Hot Picks of the Week Dec.23-27

The LEDinside editorial team would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday. Before the official countdown to 2014, our team has compiled a review of 10 important topics in the LED industry in 2013. This is a sneak peak we promise there is more to come next week so please stay tuned:

2013 Review Series:

  1. 2013 Review: Walmart Effect Puts Pressure on LED Bulb Price   (Hotly recommended)
  2. 2013 Review: EMC Production Expansion Could Mean Trouble for PCT   (Hotly recommended)
  3. 2013 Review: The Future of OLED   
  4. 2013 Review: Smart Lighting Changing the Way We Experience Light   

Coming back to our usual course, despite the Christmas holiday season this week, Apple has kept up its pace of patent applications. The company first issued an application new quantum dot patent to enhance display colors, then with a flexible sapphire substrate display cover patent. While wearable devices appear to be the next major consumer electronic trend, OLED TV is hitting the rocks with large manufacturers including Samsung, Panasonic and Sony cutting down on production. DOE has also published a new report on accelerated life testing of SSL luminaires with some interesting findings. For more please see:

Editor Recommendations

  1. Apple Patently: Apple Unveils Sapphire Flexible Transparent Display Device   
  2. Apple Files Patent for Quantum Dot Technology to Enhance Display Performance
  3. Panasonic and Sony End OLED TV Partnership   
  4. Samsung Electronics Switches Business Strategy from AMOLED Production to LCD   
  5. DOE Publishes Report on Accelerated Life Testing of SSL Luminaires   
  6. Rapid Expansion of EMC Production by Chinese Manufactures Hoped to Quicken PCT Replacement  
  7. Everlight Lighting Revenue to Surpass Backlighting in 2014   
  8. San’an Transition from 2 Inch to 4 Inch Sapphire Substrate Production to Reach Above 70% Next Year   
  9. Texas Instruments Acquires UTAC Facility in Chengdu, China   

What’s Trending

  1. Navigant Research: Smart Lighting Controllers and Sensor Annual Market Revenue to Reach US$ 2.7 billion by 2020   
  2. Indian State Tamil Nadu Upgrades to LED Tube Lights     
  3. Options Abound to Power Your LEDs!   

Industry News

  1. Epistar Denies Philips Investment
  2. Elec-Tech Discusses Partnership with Genesis Photonics   
  3. Philips Holds Opening Ceremony for LED Lighting Campus in Chengdu   
  4. Lextar Establishes LED Die Manufacturing Production Line Model in Suzhou Factory
  5. IEEE Selects Seoul Semiconductor as the World’s Top Patent Power Company for Two Years in a Row  
  6. Design Lighting Tokyo 2014 Showcases Prototype Lightings   

New Products

Lighting Case Studies

  1. GE Installs LED MR 16 lamps at Hotel Adlon Kempinski  
  2. OSRAM SYLVANIA and Traxon Solutions Featured in Futuristic Patient Room 2020 Hospital Design Project    

Christmas Fun

  1. Technical Direction Company Play of Light Brightens up Australia Christmas 
  2. Piggotts Sets London Aglow with LEDs this Christmas  
  3. Texas Instrument’s 12 Nights of Christmas
  4. GE’s Futuristic Santa Space Sleigh   

 

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