You know, back in the 70’s they said the same thing about glow in the dark stuff back then and it wasn’t safe.

They keep ”discovering” stuff that glows and is ”safe” but it never is!

Nice article. A few years ago I had a tritium based keychain light that gave off that kind of creepy green glow too. Surely this counts as prior art in the patenting process. The stuff judith is talking about above is phosphorous based. You had to ”recharge” the glow by holding it up to the light. Good times. Until it faded :(

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First off, a spelling concern.

”...piece of plastic 1/8” thick is about .35 cents.”

Indicates that the cost is 35/100ths of a cent, or 0.0035 dollars. Just fyi.

Also, this would be a great material for running shoes and other running accessories, since reflective material only works when you have other light. Unfortunately, cars work without light, as well.

The picture of the bike is from glowpaint.com, which sells just your basic phosphor infused paint. It does have to be exposed to light for 15 minutes to glow.

If you put freshly born tritium in with the paint, it doesn’t need light exposure. (It’s the phosphor that glows, not the tritium. Light can excite the phosphor enough to make it glow for a few hours, tritium does so for as long as it exists. Tritium has a half life of a little over 12 years.)

It was the tritium that Judith was talking about that was harmful, but of course not to the extent the press made it out to be. They can seal up the tritium even better now. You’re likely to get more exposure to radiation from being on earth than from a tritium and phosphor based gas tube light source.

THERE IS NOT TRITIUM in this material!!!

THAT IS FALSE!!!!

The material is completely non-toxic!

Sincerely,
Steve Stark
MPK, CO.

The material does not need light to activate the material. The material generates it’s own light. This is a new light source material, not glow-paint.

We are the technological leaders in glow-paint. We know the difference.

Thanks,
Steve

There is not Tritium used in this material. The light source is completely NON-TOXIC.

Sincerely,
Steve Stark

Radon-220? Kr85? This DOES contain a radioactive substance, just apparently not Tritium. However, to the inventor’s credit, its likely to be a very low level of radioactivity and the design is supposed to keep the ”radioactive gas” from escaping.

Still, phosphor-based lighting is a) nothing new, and b) only useful for certain situations (emergencies, visibility for bikers/joggers, gun sights, watches...) due to its creepy green glow.

We can generate almost any color of Litroenergy. There is nothing radioactive about our new light source material.

The material used is NON-TOXIC, we do nothing toxic to it. It breaks down NON-TOXIC.

This is clean energy free lighting and safe for everyone and environment.

Sincerely,
Steve Stark

@MNINVENTOR,

At first I thought you were just splitting hairs, being very careful to say its non-toxic, but you don’t say its not radioactive. But then you say its not tritritium. Which is just a flat out lie. The patent application clearly states ”A self-luminous microsphere as set forth in claim 1, wherein the gas is tritium.” (Patent number 20070200074).

Wow.. a light that can stay on 24/7 for 12 years... great but... uhm... how do you turn it off ?

How far does the light go?
Does it illuminate like a 100W, 60W, 10W ?
Do you have white color?
How much heat does it give off?
Where is it made?
How do you turn it on the first time?

Sounds 1) Toxic and 2) Dangerous. Somebody once thought that putting lead in paint was safe and a good idea. LOL

HILARIOUS! You people try to make it sound like electric lights don’t harm the environment and are completely safe. HOGWASH!

I wonder why people seem to come out of the wood work to give negative comments when the inventor has his heart and soul and I would quess, most of his had earned dollars on the line! Asking questions is fair game but how about some encouragement! I offer my admirement to these fellows who are trying to give us a product that could possibly save lives applied to safty issues and just maybe, could help the envirorment! I admire their courage and hard work!

I actuaaly like the idea, because I once had some electroluminescent sheets and I was really impress. This looks a lot like it, except it doesn’t need to be plugged... However, I would like to have some answers to my questions! ;)

Smamdax,

Lot of questions I see....

The light is now giving off up to 40 Watts of light. This puts the material in contention with replacing many light bulbs. We do have white light, it is an off white. It give off no heat. We make it in our manufacturing facility in Clayton, WI.

The material is activated by a ongoing reaction, so when it is made it keeps emiting light 24/7, 12+ years.

I hope this helps!

Sincerely,
Steve Stark

Hmm, let’s see,

The Litroenergy people say it runs for twelve years at a stretch. This rules out electrical (EL, LED, etc)or photoluminescent technology. The guy posting here as ”mninventor” says no Tritium. There are non-tritium beta emitters, but they are all worse than Tritium, which pretty well rules out radioluminescent.

I say there is no existing technology that meet all these specs.

Either the Litro people have something new, completely unrelated to existing technologies, or the NM guy here is unrelated to the company and is just blowing smoke, or its all just another imaginary internet product.

If the Litro people had a product that could put out 500 lumens per unit (output of typical 40 watt incan) for twelve years at a stretch we’d be seeing meatier reports than this. And the whole world’d be lining up to get some.

We are currently working with multiple fortune 100 companies.

Our material when tested will show it is non-toxic and non-radioactive.

I can buy certified lead free paint, and have it tested and still find trace elements of lead. This will be simular to our material. I sure hope this helps.

Steve Stark

whats the stock ticker symbol for MPK CO. or the branch that will be selling litroenergy? i would love to make my fist stock market investment into your comapny

If this can be used in enclosed or confined areas, my first thoughts would be to use this in Mines and Mine safety.

If you can dynamically control generated light wavelengths (green to red, to white), then it would also be extremely useful in deep water commercial diving, airline safety, and fire and emergency exits.

A simple device to focus the light emitted would make this extremely consumer oriented. As simple as replacing the requirements for the Road Numbers on locomotives to be illuminated as electrical bulbs, would save man hours of maintenance and cut NRE from existing designs.

Dear Steve:

First of all I want to salute you and sincerely congratulate you for your excellent and revolutionary product.
I am a business man here in Perú and have many commercial contacts in the peruvian government, industry and in different companies. I am very interested in having the exclusive representation of Litroenergy in Perú if possible, as I have many ideas for its aplication.

I have some questions to ask and would be very thankful if you could please answer them:
Is it possible to have the exclusive representation in Peru?
How is it packed?
Could I receive a sample?
How could I start buying your product?
Which other applications are given to it in the USA?
I´ll be waiting for your answers

regards,

Carlos Valdez Castro
General Manager
Corporación Grubal

40 watts x 12 years x 365 days x 24 hour/day = 4,200 watt hours. At 10 cents per watt/hour you have a value of $420 which we can by for 35 cents. Not a bad value proposition. BUT, I have to consider that a state of the art energy storage device, using chemical energy, the battery that my camera uses, only can store 1 Watt/hour and cost $20 direct from China, $50 retail. There is no chemical reaction that can store that kind of energy. The source must be atomic.

H2 due to the small size of the molucules is hard to contain, even in steel tanks. I know know about H3 as its 50% larger but I have my doubts about any technology that can safely contain it and stop exposure to its rays.

I would advise all to proceed with caution until more is known about the technology.

Why does Steve lie? Why can’t he admit that there is Tritium in his mixture?

By Evan Ackerman

What happens if you stuff some tritium inside a phosphor-coated microsphere? According to a company called MPK, you get a substance that will glow continuously for over 12 years (half-life) without requiring any energy input. The tech is called betavoltaics, and unsurprisingly, it uses a radioactive gas (the aforementioned tritium) as a power source. But before you go running for your lead underpants (or one of these), you can be somewhat comforted by the fact that tritium radiation (beta particles) can be safely contained by the microspheres it lives inside. The Litrosphere™ materials (which can be in the form of paint or injection-molded plastics) are not affected by heat or cold, can emit just about any color (except white, I’m guessing), and can cover a standard sheet of paper for 35 cents.

Directory:MPK Co’s Litroenergy
From PESWiki
MPK Co produces glow-in-the-dark paint. Safety is one of their first intended applications of the new continuously fluorescing Litrospheres™.
MPK Co produces glow-in-the-dark paint. Safety is one of their first intended applications of the new continuously fluorescing Litrospheres™.

GlowPaint glow-in-the-dark paint company, MPK Co., has come up with self-luminous micro particles called Litrospheres™ which they say are inexpensive, non-toxic, and will stay on for 12+ years (half-life point) continuously — without having to be plugged into any power source. It is a betavoltaic technology, using a radioactive gas, whose ”soft” emission of electrons from the beta emitting gas cannot penetrate the glass or polymer wall of the microspheres.

The Litrospheres™ are not affected by heat or cold, and are 5,000-pound crush resistant. They can be injection molded or added to paint. The fill rate of Litroenergy micro particles in plastic injection molding material or paint is about 20%. The constant light gives off no U.V. rays, and can be designed to emit almost any color of light desired.

The company seeks to mass produce this mateiral and supply OEMs.

”This has potential to save billions in energy costs world-wide. Litroenergy™ surpasses all known available lighting options for cost/durability/reliability and safety.” — Steve Stark, MPK Co.

The patent app says tritium.

Hey, great light resource!

Hi Steve,

I have tried many times to call your company and have used your contact form on your site. It has been weeks and still no response from you or anyone with your company.

Is this stuff real or not? Is your company for real or not?

It makes no sense to try to market something if you won’t sell it.

If you are selling it will you please respond?????

I am hoping you may be the only person at the company and are just having problems with your computer and phones or something like that.

The complete lack of response is puzzling.

Hi Steve,

I have tried many times to call your company and have used your contact form on your site. It has been weeks and still no response from you or anyone with your company.

Is this stuff real or not? Is your company for real or not?

It makes no sense to try to market something if you won’t sell it.

If you are selling it will you please respond?????

I am hoping you may be the only person at the company and are just having problems with your computer and phones or something like that.

The complete lack of response is puzzling.

i love those bike. it’s look jap jap...