LEDs

I use to think that neon lights were just the thing for Chinese Characters on street signs. But neon lights are just too high maintenance. In the 1980's I use to see them but I haven't seen any this time.

I also haven't see any incandescent lights. When Taiwan was starting it's technological development in the 1950's, I think it decided it couldn't afford those inefficient incandescent lights. Almost all the lights in Taiwan are now fluorescent. In some homes now I see the energy saving high efficient versions same as you can buy at Costco.

At the local hardware store you can but the incandescent light bulbs.

The new technology that seems to have grown in just the 2 months that I have been here are LED displays. Here are two short clips:

I have some using Chinese Characters for the future but these are so sophisticated that they must have been programmed by a computer.