2010-09-01
South Korea’s LG will be showing off its latest slim 31-inch OLED TV at 2010 IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.
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2010-09-01
Blackbody will show new OLED lamp designs at the NOW! Maison & Objet Fair (September 3rd to 7th, 2010). All of the new lamps were designed by C+B Lefebvre. Those lamps are available to buy, but probably cost quite a bit.
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2010-09-01
A unique reflector design provides optimum light levels with glare-free illumination for general lighting applications.
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2010-08-31
BURGER KING® has equipped its first energy-efficient restaurant, opened in early June in Waghäusel, Germany, with LED lighting technology from Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. The new eco-friendly design which allows for series production and global implementation, utilizes innovative technologies and renewable energy to power one-third of the restaurant's energy consumption.
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2010-08-31
New Tool Draws from Extensive Library of LEDs, Drivers and Heat Sinks to Create Complete Systems up to 100,000 Lumens in Minutes
National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) announced the addition of WEBENCH LED Architect to its award-winning portfolio of online WEBENCH® Designer tools. The first of its kind, WEBENCH LED Architect enables both novice and expert designers to perform real-time comparisons and optimize complex lighting systems for performance, size and cost in minutes.
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2010-08-30
The Noribachi Group LLC now provides a line of LED bulbs for commercial and industrial businesses.
LED bulbs are already common for home lamps and lights. But the much-higher wattage needed for commercial and industrial lighting — ranging from 250 to 1,000 watts — has made drop-in replacements difficult.
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2010-08-30
LG Electronics of South Korea has unveiled its new ultra thin LED-Backlit 3D TV based on LG’s next gen flat Panel featuring NANO lighting technology at the recently held 2010 Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin.
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2010-08-30
Brand Neue Corp. has announced the addition of the InteLEDgent(TM) Lighting Solutions division (“InteLEDgent”) to its offering of Brand Neue Innovations. The InteLEDgent division was formed in response to demand for a variety of task and applications specific, specialized technical LED lighting products and solutions, as well as utility grade LED products for commercial, industrial, agricultural and military use domestically and abroad.
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2010-08-27
GlacialTech Inc. has announced its latest innovations in LED Torch technology. The two new devices – Dynamo 2 LED Torch LT103 & PalmSiren Dynamo 3 LT263 – are geared for mountain climbing, home maintenance, camping, as well as emergency situations where a bright light can mean the difference between success and failure.
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2010-08-27
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) of Norwood, Massachusetts USA, a producer of semiconductors for signal-processing applications, has introduced its new white LED charge-pump backlight driver - ADP8870.
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2010-08-26
Austriamicrosystems has announced the AS1119, the most advanced and smallest LED dot-matrix driver, the company said it is targeted for dot-matrix displays in mobile phones, personal electronics and toys.
The AS1119 drives 144 LEDs but requires only 9 mm² PCB space, reduces external component count, reduces connector pin count and requires fewer PCB layers. Benefits for end users include an 80 per cent longer battery lifetime, more colourful effects and smoother-running animations.
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2010-08-25
Burton Medical, Inc. has introduced its new Super Exam 50® LED. Burton said it can deliver higher illumination in a limited area for medical examination, including obstetrics, gynecology and emergency rooms.
The Super Exam 50 LED features a unique, self-balancing, 42-inch K-arm technology that utilizes internal springs to ensure smooth, easy positioning without worrying about the arm drifting.
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2010-08-25
Dialight has introduced its new DuroSite Series LED Wallpack Luminaire offering superior energy savings and long-life performance with dramatically less maintenance than conventional solutions for industrial and commercial applications.
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2010-08-24
Wavien, Inc. is demonstrating a new LED-Based Miniature Graphic Projector. Using its proprietary LED Recycling Technology, it produces over 1,000 lumens for indoor and outdoor applications.
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2010-08-24
Cleveland City Council has approved a controversial plan to buy millions of dollars worth of LED lights for the city.
The city will ask for bids from companies to provide the lights, in exchange for locating its plant here, but not everyone is sold on this idea.
The city's mayor, Frank Jackson, previously attempted to make a deal with a chinese company for the exclusive contract in exchange for opening a manufacturing plant.
However, the city council required that there be a competitive bidding process for the contract.
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2010-08-23
Lighting Science Group’s Prolific DC LED street lights will soon light up Mexico City's newly constructed "Viaducto Bicentenario" elevated superhighway, which runs 23 kilometers from Lomas Verdes to Tepotzotlan.
BHP Energy Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. is LSG's exclusive representative in Mexico. Gerstl Consultores selected BHP Energy Mexico to provide LED-based street lights to work with Gerstl Consultatores' solar power systems. LSG and BHP Energy Mexico are jointly announcing the nearly completed project.
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2010-08-23
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) will install LED system signs and requests a new tender with a cost of JOD 100.000, to import new LED traffic lights, said by the Director of Traffic Operations Department, Eng. Khaled Haddadeen.
He noted that GAM has already tested the traffic lights on Al Rabiah sign (the intersection of Mecca Street and Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas Street, and 60~70% of the Capital's traffic lights, about 125 light signs, have already been replaced.
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2010-08-20
ION™ Light Engines, a leading developer of high-performance LED-Array light engines, will exhibit its proprietary LED-Array component light engines at the upcoming LED Show at the Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, August 27th. The booth of ION is #22.
Otherwise, ION’s president, Richard Farrell, is participating in the Speaker Conference Program and will present an overview of the LED-Array as a light source, highlighting its performance, versatility, scalability, and design applications.
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2010-08-20
Sharp Corporation is following up its LED lamps with another mainstay of residential lighting by introducing six models of industry-first LED ceiling lights into the Japanese market. Using Sharp’s proprietary light diffusion technology, these ceiling lights achieve a thin design that is 43 mm at the thickest part and just 8 mm at the thinnest.
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2010-08-20
LG Display of Korea will show off a 31-inch OLED TV at the IFA show. LGD said the TV is the biggest of its type.
LGD has not unveiled other details on the set, including resolution, thickness or price.
Also on display at the event will be LG's 72-inch 3D LED TV and what is being described as the thinnest LCD TV, at just about 0.28 inches.
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2010-08-19
Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech™) has introduced its AAT1409/7/5 family of multi-string LED backlight drivers. Offering integrated boost converters and precision current sinks that can support up to 88 LEDs at 360mA total LED current, the AAT1409/7/5 drivers are among the most powerful in the marketplace.
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2010-08-19
American display manufacturer ViewSonic has released its newest display, the VX2250wm-LED, a 22-inch LED backlight display and announced that all of its PC displays will feature LED technology by early 2011.
LCD monitors that use LED backlighting use about 40 percent less energy than displays that use CCFL. Because of the clear benefits of LED backlighting and lowering costs of production, more and more display manufacturers are turning to LED.
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2010-08-19
Retail Furniture Chain Replaces Showroom’s Hot Halogen Spotlights with Super Efficient, Cool Burning LED Lighting. Estimated Annual Energy and Maintenance Savings of $295,000 Produces $3.4 Million in Savings Over Lifespan of the MSi Lights.
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2010-08-18
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Chinese LED company Jiangxi LatticeLighting Co., Ltd. has succeed in developing and manufacturing high power LED street light and tunnel light whose luminous efficiency reaches 108.6 lm/w. In fact, it is the reported commercial highest luminous efficiency LED Street light on the world market.
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2010-08-18
Gekko Technology will add the high-brightness LED light to its karess range of LED-based video and film lighting equipment at IBC2010 in Amsterdam, Sept. 10~14.
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2010-08-18
Northern Border In-Transit, LLC (NBIT) located in Detroit, Michigan, has selected Lumasmart to upgrade its exterior lighting with LED wallpacks.
LumaSmart’s LED Wallpack, which draws 65 watts of electricity, will replace 400 watt High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights that currently draw 465 watts with ballasts factored in – an 85% savings in energy.
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2010-08-18
Located at the base of the Teton Mountains, the Jackson Hole Airport needed a superior lighting solution, which now has installed Albeo Technologies’s LED Lighting.
Albeo's C-Series LED high bay used in Jackson Hole's Silver LEED rated airport. Albeo’s 177 Watt high-bay fixture with approximately 14,000 lumen output per fixture and a 4200K color temperature was used for the project. About 50,000 sq. ft. was added to the existing terminal and opened May of 2010.
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2010-08-18
Enfis Group plc has secured the contract to supply LED arrays and drivers for the NBA Stadium under construction in Guangzhou, China for this November’s Asian games.
A stunning new lighting design for the exterior of the NBA stadium will be brought to life by over 900 high-power, smart LED light engines from Enfis.
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2010-08-17
Brand Neue Corp. has unveiled its new energy efficient, high lumen output 120 Watt high bay LED fixture. The company said they can replace conventional 400 Watt metal halide lighting fixtures and consume 70~80% less electricity.
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2010-08-17
Meyda Custom Lighting, a Meyda Tiffany company and a leading manufacturer and designer of custom lighting and décor, has launched the handsome Boberick wall sconce featuring state of the art LED technology.
The Meyda Boberick LED Wall Sconce is 15 inches tall, 10.25 inches wide and four inches deep, other energy efficient lamping options are available. Otherwise, the fixture is UL listed for damp locations.
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