lightbulb, the microphone, the phonograph, the subway, and much more.

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  • How many teamsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

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  • Raytheon Chief Swanson tested it on himself he says it feels like touching a lightbulb and he periodically checks the spot on his hand where he got beamed.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The book is a behind-the-scenes look at Netscape -- from the lightbulb-over-the-head phase, through the tense all-nighter development phase, to initial public offering on Nasdaq and ultimate success.

    CNN: Netscape co-founder relives the Internet revolution

  • With his incandescent lightbulb he turned night into day.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Anderson wasn't coy about his quest: He put a lightbulb on the cover of the 1995 annual report, not because Panenergy was in the electricity business, but because he wanted it to be.

    FORBES: Trading Places

  • His roommate's four youngsters would visit for hours, creating a racket, while up to 20 hospital staff a day would come in the room to examine him, bring food or change a lightbulb.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But one day he had a lightbulb moment.

    BBC: TEDGlobal 2011: Simple tech aids developing world

  • After a while, a tiny lightbulb went on.

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  • They could even be charged by the lightbulb.

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  • Among other things this means that the PRO 48 doesn't have a restaurant fridge's heavy, fixed shelves or insatiable craving for energy--the company claims that it consumes less electricity in a year than a 100-watt lightbulb.

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  • In terms of infrared radiation exposure (excessive amounts of which can cause cataracts), getting zapped by one of these scanners is the equivalent of having a video camera pointed at you--or reading by a 40-watt lightbulb.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The newest Intel Pentium chip has such densely packed circuits that it consumes the same power as a 100-watt lightbulb with a filament burning as hot as 4, 500 degrees Fahrenheit--one you'd have to wear mittens to unscrew.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Combined-cycle gas turbines, which use hot exhaust gases from one turbine to generate steam to turn a second one, can transform 6, 800 Btu of gas into a kilowatt-hour of electricity, enough to light one lightbulb for ten hours.

    FORBES: Indigestion

  • He enjoys stripping down forms, emphasizing silhouette or material, as with the voluptuous Plump sofa (2008), a streamlined, space-age version of the classic Chesterfield, or Bulb (2011), an overscaled, energy-efficient lightbulb designed to challenge the aesthetics of most CFL (compact fluorescent lamp) replacements.

    WSJ: Tom Dixon Makes Things Better

  • Then a lightbulb went on.

    FORBES: The Oops Factor

  • The Tablet of London, a well-known English Catholic publication, recently published a series of jokes about various groups within the Catholic Church, and here's how the one on Opus Dei goes: How many members of Opus Dei does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

    NPR: A Glimpse Inside a Catholic 'Force': Opus Dei

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