One comment from the Slashdot thread - perhaps of interest to Jed
Rothwell,
"I have one [Fluorescent light Bulb which stays lit] in my
bedroom here in Japan for the last four years."
"I t is a ring florescent tube that glows like a night light after
the light goes out. The light is made by NEC and is called
Hotarukku (a play on the word hotaru, which is Japanese for
firefly).
It seems they launched the product in March 2000.
http://www.nelt.co.jp/navi/la_shg/fre_shg.htm
[nelt.co.jp] gives specs and has some pics showing the room lit
with the light on and off.
Needless to say.... another "bright idea" from Japan... (both
corny and plagiarized)
Jones
BTW the active material appears to be **strontium** .... this has
potential implicatations for both the experiments of Harvey Norris
and BLP.
