Times Square ball goes green

[Dark Knight]

The Times Square New Year's Eve ball is celebrating its centennial by going green.

The star of the world-famous holiday extravaganza was revamped this year with 9,576 energy-efficient bulbs that use about the same amount of electricity as 10 toasters.

Philips Lighting, which created the light-emitting diodes, or LED bulbs, specifically for the event, says they are smaller but more than twice as bright as last year's lights, which were a mix of more than 600 incandescent and halogen bulbs. And the new lights can create more than 16 million colors for a kaleidoscope of hues against the 672 Waterford Crystal triangles.

Picture of the ball and the rest of the story at link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071230/ap_on_re_us/ball_drop_test;_ylt=AjZH.OievYWuUqBa0OYmNois0NUE

 

[philamena]

It's about time. :woohoo:
Happy New Year!

 

[montana_16]

The Times Square New Year's Eve ball is celebrating its centennial by going green.

The star of the world-famous holiday extravaganza was revamped this year with 9,576 energy-efficient bulbs that use about the same amount of electricity as 10 toasters.

Philips Lighting, which created the light-emitting diodes, or LED bulbs, specifically for the event, says they are smaller but more than twice as bright as last year's lights, which were a mix of more than 600 incandescent and halogen bulbs. And the new lights can create more than 16 million colors for a kaleidoscope of hues against the 672 Waterford Crystal triangles.

Picture of the ball and the rest of the story at link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071230/ap_on_re_us/ball_drop_test;_ylt=AjZH.OievYWuUqBa0OYmNois0NUE

W00t Dark Knight!. That is very good and looks great.

 

[Taximom]

Oops, didn't see this till now.

I think the new NYE ball is gorgeous!