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Lighting & LEDs
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Name A Fujipoly Product and Win A Prize
Fujipoly is giving viewers a chance to win one of three prizes, simply by naming a Fujipoly product.
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Researchers Produce Lightest Solar Cells for Portable Devices
MIT researchers claim to have built laboratory proof-of-concept version of the thinnest, lightest solar cells for powering the next generation of portable electronic devices.
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Move Over Wi-Fi, Here Comes Li-Fi
Wi-Fi makes use of radio waves to transmit information across a network. By 2025 or sooner there will not be sufficient RF spectrum capacity to cope with demand. Light Fidelity (Li-Fi) employs modulated visible light from a light-emitting diode (LED) to transmit data and is well on its way to supplementing Wi-Fi in Smart Home, Smart Office and other applications.
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Allegro MicroSystems Unveils LED Driver With Integrated Hall-Effect Switch
Allegro Microsystems’s A1569 LED driver IC integrates a Hall-effect switch to allow fault-tolerant LED lighting with minimal component count and cost.
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LED Driver ICs Support Widest Range of TRIAC Dimmers
High-efficiency solid-state lighting driver suits both non-isolated lamp designs and isolated ballast topologies. It has programmable dimming profiles and continuously manages power factor.
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LED Sports Lighting Installed in Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park
Musco will provide the lighting source for the Major League Baseball stadium.
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Strange LED Lamp Projects 3-D Animated Emojis
The Tittle Light creates custom mood lighting designed to spark emotions.
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New Technologies Beg the Question—Were We Hasty in Dumping the Edison Light Bulb?
Sometimes technologies move so fast that opportunity is missed. Is this the case with our old Edison light bulbs? Research coming out of MIT says that’s a possibility.
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Joint Venture Partners Announce Quantum Dot Production Plan in China
Cadmium free quantum dots are gaining traction.
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GE to Cease Production of CFL Bulbs by Year’s End
The company hopes the move will propel LED adoption.
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Smart LED Bulb Seeks to Trick Burglars into Believing Someone’s Home
The lighting device mimics the lighting pattern of a family while they are away.
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Researchers Pursue Efficient Incandescent Bulb
MIT researchers together with Purdue University researchers have found a way to enhance the efficiency of incandescent bulbs.
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LED Lighting Deployment a Top Priority Among U.S. Cities
Solar electricity systems and low-energy buildings also of importance to city mayors.
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Apple Rumored to be Building OLED Display Lab in Taiwan
The facility would be used to create new displays for the iPhone and iPad.
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Lighting the Future: Where Human Centric Lighting Could Take Us
Lighting’s evolution towards human-centric lighting provides a potential bright spot for LED makers.
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Shining a Light on Quantum Dots
Quantum dot technology is winning momentum in the display market. Could it happen in lighting too?
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LeddarTech to Demo ADAS Lighting Technology at CES
The company’s sensor modules can be used in headlamps, rear lamps or side view mirrors.
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Telensa Helping U.K. City to Convert to Wireless LED Streetlights
Using its wireless platform, the LED lights can be completely controlled by the city council for events and emergencies.
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Small LED Step Light Released for Military and Commercial Industries
Night vision light emitting diode (LED) lighting manufacturer Blue Wolf has introduced a new LED step light designed for illuminating steps, instrumentation or small cargo service areas.
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Intelligent Wireless LED IC Enables Home Ambient Lighting
GreenPeak Technologies new device will work with other connected devices to control lighting
