Are LED lights safe? Experts were defeated by this question at an international lighting semiconductor technology application forum on Wednesday. For Shanghai Illuminating Engineering Society’s President Yu Anqi answering this question is just as difficult as answering whether the sun is safe. The sun is generally safe, but staring at the sun for long periods can result in eye burns. In the same way, LED lights are not any more dangerous than traditional lamps if the purchased lamp is certified and used properly, said Yu.

Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc., a leader in advanced LED lighting technology, and GB Energie (GBE) LED, a minority, women-owned business committed to sourcing sustainable energy solutions worldwide, yesterday announced an exclusive marketing agreement to drive LED adoption across multiple markets. The two companies will go-to-market together as 'RVLT & GBE-LED.' According to the agreement, GBE-LED will serve as Revolution Lighting's strategic marketing, bidding and sales teaming partner. RVLT & GBE-LED will targe...

Cree, Inc. introduces XSP IP66 LED Street Luminaires that are optimized for European and other global environmental requirements. The advanced LED street luminaire provides metropolitan and other municipal areas a durable luminaire that protects critical electrical components from dust, water jets and other potentially damaging environmental factors. The Cree® XSP Street Luminaire is the first real alternative to high-pressure sodium street lights with better payback, better performance and better price. Compared to its outdated predecessor, the XSP IP66 use...

Recently, the University of Arizona and Flexible Electronics and Displays Center (FEDC) successfully produced the world's largest OLED color flexible display prototype with mixed oxide thin film transistor (TFT). The display is jointly developed by FEDC and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, the size is 14.7 inches, which is the twice size of the model reached a world record. This new flexible display prototype uses new OLED materials, it enhances performance, improves packaging technology and has attractive features such as small thickness, light weig...

Some of Taiwan-based LED chip manufacturers have extended to LED packaging, offering solutions that EMS players can directly turn into lighting products, according to industry sources. The manufacturers are expanding their business to carter to fast growing demand for LED lighting, rapidly falling price in the face of price competition from China-based competitors. The manufacturers use so-called next-generation technology to roll out packaged LED chips, adding that such a trend may impact packaging houses. The next-generation technology may help decrease overall p...

GE Lighting has been working closely with Vanguard since 2008, it provides high quality and efficient supermarket lighting solutions for Vanguard. Up to 2011, Vanguard has installed GE's T5 Watt-Miser and ConstantColour ceramic metal halide indoor lighting system in many stores in China, and more than 25 branches have been installed with GE's Tetra miniMAX signage lighting system. Xiaowei Shen, OEM Sales Engineer of GE Lighting, said that for the common in-store lighting, the original lighting system consumes much more energy and requires frequent ma...

Philips has updated its Ambilight color-illumination system for TVs by integrating it with Hue wireless LED lightbulbs, spreading content-themed light effects around the room. The update – which comes with a new Ambilight+Hue app for iOS and Android, compatible with Ambilight TVs from 2011 onward – arrives alongside the Philips Elevation TV, a new ultra-slim 60-inch LCD TV with Ambilight “4-sided XL” for all-round colors. Ambilight uses multi-color LEDs around the frame of the TV to project light around the set, onto the walls b...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) installed 48 Incito™ LED downlights embedded with nLIGHT® lighting controls from Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) as part of the University’s renovation of the Great Dome in the Barker Engineering Library. MIT updated the historic dome using integrated Gotham® LED downlighting with embedded controls to provide consistent light levels for reading in the library, while complementing daylighting from the Dome’s skylight. The daylighting and electric lighting work together seamlessly ...

Veeco has received an R&D 100 Award for its SPECTOR-HT Ion Beam Deposition (IBD) System. Initiated in 1962 and called the "Oscars of Innovation," the R&D Awards, issued by R&D Magazine, recognize and celebrate the top 100 technology products of the year. The R&D 100 Awards have identified revolutionary technologies newly introduced to the market over the last 50 years. Many of these have become household names, helping shape everyday life for many Americans. These include the flashcube (1965), the automated teller machine (1973...

Elmo USA introduced its first portable LED video projector on July 10, which named Elmo Boxi MP-350, designed in compact size enough to be carried in a briefcase or shoulder bag, and produces screen sizes up to 68 inches diagonally, with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio. It is targeted at mobile users who need HD (WXGA) resolution for presentations or entertainment use, the company said. The Elmo Boxi MP-350 (which is available now through Wynit Distribution at a $659 suggested retail) has a footprint measuring less than 6 inches square and weighs 1.1 pounds. The new p...

ADI.tv, a U.K.-based LED screen manufacturer, is continuing to grow in the shopping center market, with its portfolio of installations in the sector growing to eight by the end of summer. The latest of these is a 22.5-square-meter (242.19-square-foot) digital media display at The Oracle in Reading. Further large-format LED screens are planned for Southampton’s WestQuay and London’s Brent Cross. Most are employed as commercial platform, with a range of brands promoted on-screen via media deals with global advertising partners such as JCDecaux. &ldqu...

On July 11, 2013, Shenzhen SED approved the proposal to establish joint venture the thirteenth Extraordinary Meeting of its Sixth Board of Directors, the Board of Directors agreed to jointly fund with Philips Electronics China BV for the establishment of Shenzhen CFL Sang Fei smart lighting Technology Co., Ltd. (tentative name, the final name based on the approved business license). The registered capital of this joint venture is up to 100 million Yuan, Shenzhen SED invested its own funds of 70 million Yuan in cash, accounting 70% interest of the joint ve...

Streamlight Inc., a leading provider of high-performance lighting and weapon light/laser sighting devices, announced The Siege, a rugged, cordless, alkaline battery-powered LED lantern designed for a wide variety of outdoor, safety and scene lighting uses. Featuring four white C4 LEDs and one red C4 LED to preserve night vision, The Siege offers users five different output modes, including a red emergency SOS signal. With its polycarbonate, glare-reducing cover, the lantern is comfortable to use in close quarters without impacting vision. The Siege’s four whi...

Recently, Neo-Neon announced the consolidated results for the year ended 31st March, 2013. The revenue during the notice period is 827 million Hong Kong dollars (HKD) (about 654 million Yuan), a decrease of 23.69% over the previous year; After-tax loss is 617 million HKD (about 488 million Yuan), each share losses 65.7 HK cents (about 0.52 Yuan). LED decorative lights business suffered a loss of 289 million HKD, and LED general lighting suffered a loss of 145 million HKD. Announcements indicated that turnover and gross margin of LED lighting business dec...

Brightgreen, a LED lighting company in Australian, released the world’s first square-beam LED downlight in 2011. Now, it presents the next generation of square beam lighting: the D900 Cube v2. The D900 Cube v2 incorporates Brightgreen’s signature Tru-Colour 95CRI—a superb Colour Rendering Index to bring everything to life. Its square beam makes lighting square-edged spaces seamless and more efficient. Enhanced optics give the D900 Cube v2 a softer-edged beam for smoother light transitions, and lower dimming gives you even more versatility....

Using LEDs as light sources in vegetable gardening is a new business opportunity in Japan, according to a recent Sankei Biz report. Large Japanese real estate developers, consumer electronics manufacturers, and architecture firms are utilizing their advantages to quickly set up their business models in this emerging market.

MaxLite®, a global marketer and manufacturer of energy efficient lighting and lamps, has developed a complete line of energy efficient lighting solutions for pedestrian areas of sports venues and entertainment arenas. Ideal for illuminating tunnels and corridors in venues, MaxLite’s 40-watt LED Wall Packs replace 175-watt metal halide fixtures while the 60-watt LED Canopy Lights replace inefficient 250-watt metal halide fixtures. MaxLite’s full-cutoff LED 40-watt Wall Packs are DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC)-qualified and designed and en...

AOC announced its new 15.6-inch LED TV LE16A1333/61 at Rs 6990. The LE16A1333/61 TV provides a photo frame design. According to AOC, the Real Color Engine technology applied in this LED TV can produce true and natural colors. Also various inputs like USB, HDMI and VGA port for connectivity are available in this TV. Power consumption of this LED TV is claimed to be less than running a fan or normal tube light and is 60% less than running a CRT television. It only weighs 1.25kg....

Access Fixtures upgraded its LED flood lights introducing the latest RTL series, which is supported by Toshiba LED technology. Featuring 25% greater light output than previous LED flood lights, the new products further improve its efficiency and quality. The new LED products are idea for outdoor lighting applications, such as tennis court lighting, parking lot lighting, and roadway lighting. "New advances in LED lighting technology continue to increase the efficiency, efficacy and overall quality of Access Fixtures LED products, meanwhile reducing energy ...

On September 1, 2013, the latest energy efficiency requirements for LED lighting products will be officially implemented in Europe. European energy efficiency requirements are mainly based on the requirements of the EU's ErP. Like LVD Directive and EMC Directive, ErP directive has also been incorporated in the EU's CE system. Therefore CE mark can be printed on the nameplate only after the related products involved must meet ErP requirements and a designated agency is responsible for market surveillance, which is a mandatory EU requirement. In vie...

Freeway Lighting Solutions, a new division of the Rebound Group to offer a comprehensive range of LEDs, signed a Franchised Distribution agreement with LITEON to strengthen its LED offering. LITEON has a wide offering in all areas, such as SMD LED including CHIP and PLCC types, plus LED Displays, Infrared and PTIR products. Richard Blackmore, managing director of Freeway Lighting Solutions, stated that the company was delighted to add another global name to the Freeway Lighting line card. "LITEON provides Freeway Lighting...

According to Xiaojuan Shi, technology industry analyst from Morgan Stanley Securities, Osram announced that it will re-focus on LED solid-state lighting in order to achieve long-term goals of smart lighting. OSRAM's outsourcing order is expected to increase; Epistar, Everlight and Lextar are expected to share the business opportunity. OSRAM spun off from Siemens of Germany, and issue Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the 8th at Frankfurt stock market. Xiaojuan Shi said that Osram holds several patents, it originally focused on the special lighting pro...

Cooper Lighting, a division of diversified power management company Eaton, is reinforcing its industry reputation as a world-class lighting solutions provider by earning a total of 18 awards in a range of renowned industry competitions. In a span of just four months in 2013, the Lighting division earned these notable accolades, which recognize a variety of its innovative, indoor and outdoor LED product solutions. “These recognitions are a true testament to our employee excellence,” said Mark Eubanks, president, Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Division. “All...

BARCO, a global technology company designing and developing visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets, launched two new diagnostic display systems, which are the premium grayscale Coronis 3MP LED and the high-bright Nio Color 3MP LED. These diagnostic displays feature 3MP resolution and apply high-bright LED backlights, and can improve radiologist productivity and performance by making subtle details more noticeable and more quickly. Barco's Coronis 3MP LED is the industry-leading display system for grayscale radiology imaging...

Growth of LED lighting exceeded expectations, Edison received large orders from mainland China manufacturers, SO it intends to expand capacity with additional capital in the second half of this year, legal representative of Edison forecasts that the growth of Edison in the second half of this year is expected to be more than that in the first half of this year by 40%. The consolidated revenue of Edison in the first half of this year is 1.269 billion NTD, an annual increase of 3.25%, because it has expanded capacity with capital expenditures of 450 million NTD in the firs...

CommScope who has played a role in virtually all the world's best communication networks has taken over Redwood Systems, a start-up offering LED lighting solutions and integrated sensor networks for data centers and buildings. Financial terms were not disclosed. Redwood Systems is based in Fremont, California. Redwood Systems developed what is believed to be the world’s first smart building platform that powers and controls lights with a high-density sensor grid. This platform provides granular monitoring of space utilization, temperature and power consumption. ...

On July 8, OSRAM Licht AG started trading with ticker symbol "OSR" on the Frankfurt and Munich stock exchange. Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of Osram, said that the listing marks the beginning of a new chapter in Osram's history of more than 100 years and presents great opportunities for its future development. Management was recently on a roadshow visiting the important international capital markets, meeting with about 400 funds and banks to gauge their interest in Osram. The start of trading was preceded by the successful spin-off of Osram from Siemens AG...

SCHOTT, the international technology group and experts in the fields of specialty glass and glass-ceramics, will showcase a range of lighting and imaging components at Semicon West. Products on display will include SCHOTT’s miniMML integrated vision unit, high-brightness ColdVision LLS 3 LED light source, and its IR-MEMS Inspector for examining silicon wafers in micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturing. SCHOTT will be exhibiting these products at Semicon West on July 9th to 11th, 2013. Featuring a 15-mm low-profile body, the...

E Craftsmen is proud to announce earning the distinguished UL approval on their new “Slim-Line” brand of 480V and 347V input step-down transformers for LED power applications. As leaders in transformer technology with over 50 years of engineering experience developing solutions, EC continues to innovate. These parts are now Recognized by UL with a Class B (130C) rated insulation system permitting use in fixtures with higher ambient temperature conditions. Their low-profile height of only 1.31 inches and narrow width of 1.63 inches suits the increasing demand...

The 27th Universiade started on July 5th in Kazan, Russia, it impresses people with 3650 Square Meter (sq.m) LED Mesh Displays provided by Unilumin, who also provided the LED display for the 26th Universiade successfully held in Shenzhen China. 2013 KAZAN Universiade is another large-scale comprehensive World Games in Russia after afterwards Moscow Olympic in 1980. It is a good chance to prove the capacity of Russia on holding large sale sports events. Meanwhile it can do provide valuable experience for 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games and 2018 World...