GE Brings LEDs Closer to the Mainstream With 40-Watt Household Bulb

LEDs are slowly creeping into the mainstream despite their high price tags. Lemnis Lighting recently unveiled the first household dimmable LED bulb, Digital Lumens offered up its system of networked LED lights, and companies like Philips, Panasonic, and Toshiba have rolled out LEDs of their own. But perhaps the biggest evidence of the LED's growing popularity is that GE, the inventor of the first visible light-emitting diode, has debuted a household LED bulb of its own.

GE's Energy Smart LED...