Sensor supplier SICK has expanded its high performance multiScan and picoScan LiDAR ranges to make them even more powerful, compact and robust. With a variety of industry specific software applications that run on-device, SICK aim to take LiDAR sensor technology to new levels of performance, reliability and flexibility. The modular multiScan 100 3D product family and compact picoScan 150 LiDAR sensors are customisable to suit a wide range of applications, with bespoke parameters, operation and integration. From robotic guidance and outdoor automation to SL...

BYD Leopard 5 LiDAR model has reportedly been spotted in spy shots and expected to use the Huawei ADS 3.0 solution. Just like the Leopard 8, the carmaker could also adopt advanced smart driving solutions for other off-road vehicle variants. Looking into the spy shots, the BYD Leopard 5 LiDAR model is wrapped with a thin film in some parts. The design is similar to the latest Leopard 5 model. It has a box-like exterior design with thick lines and curves. It gives the feel of a tough SUV. Further details show the same pull-out door handles as the current...

Project with Macquarie University and Aurizn will develop ocean LiDAR for measuring subsurface water temperature and depth Semiconductor developer Blugass has signed an agreement with Macquarie University and defence company Aurizn to develop and test a new laser-based method to measure subsurface water temperature and depth. BluGlass will provide high-power multi-transverse-mode GaN lasers to the 12-month blue ocean LiDAR project, partially funded by an Australia's Economic Accelerator (AEA) Seed Grant, to support the commercialisation of visible lase...

Continuing a long partnership with the University of Wisconsin (UW), Daktronics has been selected to design, manufacture and install a custom-shaped end zone display – the fifth largest in college football – an auxiliary end zone display and ribbon displays totaling 12,000 square feet and 10 million pixels at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. This includes a video display above the scoreboard on Kellner Hall and a custom audio system as part of the project completed before kickoff this fall “Wisconsin’s football fans have become accustome...

Alfalite, the only European manufacturer of LED displays, announced that it has equipped the new studio of Sport TV, Portugal’s leading subscription television network dedicated to broadcasting sports events. In collaboration with Dec.imagem, Alfalite supplied three UHD Finepix AlfaCOB 1.5 screens, comprising a total of 75 panels, covering a total area of 550 square meters of LED display technology. The installation of these screens offers Sport TV superior image quality, ensuring optimal performance and exceptional durability—key factors in sport...

ThinLight Technologies announced LiteBoss™, an innovative LED garage lighting that uses the latest LED technology to address the shortcomings of traditional garage door lighting systems. Upgrade Garage Lighting Dim and inadequate garage lighting has been a challenge for most garage owners. LiteBoss™ addresses this challenge by offering uniform brightness and energy efficiency. It transforms the garage into a well-lit, safer, and more functional environment. This lighting is helpful when a person is working on a car, organizing storage, or performing...

High energy costs, discussions of carbon emission regulations, and the widespread shift to LED lighting have been pushing many greenhouse growers to seek efficient and effective dehumidification solutions. The past couple of years have seen a drastic change in greenhouse lighting, from HPS lights to more efficient LEDs. This saves a lot of energy. However, it also creates a new challenge – humidity. LED bulbs emit much less heat radiation than HPS bulbs, such as SON-T. This loss of heat increases the actual relative humidity in the space, which leads to hi...

Travel to northern Denmark, and you’ll arrive at Aalborg, a delightful city with a dynamic cultural scene. At the heart of its cultural life is the Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center (AKKC), one of Scandinavia's busiest entertainment and convention venues. The center hosts concerts, theater, ballet, exhibitions, and conventions and welcomes over half a million guests annually. After years of relying on traditional incandescent lighting, the venue upgraded to a more versatile and energy-efficient LED system to accommodate its diverse events better. AKKC...

 

LED product and lighting maker Lumileds LLC of San Jose, CA, USA claims to be first to demonstrate that rich deep red light (615nm dominant wavelength corresponding with 635nm peak) can be produced with indium gallium nitride (InGaN) LEDs, achieving a wall-plug efficiency of 7.5% at a current density of 10A/cm2. The firm says that its breakthroughs address the challenges associated with high indium concentrations, including spectral peak shifts and broadening with current density. The InGaN material system is an attractive alternative to aluminium indium galliu...

Jabil, a global leader in design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions, has announced its continued investment in silicon photonics-based products and capabilities to support the increasing demands of hyperscalers and next-wave cloud and AI data center growth. The company is set to roll out additional capabilities at its Ottawa, Canada, site in the fourth calendar-year quarter of 2024 to support customers’ advanced photonics packaging new product introductions (NPIs). The new product introduction (NPI) line will feature innovative capabilities designed to assist...

Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are optical microchip systems with optical components utilizing light (or photons) for data transmission instead of electrons, which are the basis of traditional integrated circuits (ICs), also known as electronic integrated circuits (EICs). This fundamental shift from electronic to photonic signals enables data to be transferred at the speed of light, resulting in significantly higher speeds and greater bandwidth compared with EICs, which are limited by the slower movement of electrons. Massless photons can transmit without the same resis...

Abu Dhabi Airports has announced that Zayed International Airport's Northern Runway (13L/31R) has reopened earlier than expected and is now fully operational for arrivals and departures after a successful rehabilitation project. The Northern Runway Rehabilitation project resulted in several key upgrades. These included reinforcing and resurfacing the runway with 210,000 tonnes of asphalt to enhance durability and resilience. Additionally, major technological improvements were made, such as a new redundant ground visibility monitoring system to boost safety, a state-...

Kuva: Signify Finland Oy 30.09.2024 | The City of Kotka has implemented LED lighting with motion sensors supplied by Signify in the new public areas of the Kantasatama harbour. The new solution will help save energy by automatically dimming the lighting when there are no visitors in the area, for example at night. Similarly, the system also brightens the lighting when it detects movement. Kotka is one of the first cities in Finland to introduce smart lighting based on sensor technology. The solution was provided by Signify, the world’s leading lighting special...

On September 26 Beijing time, SOSEN held the Autumn New Product Launch Event at headquarters' Innovation R&D Center in Shenzhen, China, where it introduced the GAINEX family with the CNH/SNH/NHV/NMV series of innovative LED driver for industrial lighting of highbay luminaires.  GAINEX Family – CNH/SNH Series GAINEX Family – NH-V/NM-V Series The event attracted widespread attention from industry experts, representatives of client companies, associations and alliances, as well as industry an...

Yu Chengdong, Executive Director, Chairman of Consumer BG, and Chairman of Smart Automotive Solutions BU said that Huawei will top the Chinese flagship car market with its self-driving technologies. Huawei uses HarmonyOS smart automotive software solution to provide self-driving technologies for car companies across the Chinese automotive industry. Yu Chengdong said that HarmonyOS for smart cars could become the number one solution in the high-end car market in the next five years. The company has already integrated its solutions in the sub 500,000 yuan ra...

A Telford-based supplier of wiring accessories, EV chargers, LED lighting and portable power products has acquired a Rotherham-based counterpart in a £30m deal. Luceco has purchased CMD’s parent company, Baltic Topco, from Rubicon Partners and management on a cash and debt-free basis. Founded in 1984, CMD specialises in wiring accessories for commercial spaces, offering power distribution solutions and ergonomic products like its Miro monitor support arm. CMD’s senior management will remain in place, continuing operations from their Roth...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL CSOT) recently participated in the MicroLED Connect 2024 event held in the Netherlands, where it presented its comprehensive MLED Strategy and the latest technological advancements, further establishing its position as a prominent contributor in the next-generation display industry. During the event, Mr. Ming-Jong Jou, Chief of the Technology Planning Center at TCL CSOT, delivered a keynote presentation that outlined TC...

In the ever-evolving landscape of smart home technology, lighting systems have emerged as a cornerstone of innovation. As we step into 2024, the types of lighting systems available for smart homes have expanded dramatically, offering homeowners unprecedented control, efficiency, and ambiance. This article delves into the cutting-edge types of lighting system that are transforming our living spaces into intelligent, responsive environments. The Evolution of Smart Home Lighting Before we explore the latest innovations, it’s essential to understand how far we’ve come...

COBRA Slim UVC LED Line Light ProPhotonix, a designer and manufacturer of machine vision lighting solutions, part of the Exaktera group, is delighted to announce the release of its new COBRA Slim UVC LED Line light. This latest innovation has been engineered to enable new applications in machine vision and will be on display at Vision 2024, booth 10E59. Harnessing the latest in UVC LED technology and built on the industry-leading COBRA Slim platform, COBRA Slim UVC delivers up to 61mW/cm2 of highly uniform light at the optimum U...

The Redmi A27U is now on its third refresh this year. (Image source: Xiaomi) Xiaomi has released various monitors recently, some of which it has offered globally. For reference, the company brought its Mini LED gaming monitor (curr. $329.99 on Amazon) to North America at the start of the month. Now though, it has returned to the Redmi A27U, which it refreshed today alongside releasing the following other devices: Redmi Buds 6 Redmi Note 14 Redmi Note 14 Pro Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus Ultimately, Xiaomi has a greater tendency than most to re...

FILE PHOTO: People visit the LG display at the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File photo SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's LG Display said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its stake in its large liquid crystal display (LCD) plant in Guangzhou, China, to TCL's LCD unit CSOT for 10.8 billion yuan ($1.54 billion). The sale includes LG Display's 80% stake in its large LCD panel plant and 100% of its LCD module plant, and is expected to be comple...

TRUMPF Photonic Components, a global leader in VCSEL and photodiode solutions for data communication, and Optomind are showcasing 100Gbps VCSEL performance at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Frankfurt, Germany, taking place September 22 to 26.. “We are delighted to have achieved a solid performance of 800Gbps in our transceiver, leveraging innovative optics technology and TRUMPF’s improved 100Gbps/ch VCSEL,” commented Yung Son, Chief Marketing Officer of Optomind. “We look forward to ...

DNV has completed the first-ever verification of a stage 3 floating LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) unit in Latin America assessing the deployment and performance of Fugro’s advanced equipment. Over a period of 55 days, DNV conducted rigorous tests on the Fugro SEAWATCH® buoy, equipped with a Zephir ZX300M LiDAR unit. SEAWATCH buoy. Source: Fugro The floating LiDAR system’s performance was evaluated against a reference LiDAR unit onshore, widely accepted by the industry, to verify its performance and accuracy ...

Students and faculty test the LED wall in the sound stage at Horne Academic Center. Pictured from left to right: senior Patrick Marsh, Joshua Taylor and John Bruner. Photo provided by John Bruner. A brand-new dimension was added to the view inside of the Horne Academic Center at Taylor University when it installed one more wall in the building. Down the hall in the building is a gigantic sound stage. The dark room built to house film productions will now hold an opportunity for students to capture the virtual world on film. The optimized LED wall is des...

Takeaways Today, we unveiled Orion, previously codenamed Project Nazare, which we believe is the most advanced pair of AR glasses ever made. Orion combines the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses with the immersive capabilities of augmented reality – and it’s the result of breakthrough inventions in virtually every field of modern computing. We’re giving Meta employees and select external audiences access to Orion, so our team can learn, iterate and build towards our consumer AR glasses product line. Five years ago, we announced to th...

Polar Light Technologies, a leader in the development of microLED, is excited to announce a partnership with Finetech, a globally recognized supplier for sub-micron and high-accuracy die bonding solutions. The collaboration has already yielded significant advancements in micro-LED technologies for next generation AR, HUD and HMD applications. Polar Light Technologies has introduced a major breakthrough in display technology by creating novel GaN pyramidal microLEDs that are directly bonded to Indium pads on a silicon chip. This new method, where LEDs are bui...

(Image credit: Epson UK YouTube) Swansea University in Wales, U.K. is powering its new Simulation and Immersive Learning Center at its Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Life Sciences with Epson projectors.  Per Epson, the facility turned to 33 Epson EB-PU1006W 6,000-lumen 3LCD laser projectors, each complete with a ELPLX01WS ultra-short-throw "snorkel" lens, which are hidden in the ceiling. The technology is creating a ceiling-to-floor immersive experience, simulating practical environments for its medical students. "It is v...

SPIE, the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications, is upgrading the Heckenstaller and Luise-Kiesselbach tunnels on Munich’s Mittlerer Ring South-West with modern LED lighting. The low-maintenance, long-life LEDs offer annual energy savings of around 50% compared to the previous fluorescent tubes and ensure even safer 24-hour continuous operation of the multi-lane tunnels. A software system automatically adjusts the luminaires based on changing lighting conditions. The work is scheduled to begin in October ...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24, 2024 — Ansys and TSMC today announced a successful pilot with Microsoft that significantly speeds-up the simulation and analysis of silicon photonic components. Together, the companies achieved over 10X speed-up of Ansys Lumerical FDTD photonics simulation via Microsoft Azure NC A100v4-series virtual machines, powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing running on Azure AI infrastructure. PICs are integral to applications across industries, including data communications, biomedical tools, automotive LiDAR systems, artifici...