The Planilum light emitting glass is truly a device of wonder, taking up to 6 years to develop by Saazs and Saint-Gobain Innovations. The driving force behind this idea is to replace lamps and dedicated lighting fixtures by integrated these panels in order to use as illumination sources, doing away with the need to actually buy light fixtures. Planilum measures a mere 0.8″ thin and is made up of 4 layers of special glass, a rare gas and serigraphed phosphors. It comes with a rating of approximately 50,000 hours of use, which translates to approximately 20 years of average use. When they die, they are 90% recyclable so you don’t have to worry about adding more burden to the environment. It isn’t available for sale yet, but hopefully when it gets there, it wouldn’t hit bank accounts too hard.
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