According to Acuity Brands, it has supported its Holophane® brand of luminaires for a sustainability project of Hercules, CA. It’s said that portions of busy Sycamore Avenue and Refugio Valley Road in Hercules, CA were once illuminated with 161 cobra head luminaires with 100-watt high pressure sodium lamps. This time, Hercules retrofit the units with contemporary styled LEDgend® Roadway LED luminaires from Holophane, cutting energy usage nearly 40 percent and increasing visibility and safety with uniformly lit streets and roadways. The Ameri...

Toshiba Corporation is announced to present at the Fuori Salone during Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011 in Milan, Italy, one of the world's premier exhibitions of furniture and interior design runs from April 12 to 17. It’s Toshiba's third consecutive year of participation. Toshiba will explore the theme of "Luce Tempo Luogo" in a lighting installation at the Cortile di Via Savona in the Tortuna district of the city. Also, it will participate in Euroluce in the main FIERA district and showcase its full portfolio of LED lighting...

Lately, the NASA technology has utilized LED technology (turned medical device) in the Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Unit at a hospital at the University of Alabama. This technology is being used to ease the pain of mouth and throat sores, common side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. According to NASA, a far red/near infrared Light Emitting Diode treatment called High Emissivity Aluminiferous Luminescent Substrate has been given to ease the pain of cancer patients. With a system called Warp 75, the LEDs release energy in the for...

It’s reported that LUXEON power LEDs has become the first in ENERGY STAR qualified LED replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb. According to Steve Barlow, EVP of Sales and Marketing at Philips Lumileds. “We are well beyond demo and prototype bulbs not only for 60-Watt equivalents but also for MR16s, PAR lamps, GU10, and other form factors that are widely used. Our sights are now set clearly on enabling replacements for 75-watt equivalent bulbs.”  ...

Conversion and expansion of chip manufacture at the Penang and Regensburg plants OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will be stepping up its production output significantly by converting its two chip manufacturing facilities to 6-inch wafers while expanding both plants. A new production building is currently under construction in Penang, Malaysia, while in Regensburg, Germany, the available space is being reallocated. The two facilities will each be converting to the new manufacturing technology, introducing 6-inch wafers to replace the current 4-inch wafers. These measures are exp...

1700mW (365nm) and 6000mW (400nm) respectively in single 9x9mm package expands line of UV Emitters for High Speed curing of Inks and Adhesives, Analytical Instruments, Sterilization, Forensic Science and Currency Verification LedEngin, Inc., a leader in high flux density LED products announces immediate availability of its 365nm and 400nm UVA wavelengths in LZC-series 12-die platform. The latest emitters in the UVA family provide record flux densities up to1700mW and 3.2W/cm2 at 365nm and 6000mW and 10W/cm2 at 400nm. These record high flux densities e...

Mitsubishi Electric has replaced the previous electrical scoreboard built in 1992 with a 824-inch, Diamond Vision display system at Pocarisweat Stadium in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. This 18.72 meter × 9.36 meter screen , one of the largest of its kind in Shikoku, incorporates high-luminance LEDs aligned vertically and horizontally in a 15-millimeter dot pitch, and the latest digital screen controllers.   It is the first large-scale LED screen installed at the stadium, the home of J. League Division 2 soccer club TOKUSHIMA VORT...

Innovative XLamp® XM-L LEDs Can Enable Record Efficacy for LED Lighting Fixtures Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of XLamp® XM-L LEDs in neutral- and warm-white color temperatures (2600-K to 5000-K CCT). Cree once again leads the industry by extending the XM-L LED family’s unprecedented light output and efficacy to a wide range of mainstream indoor and outdoor lighting applications. The XM-L LEDs deliver unmatched performance across a wide range of drive...

Closed-loop control of the dispense weight eliminates constant adjustments   Nordson ASYMTEK, a leader in dispensing, coating, and jetting technologies, introduces jet dispensing for manufacturing side-view LEDs. The system jets 0.1 to 0.2 mm dots through windows as small as 0.4 mm into the LED cavities. Side-view LEDs illuminate the displays in devices such as tablet computers, smart phones, and e-readers. Nordson ASYMTEK's Spectrum™ S-920N jetting system automatically maintains a consistent shot weight with software-managed dispense paramete...

Interior and Exterior LED Upgrades Receive A+ Marks for Energy and Maintenance Savings The Noribachi Group, the leading provider of smart energy applications, announced that Olin College of Engineering and New Mexico Highlands University have joined the community of education institutions deploying Qnuru’s LED lighting technology. Using Qnuru’s Vector line of LED bulbs, Olin College retrofitted street and parking lot lights throughout its 75-acre campus, while Highlands University retrofitted high bay luminaires in its 74,000 sq. ft. John ...

The sailors and Marines of The US Navy have engaged in TechSolutions program, in which they are encouraged to submit their ideas for technology innovations. According to the Inhabitat site report, the US Navy’s submarine fleet is getting an overhaul of its internal lighting system — from fluorescent lighting to more energy efficient LED lighting. Therefore, the TechSolutions program is proven to be an illuminating exercise. The idea came from a sailor’s recommendation: “One crew member complained that the lights produced a noisy hum. As a r...

LedEngin, Inc., has released its 365nm and 400nm UV Power LED Products in LZC-series 12-die platform. The latest emitters provide record flux densities up to 1700mW and 3.2W/cm2 at 365nm and 6000mW and 10W/cm2 at 400nm. The emitters are available with standard half sphere glass dome or with flattop optic for designs that require package heights not to exceed 1.3mm. These record high flux densities expand the use of UV LEDs in wide-ranging applications for high speed ink printing and adhesive curing, non-destructive testing analysis, sterilization, forensics ...

AAT14XX Family Has Filtered PWM and Integrated Current Sink to Increase Efficiency, Power and Flexibility  Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech™) (Nasdaq: AATI), an analog semiconductor company focused on powering innovative solutions in consumer, industrial, and communications markets, introduced the AAT14XX family of 31 mA step-up single-channel light-emitting diode (LED) drivers capable of driving up to 10 LEDs in a single string. The drivers’ small size and quiet operation make them ideal LED backlight soluti...

With the advent of LED lighting units suitable for outdoor lighting, ewo, the Bolzano-based, international manufacturer of high quality lighting systems asked Plasma Studio to develop a new type of street light for this radically new technology. Starting from the conceptual diagram of the street lamp as a combination of vertical shaft and horizontal light-emitting beam and looking at birds and flowers for reference, Plasma developed Tagliente as a fluid transition between the vertical and horizontal directions. Challenging the omnipresent and generic status of street lamps, th...

Acuity Brands, has added the Lithonia Lighting® ACLED and the TLED, a general purpose LED recessed troffer  to its indoor LED ambient lighting portfolio . According to the company, the ACLED is an indoor ambient lighting fixture featuring a classic yet contemporary architectural style, advanced LEDs and flexible controls. It is available in a 2’x2’ configuration and features 3300 delivered lumens at 41 input watts. The TLED is a high-performance LED fixture for general-purpose illumination, featuring nLight enabled controls, to...

Adding Colours to Bangkok’s Landmark The Siam Discovery Center is one of Bangkok’s first shopping malls. Recently, the Center has new looks, thanks to Signex LED architectural lighting. At the core of the lighting fixtures are OSRAM Opto Semiconductor’s Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs which help illuminate the multi-dimensional bubble-like structures at the front of the building, attracting shoppers and tourists from afar. “When we were asked to create a lively illumination design for the Siam Discovery Center, we immediately picked...

Philips EnduraLED / AmbientLED 12.5 watt is announced to receive ENERGY STAR certification.   The Philips AmbientLED lasts 25 times longer and uses 80 percent less energy than the 60-watt incandescent bulb it is designed to replace. It features 806 lumens, 2700K, a CRI of 80 and a six year warranty.  Ed Crawford, General Manager of Lamps for Philips Lighting North America, said that “This LED bulb represents an important milestone for the lighting industry and for LED adoption, as it will give utilities the confidence to supp...

Because of the continuing rapid demands of LED production in Taiwan and China, Johnson Matthey, the designer and manufacturer of hydrogen purifiers, has shipped its purifiers to new and expanding fabs for LED production.  It’s said that Johnson Matthey's state-of-the-art PSH Series bulk hydrogen purifiers can provide 99.9999999% pure hydrogen for wafer fabrication. And the HP Series purifier product line is the most popular and provides the purest hydrogen.  According to Stuart Bestrom, Sales Manager for Johnson Matthey’s Gas Pur...

Verbatim will reveal the world’s first commercially available, organic LED (OLED) lighting panels that are colour tunable, white tone tunable and dimmable during the Fuori Salone show in Milan from April 12-17.      Verbatim will be located at Design Library srl, Via Savona 11, 20144 Milan. The company’s OLED display will be created by lighting designer Satoshi Uchihara, who has designed World Heritage Site installations, such as Kinkakuji, in Kyoto, Japan. The display will incorporate one of the world’s largest OL...

C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches, and smart card interconnect devices, announces the availability of RAFI’s E-Box, a low-profile housing for control components.  The newly designed E-Box permits convenient and quick assembly and is suitable for installing actuators of the RAFIX 22 FS Series.  In addition, the E-Box can be used wherever single control component units are required at detached or remote locations. The modular system consists of bottom and top parts, contact mo...

New XLamp® ML-B LED Optimized for Lighting Applications Requiring Exceptionally Smooth Light Distribution Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of the XLamp® ML-B LED. Designed for quarter-watt operation, the XLamp ML-B LED brings lighting-class performance to distributed lighting applications where the light source is visible, such as panel lights and LED-based fluorescent tube replacements. Lighting manufacturers have tried to achieve a uniform lighting appearance by pl...

Indian Western Railways will replace the destination signboards on outstation trains with LED boards to provide train number, next stop and station name. The system will be supported by Global Positioning System. Initially the LED boards will be installed in 600 coaches at Rs. 8 crore and later used in all trains. According to railway sources, it is the first time when WR is going install these boards. It will be GPS-enabled and in future passengers will able to see railway information inside the trains. Besides, this system is remote-controlled and programmable....

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has released its 8.4-inch, SVGA and XGA color TFT-LCD modules featuring white LED, a long backlight life for industrial use. According to the company, the new product can offer super high brightness and a wide operational temperature range, allowing it to be used in severe, outdoor environments....

Casio America is about to exhibit its LASER & LED HYBRID light engine during the 2011 Digital Signage Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the North Hall 2, Booth #2231.   To replace the mercury lamp contained in traditional data projectors, the LASER & LED HYBRID light engine can produce up to 3,000 lumens, bringing vividness and color range to a variety of digital signage applications. Additionally,Casio’s LASER & LED HYBRID light engine combines blue laser light and a fluorescent element to generate...

Kyma Technologies Inc of Raleigh, NC, USA, has made a breakthrough on its new high-volume AlN template manufacturing tool by producing what is said to be the world’s first 300mm (12-inch) diameter AlN-on-silicon template for GaN. It claims that its process is the first that is capable of direct insertion into existing LED and power device production processes that grow GaN and related alloys such as InGaN and AlGaN. The new AlN template tool was designed and constructed by chief engineer Dr Bob Metzger, and it was incorporates many of the features...

It’s reported that people at MiniWiz have created a useful little solar Bulb Lamp which will make use of the old plastic bottles. There are 0.18W solar module cells that can give you some light .Take any plastic bottle and attach the fixture to the mouthpiece, and you will have up to 6 hours of illumination. Because of a solar panel, it needs to be in the sun to charge up, and is best used for mood or garden light. It comes in a variety of colors....

OSRAM SYLVANIA has teamed up with Lowe's to introduce SYLVANIA LED Recessed Downlight Kit. The kit includes a six-inch LED recessed downlight with white trim and a medium base socket adapter. The sleek design complements most ceilings with its flush mounting style and aesthetic appeal.   Available in 3000K color temperature, the 11-watt version delivers 625 lumens of light, comparable to a standard 65-watt incandescent BR30 light bulb.  Moreover, the light can be quickly and easily installed into most standard six-inch can fixtur...

Digi-Key Corporation is announced to promote its sales with Cree-based printed circuit board (PCB) LED development kits. These kits, also known as star boards, are designed to simplify LED ease-of-use. PCB development kits, when combined with thermal heat sinks, can shorten time-to-market by forming the foundation for LED designs. PCB configurations are available for Cree XLamp XR-E, XR-C, XP-G, XP-E, XP-C, MX-6, and MC-E LEDs.  ...

At Strategies In Light 2011 in Santa Clara, California, Tyco Electronics (TE) has showcased the solderless LED socket, Type LS, designed for use with the new Philips Lumileds LUXEON™ S LED. The new product offers a solderless termination that complements this newly-released lighting-class LED by Philips Lumileds. ...

German design firm Benwirth Licht created a new modular OLED/LED lamp called Cluster+. The lamp uses both LEDs and OLEDs (OSRAM's ORBEOS panels, in fact) to create unique designs. The idea is that you can arrange the lamp in whatever design you want, and so use it as a chandelier, desk lamp, wall lamp and any other arrangement you can think of. The basic building block is a square that contains either one circular ORBEOS OLED panel or four LEDs. The square block is about 5 square inches in size (and less than 1/8 of an inch thick).  ...