Dialight Corporation is set to introduce its first LED high bay luminaire which has been designed exclusively to replace conventional high bay lighting solutions in interior and exterior industrial, commercial and hazardous location applications.

Samsung has recently released the LED based SyncMaster XL2370 monitor in Korea. It's a 23” monitor with a Full HD resolution, Samsung’s TOC or Touch Of Color, a stunning 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a 2ms response time. The Samsung XL2370 is Samsung’s highest performance display and the first to incorporate LED technology, giving the model a super-slim profile and significant energy-saving benefits.

Blinx has introduced new sound responsive LED earphones, reports Ubergizmo. The earphones are equipped with a control box which enables the LED to pulse according to the tune of the music being played. Each of these earphones and the central control box includes three blue LED lights. These earphones are compatible with any device housing a standard 3.5mm jack. Apparently, the earphones are powered by two ZA13HP batteries. The Blinx earphones are also said to bundle up foam earbud protectors and instruction leaflet.

Since power supply companies ventured into the LED field, vendors have been optimistic about the outlook for market demand in 3Q09, according to industry sources. Lite-On Tech. (2301.tw) Chairman Song Kung-Yuan said that orders have been increasing quarter after quarter, and compared to the relatively low profit base in 1Q09, 2Q09 profit appeared to have “grown exponentially.”

Sony X5500 LED TVs are set to launch September or October this year and are expected to be exhibited for the first time on the big consumer electronics fair IFA 2009 in Berlin this September. According to the FlatpanelsHD site, X5500 will feature a LED backlight with local dimming, which means that LEDs are located behind the LCD panel and can be controlled in a number of zones, just like on the Philips LED Lux model.

LightWild today announced it has completed the LED lighting for Prairie Band Casino & Resort, in Mayetta, KS. The Casino and Resort is owned and operated by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, which is approximately 85 miles from Kansas City.

Philips Lumec has been chosen by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of western North Carolina to light their downtown streetscapes with their environmentally responsible LED lighting solutions. In doing so, they clearly place this town of 14,500 residents, located on the South end of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in the vanguard of communities choosing environmentally responsible LED lighting technologies.

PowerSecure International, Inc. (Nasdaq:POWR) today announced it has been awarded approximately $5 million of new orders for its EfficientLights LED lighting technology. The new orders are expected to be completed and recognized primarily during the second half of 2009. In total, this brings 2009 EfficientLights orders from major retailers to over $13 million, as the Company has realized a significant uptake in order flow this year from this state-of-the-art technology.

Unlike conventional LED strips which emit isolated, lined up spots of light, the M-TUBE from MENTOR is the first LED light guide system that dissipitates light perfectly homogeneous to the environment. The principle of the targeted light reflection along a crystal clear light guide makes this possible: The light is simply fed in at the side of two LED housings and is dissipitated in a targeted way to the environment along an imprinted reflector line inside the bar.

Wavien, Inc. today announces that its patented Premien LED projector technology produces output in excess of 200 lumens using a single white, 50 W LED. The output efficiency of Premien technology, which is currently available for portable projector applications, is up to two times higher than the competing LED technologies. Wavien continues to optimize the system performance of projectors using Premien technology and expects that next-generation performance will increase to over 300 lumens.

The City of Danville is likely to become the first LED city in Virginia, the United States. City officials say that the city has received a 50 thousand dollar grant for it to switch to new LED lights in different parts of the city. LEDs use less energy, last longer and are more environmentally friendly. So far, they've been installed at the water plant, and at the adult detention center.

Enfis Group Plc. (LSE: ENF), an innovator of intelligent LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced the launch of their new Innovate Series of LED arrays for use in myriad street lighting applications throughout North America.

Albeo Technologies today announced its latest white paper, “LED Retrofits of Fluorescent Fixtures: A white paper on converting fluorescent lighting to high efficiency LED.” Examined in the paper are the key factors to consider for converting older fluorescent fixtures to LED.

Philips Lumileds expanded its LUXEON® Rebel family of LEDs with nine new emitters designed specifically for illumination solutions such as recessed lighting, street lamps and retrofit bulbs. The new LEDs have been optimized for specific color temperature and color rendering combinations and deliver performance that makes these new emitters uniquely qualified to meet ENERGY STAR® requirements and similar programs for a broad range of illumination applications.  

In the picture below, you will notice the warm glow that shows in the sky deep into the night. This happens in every city. Scientists call this phenomenon – sky glow!

Since the first light bulb was invented in the 1800’s new lamp technology has evolved. When the fluorescent tube was invented in 1929, sales of traditional light bulbs plummeted, and then in the 1970’s along came the compact fluorescent, since then new variations have evolved, sales of the former types have virtually disappeared, but the fundamental lamp design has remained unchanged, using a heating element to ignite gases and produce light. The use of a heating element results in energy being wasted as heat as opposed to generating light.

The Wal-Mart Superstore, the first retail store to feature light-emitting diode (LED) parking lot site lighting, based on specifications developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Retailer Energy Alliance, will reopen on July 15, 2009, in Leavenworth, Kansas. The Superstore will serve as a test site to determine the viability of expanding LED parking lot lights at Wal-Mart stores nationwide.

At the U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys in the Republic of Korea, LEDtronics LED Wall-Paks now illuminate the four bay doors (at right) of the fire station, while the rest of the building is lit with 250W HPS (amber glow).

With the pressing of a button general director Mart van Buuren fromBVB Substrates reopened the research greenhouse at Bas van Buuren's  premises in De Lier, Holland. In BVB's new test greenhouse growers can do tests with Philips LED-lights to find the best combination of substrates treatments and lighting for their plants in-situ. This is what distinguishes this location from earlier LED tests.

CooLED Lighting introduces an innovative high power LED retrofitted lamp for automobile turn signal, stoplight or tail light. There are 6pcs of 0.5W MaxCool high power LED installing in the top and side of a 25mm-diameter fully-aluminum lamp head. And it is covered by a prismatic diffuser that allows symmetrical light distribution.

A major extension to St David’s shopping centre in Cardiff has included the use of iColor Flex SLX LED luminaires from Philips Lighting in an illuminated wall running the length of the escalators linking the refurbished centre with the new St David’s 2 development to the South. Supplied by Value Added Reseller Architainment, the LEDs provide the centre’s operators with the opportunity to create a range of scenes, as well as animated displays.

EcoTek Lighting, a division of Expotrans, Inc., has developed energy efficient, ultra-bright outdoor LED light boxes for award-winning, premium green auto manufacturer Fisker Automotive, Inc.

i-Pix LED fixtures continue their run on the high profile tours of 2009, with lighting designer Paul Normandale specifying both BB4 LED wash lights and the original i-Pix Satellite 'brick' LED light-sources as part of his Depeche Mode "Sounds of the Universe" design.

The City of Light Is First City in South Korea to Join International Program Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces that Gwangju, South Korea, is the first city in South Korea to join the LED City® initiative, an international program that promotes the deployment of energy-efficient LED lighting. Gwangju, South Korea’s center for the advancement of photonics, is home to 180 companies that were formed to research, develop and commercialize LED lighting products.

A new, more energy-efficient McDonald’s is now open in the Saltbox Village shopping center in Cary, N.C. Featuring LED lighting from Durham-based Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), the new building is on-track to be the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified McDonald’s in the state.

  Eternaleds, Inc., announces the debut of their HydraLux-4 LED light bulb, the world’s first of its kind that uses liquid-cooling technology to look and function exactly like a regular light bulb.

LedEngin, Inc., a solid-state lighting company specializing in high performance LED products, introduces an ultra-bright, ultra-compact 40W LED light source available in warm, neutral and daylight white color temperatures. It is the first of its kind with record luminous flux density in a compact 9mm x 9mm footprint. The multi-chip LED is capable of 2000+ lumens in neutral and daylight white color temperatures and 1500+ lumens in warm white.

With a switch to the energy-efficient, long-life GE Tetra(R) LED lighting system -- a product of ecomagination(SM) from Lumination, GE Consumer & Industrial's LED business (NYSE: GE) -- AT&T is expected to save more than 5.8 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year and eliminate 3,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. It's the equivalent of planting more than 950 acres of trees.

Elation Professional is making it easier than ever for homes and businesses to switch over to the “green” benefits of LED lighting. The company has introduced a new line of energy-efficient, long-lasting, standard-size MR16 replacement white LED lamps – the ELED MR16 5W Series.

The Coca-Cola Co.’s new 49-foot-tall Coca-Cola Contour bottle will be revealed at Turner Field on July 16, the beverage giant said. The new “21st Century” version of the previous bottle, which stood for 12 years, features a high-resolution, programmable LED screen that can produce millions of colors. The screen also serves as the iconic Coca-Cola label. The outside of the bottle is made of a polycarbonate high-impact material and traced in 3,000 tri-colored LEDs.