LED's can also operate on a dimmer without having to jump through any extra hoops (yes, there are dimmable fluorescents, but they suck).

Awesome!

I'm from Indiana, so way to represent the Crossroads of America, Purdue! For reals.

My partner is a materials science and engineering prof, so this is cool to *both* of us.

The color spectrum of white LEDs still suck relative to tungsten (traditional) bulbs--far too cold for most people's taste.

But, most of the spiffy lighting effects on the 787 are courtesy of LEDs, so who knows.

Balt-O-Matt:
Purdue is pretty sweet, as are Material science engineers. God bless and keep them both.

But from Purdue?  Crap; now I'll never get anyone to spell my name right.

What kind of cretin hates moonlight?

I give you, alphabetically: Birch Bayh, Hoagy Carmichael, James Dean, Eugene Debs, Theodore Dreiser, Florence Henderson, Alfred Kinsey, Sean Kemp (wasn't he a Sonic?), David Letterman, Carole Lombard, John Mellencamp, Cole Porter, Knute Rockne and Kurt Vonnegut.

There are many many others. Before you besmirch an entire state (even one so seemingly backwards as mine), please check wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana#Famous_Hoosiers

Granted, we can't lay claim to Dan Savage, Eddie Vedder, or seemingly, most of the staff of The Stranger, but neither can Washington.

. . .and don't forget the Indy 500. . .the greatest spectacle in racing!

Hopefully Evan will be Obama's VP too!

However, as a graduate of Indiana University, I can assure you these Purdue lightbulbs will smell like cow ass when they are left on too long.

Carry on.

Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash,
From the fields there comes the breath of newmown hay.
Through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming,
On the banks of the Wabash, far away.

Love it or hate it, it is now clear that the Purdue team's goal was to replicate moonlight everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if the bulbs smelled like newmown hay if you left them on for a while.