{"id":27686,"date":"2014-11-20T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T18:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=27686"},"modified":"2014-11-21T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T19:14:25","slug":"hot-read-the-life-and-times-of-the-led-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/27686-hot-read-the-life-and-times-of-the-led-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Read: The Life and Times of the LED Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18081\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/nugreen_gall2.jpg\" alt=\"nugreen_gall2\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" \/>CNET recently kicked off a cool series called &#8220;Appliance Science&#8221; that\u2019s all about the science and tech behind, you guessed it, home appliances.<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of Appliance Science is focused on the physics of efficient and reliable LED lights. 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