The incandescent light bulb, invented by Thomas Edison, which came to be the symbol of inspiration, has been developed into hundreds, if not thousands, of forms.

托马斯·爱迪生发明的白炽灯成为了灵感的象征，现在已经演变成数百种甚至数千种形式了。

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On March 17, 2010 Toshiba produced its last incandescent light bulb.

2010年3月17日，东芝公司制造出最后一个白炽灯泡。

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One of the most recent was Philips's incandescent light bulb that lasts for 60, 000 hours.

最近的一个例子是飞利浦的白炽灯泡，能持续照明6万小时。

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After all, the commercially viable incandescent light bulb was the product of an entire team, not the single inventor we were taught in fifth grade.

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The bulb triumphed in the Bright Tomorrow competition run by the US Department of Energy that aimed to find an energy efficient alternative to the 60-watt incandescent light bulb.

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The company made some mis-steps en route to its technological triumph last week, but Edison made literally thousands of mis-steps in developing the incandescent light bulb, and in the end the venture was so successful it was declaring a new dividend every Saturday evening.

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