New Light Bulb

Reported January 2006

PHILADELPHIA (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There are many things that go along with aging; poor eyesight is one of them. If you squint and strain your eyes to see small print, a new bulb may help you see things in a better light.

Doris Steinberg is thankful she doesn't need to read music to play it. She is 88 years old and her eyes aren't what they used to be. "You have to begin to expect things to change when you get older," Doris says.

Aging eyes are to blame for many vision problems, but now, engineers are shining a light on poor eyesight with a new, one-of-a-kind light bulb, called EyeSaver. Barton Pasternak, Executive Vice President of Westinghouse Lighting Corporation in Philadelphia, says: "The real difference between EyeSaver and other light bulbs is that the light is not lost. The light is all used exactly where your eyes require it."

The new bulb, created with a team of NASA engineers, has a unique chrome cap that doesn't allow light to escape up, which means more light is directed down to the surface -- providing 40-percent more illumination.

Barton says, "The difference is so noticeable that the average user thinks that their glasses are cleaner or their eyes are suddenly shaper. It's simply because their eyes are absorbing so much more light."

The new bulb also reduces glare, lasts twice as long as a standard bulb, and is lighting up Doris's life. "The better the lighting the better the reading," she says.

The bulbs are available through select distributors and retail outlets and cost between $8 and $10. The bulbs cost more than a standard bulb, but the new bulb lasts twice as long.

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