Highlights this week: Philips releases a strangely flat LED bulb this week that resembles a horseshoe. The bulb without a heat sink is expected to help the manufacturer cut production costs. Also this week, Texas Instrument gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of the incandescent phase out in 2014, while LEDinside analysts give an in depth analysis of LED industry market trends next year at a seminar in Shenzhen China this week. In the OLED sector, Samsung shows its ambition in OLED technology by merging its OLED and LCD division, with Hon Hai (Foxconn technology) close behind with its announcement of mass producing OLED panels in 2015. For more please see below:

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1. Lighting Research Center Launches Light and Health Alliance
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3. Small Size Enhances Charge Transfer in Quantum Dots (New quantum dot research from DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory)
4. Apple Mac Camera LED Indicator Lights Proven Hackable  ( John Hopkins University students show how the Mac web camera can be turned against the user by hacking LED indicator lights microcontrollers)
5. Tips for Retailers to Make the Most Out of Window Display Lighting   
6. U.S. Navy Awards Revolution Lighting Technologies LED Lighting Contract   

Industry News

1. Philips Showcases Future Wireless LED Smart Lighting Trend   
2. Hon Hai Establishes First LED Street Light Production Line in Guizhou  
3. Hon Hai to Mass Produce OLED panels in 2015
4. Harvatek Expands RGB LED Production Capacity as Display Market Presents Potential Growth  
5. GPI’s Kunshan Factory to Launch New LED Module Production Capacity in 2014
6. GPI Chairman: LED Industry to Rebound after Lunar New Year
7. LiteOn Initiates Mass Merger to Reduce Operational Management Costs   
8. Automotive Lighting Orders Boost Epistar Revenue   
9. FOREPI Utilization Rates to Rise Earlier than Expected in 1Q14   
10.  NVC Lighting Chairman: LED Lighting Construction Theory   
11. Xiamen San’an Opto Receives RMB 80 Million Subsidy
12. San’an Opto Receives Government Subsidy for Sapphire Substrate Project  

New Products

1. OSRAM SYLVANIA Introduces LED Light Engine Enabling DLC-Approved Performance for Downlight Fixtures   
2. Osram Releases LED Power Packs for Projectors   
3. Vishay Intertechnology Launches New 70mA Drive Current LED Family   
4. Everlight Showcases LED Components at LED EXPO New Delhi 2013   
5. American OEM Titan LED Accelerates Adoption of New Philips Lumileds Chips   
6. Dimmable LED Driver Provides a Low Cost Driver Solution for Dimmable LED Light Bulbs/Tubes  

Interesting Applications

1. LED Bulbs that Stay Lit Even When Lights Go Out   
2. AwoX Wireless Music Playing LED Bulbs Now Available in the U.S.   
3. GER Mood Sweater   
4. Philips Lights Up the Three Bridges of Little Rock Arkansas   
5. Japan Christmas Lighting Extravaganza   
6.  Iconic Constructions Illuminated in Memory of Nelson Mandela