Monday, June 25, 2007

LEDs shedding light (and color) in homes - USATODAY.com

LEDs shedding light (and color) in homes - USATODAY.com: "Enlarge image Enlarge By Josh Reynolds, AP
Joey Nicotera poses in front of one of the LED lighting fixtures he designed for his condo in Everett, Mass.
By Mark Jewell, Associated Press
EVERETT, Mass. — Joey Nicotera's fascination with multicolored light bulbs bordered on obsession when he was a teenager.

He framed posters in lights and decorated his own Christmas tree. When he couldn't find a color bulb he wanted, he got paint cans from the basement and made some himself, bathing his second-story bedroom in an eerie glow.

'I'd be driving home from work at night, and I could see his room from five blocks away, with all the weird colors and flashing lights,' recalls his father, Joe Nicotera Sr."

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