Originally Posted by
dougmc
It's a pretty simple matter to put two (or more likely four, nine, sixteen, etc.), modules right next to each other. They still look like one LED, but they can make them emit as much light as they like.
And zacster is right about the runtime. And it gets worse if it was powered by 3xAAAs -- instead of 30 minutes of runtime, you'd get like ten, assuming that the batteries could even put out that much power.
This story intrigues me -- 200 lumen/watt LEDs? Yes, please!
But even with 200 lumens/watt, Cree is speculating on real-life lights that will put out over 100, nowhere close to 200. I just bought an LED bulb for my house and it gets 50 lumens per watt.