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Lighting & LEDs
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Brainy Bulbs Change Color to Suit Your Mood, Play Music, Communicate Faster than Wi-Fi
There is more to lighting these days than illumination.
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Philips and Cisco Team for Connected LEDs for Internet of Things
The two companies will combine technologies for the modern office.
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Video: Camera System Uses Lasers to Find Objects Hidden Around Corners
Researchers from Heriot-Watt University’s Extreme Light Group in Scotland have developed a camera that can see around walls to find objects that are hiding.
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8-Switch Dimmer Simplifies Complex LED Matrix Designs
The LT3965 LED bypass switching device enables independent dimming and diagnostics of eight individual LEDs or LED segments.
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Greenlight Energy Launches Three Renewable Energy Programs
The programs include no-cost solar installation, LED lighting retrofit projects and fixed-rate clean energy power plans.
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Avlite Systems Unveils Airport LED Light Fixture
The LED works to warn pilots of obstacles or to help see tall buildings in poor visibility conditions.
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Gooee Adds Artificial Eye Technology to its LED Sensors for IoT Enablement
The startup has partnered with a European ASIC firm to target lighting in the IoT.
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U.S. Regulatory Concerns Undo Philips Lumiled Sale to China?
The U.S. is blocking Philips from selling part of the company to Chinese investment firm.
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Philips LED Lighting Enables Nighttime Golf
The LED lighting has been installed in order to allow golfers to play after the sun goes down.
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GE Unveils Sleep Cycle Lighting LED Bulbs
Through its first e-commerce business, the LEDs can be controlled without the use of a smart hub.
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Department of Energy Researchers Demonstrate Their 2D-Laser Breakthrough
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have taken a big leap toward next-generation ultra-compact photonic and optoelectronic devices.
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Lighting Up Learning
Schools tune into human-centric lighting to improve learning environment, increase student health.
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Video: Many Innovations at the 2015 NY Maker Faire Support the Emerging Maker Economy
Maker-to-Market Fueled by a mix of imagination, crowd-funding and a healthy dose of entrepreneurial spirit, the Maker economy is rapidly evolving from a fringe market to a small, but influential portion of the mainstream economy.
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LED Lighting Needs Vary Greatly by Sector
From transportation, to retail, to office environments to succeed requires different strategies to win.
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The L Prize Lamp Stable after 40,000 Hours of Testing
By July 2015, 31 of the winning 60 W replacement lamps by Philips had a 95.6% average lumen maintenance after 40,890 hours.
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LEDs Address Concerns of Efficient Street Lighting
Currently, street lighting using high-intensity discharge lamps provide the greatest amount of photopic illumination for the least consumption of electricity.
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The Human Side of Lighting
Something critical has been missing from the functional specifications of bulbs, lamps and controls; the important interaction between light and human mood, cognitive function and natural sleep-wake patterns.
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LED Lamps to Surpass Traditional Lamps in Offices by 2019
Traditional lamp revenue growth will decline over the next five years.
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World’s First 4-Degree LED Lamp Lights Small Spaces
Soraa’s visible spectrum 4-degree LED lamp that pinpoints light in small spaces and onto small objects.
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Large Lighting Manufacturers Continue to Transition to LED, as Traditional Business Shrinks
Large lighting makers continue to transition to LEDs.
