According to The Verge, furniture giant and weekend maze to soft serve ice cream reward retailer, IKEA, will be transitioning to an all-LED lighting inventory by 2016. Citing environmental reasons for the transition away from incandescents and even energy efficient CFLs, IKEA is betting LED lighting technology will scale up in performance (20 years life) with prices dropping down (their 3.5 watt/150 lumen LEDARE is currently $9.99, still pricey). Tell us what you think below... More

We love the designer CFL bulbs from Hulga — we first reported on them back in 2007, when the sculptural bulbs were just a concept — and now, they've introduced a new member to their family. Meet Baby Plumen 001. More

We've analyzed the pros and cons of having tech in your bedroom. If you were one of the people who advocated having as much tech as you want, here are three awesome devices that will make any bedroom more efficient, and a bit cooler too. More

Green, green, green… that's all we seem to hear about new products and new ideas. With compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL), we're told they last longer and use less energy. But there's more to it than just saying something is more energy efficient. Here, we break down the truth about CFLs and explain what's good, bad, and downright scary. More

I love, love, love Edison bulbs. Even though most of our apartment is mostly illuminated by a combination of energy efficient CFL and LED bulbs, I've left two occasional lights with the moody orange hint of illumination only an Edison bulb can offer. Or so I thought, until I saw this LED light bulb with an old fashioned glow... More

Insteon Networked Dimmable Light Bulb
• $29.99
• Insteon

Everything else seems accessible/controllable from your smartphone these days, so why not individual light bulbs? The Insteon LED uses only a fraction of an incandescent bulb at just 8W and rated for 52,000 hours of use, which is nice and dandy in the energy efficiency department. But the Insteon LED also includes the ability to turn on/off or dim from both a remote control switch or directly from an Android, iPad, or iPhone when partnered with a SmartLinc Hub (extra, of course), its true stand-out feature. Multiple bulbs can be controlled all at once wirelessly for lights out with one swipe. See it in action below. More

Serenity Star
• $89.95
• Aden + Anais

When Aden + Anais, best known for their muslim swaddling blankets, unveiled the Serenity Star at the ABC Kids show last fall I thought it was an unexpected next step for the company. But it's a clever product combining several functions into one item: nightlight, sound machine, room temp. indicator, clock and feeding diary.You can either plug it in or use batteries for moving from room to room during the night.

It's fairly easy to remember the lower the color temperature, the dimmer the light source. So for example, a candle hovers around 1000K while a clear sky day is rated at 10,000K. But when it comes to both photography and choosing a lightbulb, determining the ideal color temperatures can be all too easy to forget. The infographic illustrates clearly where everything falls, and also a helpful side chart for photographic presets to improve your next snapshot... More

Specialty: Products by art and design students
Price Range: ($$) Mid-Range to ($$$) High-End

Art and design students often create some of the most inventive product designs around. The only problem is that it can be difficult for those students to get their products into the hands of consumers. New e-commerce site Vespoe is solving that problem. More

The light bulb landscape is rapidly evolving: incandescents are on the decline, compact fluorescents have become increasingly standard, and LED bulbs are becoming more affordable. The options one faces when replacing a bulb can be overwhelming. Recently, Marco Arment (creator of Instapaper and cofounder of Tumblr) performed a thorough and detailed test of some of the top LED light bulbs available. More