The street lights are part of the Prestbury Road conservation area Historic street lights which guided Cheltenham's trams more than a century ago have been restored. The rejuvenation of four tram columns on Prestbury Road was part of a nine-year LED replacement project across Gloucestershire, which has reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 70%, Gloucestershire County Council said. Cabinet member for highways Dom Morris said: "The tramline columns represent a significant aspect of Cheltenham’s architectural past. "I’m pl...

Climalux, based in Hoek van Holland, has developed a new full-LED grow light equipped with SMD LEDs attached to a single LED engine. Therefore, the new grow light has a higher light output and offers the grower an array of light spectrum options. The CLX-2 grow light "Challenged by the market, we have thoroughly investigated and confirmed all the advantages of our systems. With the further development of our light source, we kill two birds with one stone. The efficiency, also of our already known luminaire, is increasing and the new luminaire will have extra...

Acer introduced the Predator X49 V gaming monitor equipped with a 48.9-inch QD-OLED panel from Samsung Display. The device is designed for gamers, offering a high resolution of 5120 x 1440 pixels and a refresh rate of 144 Hz. Thanks to the support of AMD FreeSync Premium, the monitor manages to achieve a minimum response time of 0.03 ms, which ensures the smoothest image possible. Brightness reaches a peak value of 1000 nits, and HDR10 support and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 400 certification improve color and contrast quality. The Predator X49 ...

Getty Images/Zooey Liao/CNET Shopping for a new TV? It can be overwhelming these days, especially with all the models and designations available. With alphabetic features like HDR, 120Hz and HDMI 2.1, it can be hard to keep up with what's new, important or better than what you already have. TVs often include all of those features and more, making it tough to tell the difference. Unlike the rest of those TV tech terms, QLED and OLED are fundamentally different, even though they're only one letter apart. And in our side-by-side comparison revie...

Several years have passed since the launch of blue LEDs, and LEDs have been adopted for the three applications introduced in the previous post (traffic signal/display/scanner). Large screen display systems, which had been used mainly outdoors, have expanded to include large-sized displays used in stadiums to small, high-definition versions for advertising, such as those installed in buildings, and now indoor applications are in sight. For indoor applications, the distance between the viewer and the screen is closer, so the LED pitch (distance between each LED) must be narro...

An unveiling ceremony was held on Sept. 10 where attendees were shown a demonstration of the equipment's capabilities. (Courtesy of Katharine Calderwood for The Darien Foundation.) DARIEN, CT — Darien High School this week unveiled a cutting-edge LED video wall in its auditorium, which was provided through a grant from The Darien Foundation. The video wall will be used by students in music, theater, art, technology and other STEAM classes to collaborate on and create innovative digital content for school events, presentations, performances, and...

Luceco has seen its revenue tick up as acquisition helps it to expand in the US. Revenue at LED lighting specialist Luceco grew beyond expectations during the first half of its financial year as easing inflation helped to stabilise prices. The London-listed firm, which is headquartered in Telford, saw its sales increase to £109.6m in the six months ending 30 June, 2024, up from £101.1m in the same period last year. This boost in revenue helped to bump up its pre-tax profit to £8.7m, compared to £6.2m in the first half of 2023. Luceco said thi...

LED Bulbs are recently in demand as they are more efficient than the common incandescent lights used in households and companies. Some of the benefits associated with this LED light bulb include that they require less power and time to start emitting light with more extended periods of life expectancy. However, there is a significant downside. Although most commercial LED bulbs emit a reasonable amount of blue light, it is a concern since it affects the health of the eye as well as sleep interruption. This is so because blue light interferes with the production of melaton...

On the 8th (local time) at ‘IFA 2024,’ attendees are seen playing games on a Samsung screen. [Courtesy of Samsung Electronics Co.] South Korea’s top two electronics makers, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., attracted large numbers of visitors throughout the opening day of IFA 2024. Europe‘s largest consumer electronics trade show kicked off on Friday local time in Berlin, Germany. Samsung Electronics had prepared the largest exhibition space of 6,017 square meters in the industry, but there were barely any room to move,...

To introduce a completely new technology to the world, it is said that there are three barriers to overcome. They are called the Devil River, Valley of Death, and Darwinian Sea. There are detailed explanations of each of these terms in specialized literature for business administration and other fields. "The Devil River" is if the development of the product becomes a success. Smooth mass production and commercialization is referenced as "The Valley of Death." Lastly, the formation of the market is known as "The Darwinian Sea". Thanks to the...

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC), in collaboration with researchers from Manaaki Whenua, have completed a pioneering project using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology to gain a deeper understanding of the region's landscape. This project uses LiDAR to create high-resolution maps detailing land and vegetation across the region, providing an unprecedented level of detail on the region’s topography. The newly developed digital elevation models (DEMs) enhance the accuracy of assessments for erosion, sediment loads in rivers, and overa...

Nestlé Portugal has installed an Alfalite LED screen in a multipurpose room at its Lisbon headquarters GTC – Sistemas Digitais de Video, Alfalite’s partner in Portugal, supplied and installed 72 UHD FinePix AlfaCOB 1.8 panels to create a 7.2m by 2m display. The LED solution is designed for mission-critical environments in control rooms, while its sharp image quality also makes it ideal for presentations and for broadcast environments and virtual sets requiring fine-pitch or microLED. Santiago Caro, Alfalite's international ...

Once a Sci-Fi novelty, transparent displays are exiting the sets of Blade Runner and swiftly becoming a feature of reality. Credit: NextGen Nano Bottom-emitting Transparent Organic Light-Emitting-Diodes (TOLEDs) allow for one-sided display of information on transparent screens, while enabling clear visibility of individuals on both sides of the glass. So how are bottom emitting TOLEDs helping to reshape privacy and connectivity? Branching out from the traditional OLED – we have the TOLED. They are relied on to create transparent displays...

PPDS has installed a record-breaking 46.25m wide Philips dvLED wall inside the newly updated MK-7 headquarters of Oracle Red Bull Racing, the reigning Formula 1 champion team, in Milton Keynes, near London, UK. It is the largest Philips dvLED installation to date and understood to be the largest indoor wall in Europe. The wall is the focal point of the 1,004sqm immersive MK-7 venue, which is located within the Red Bull Racing Technology Campus. It has been welcoming visitors from around the world since 2018 and contains Oracle Red Bull Racing memorab...

Months have passed since Acer revealed the Predator X49. Since then, the company has started selling many other gaming monitors, including the Predator X32 X3. However, it has decided to leave its latest 49-inch monitor on the shelf despite competitors like MSI, Philips and RedMagic having released equivalents like the Evnia 49M2C8900 (curr. $999.99 on Amazon). In fact, Acer has now shared details about the Predator X49 V, which we have covered separately. As for the Predator X49 X, we cannot find any evidence to suggest that Acer has officially confirmed that...

Polysense launches iEdge 4.0-enabled full covered UVA, UVB, UVC and UVABC sensors for health care, agriculture and environmental industries SANTA CLARA, CA, UNITED STATES, September 9, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a major stride towards enhancing environmental stewardship and technological innovation, Polysense Technologies Inc., a renowned leader in the field of environmental sensing technology, has proudly announced the launch of its groundbreaking iEdge 4.0-enabled full covered UV sensors—UVA, UVB, UVC and UVABC...

Blue LEDs were ready for mass production, and in November 1993, the day of the launch announcement for the blue LED finally arrived. The announcement was not some gorgeous event like renting out a conference room at a hotel to give a presentation to a large number of media outlets; instead, Nichia just asked the Tokushima branch of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese Newspaper company) for an interview. At that time, Nichia Corporation was a completely unknown company to the public. The company was introduced in newspapers, weekly magazines, television, and other media as ...

LumiStreet lighting in Milton Keynes – the reduction in ongoing energy costs is expected to pay for the project in full within eight years Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC) in the UK is upgrading 18,000 existing streetlights to LED as part of its long-term vision to create a world-leading sustainable city. Lighting specialist Signify was selected to carry out the upgrade which will enable the city to introduce innovation in terms of performance, quality of light, and connectivity to its lighting assets – and contribute to its climate action goals. Re...

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartkem (Nasdaq: SMTK), a company that has the potential to power the next generation of displays using its disruptive organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), today announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Shanghai Chip Foundation Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. ("Chip Foundation"), a manufacturer of semiconductor and integrated circuit devices, to co-develop a new generation of microLED-based backlight technology for Liquid Crystal Displays. The joint dev...

Using light to move data over shorter distances is becoming more common, both because there is much more data to move around and because photons are faster and cooler than electrons. Using optical fiber for mission-critical communication is already well established. It has been the preferred PHY for long-haul communications for decades because it doesn’t suffer from the attenuation losses of copper. It also has emerged as the dominant way of transferring data back and forth between servers and storage because it is nearly impervious to interruptions, extremely fast, and requi...

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertilas GmbH invites you to join our team at Booth 4D021+4D022 during the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) 2024 in Shenzhen on 11-13 September 2024. Vertilas will showcase its technological advancement of InP based NIR VCSEL for optical communications, 3D sensing, gas sensing (TDLS) and customer-specific applications. Christian Neumeyr, CEO of Vertilas, "We are excited to demonstrate our technology and product portfolio at CIOE 2024. Our product lineup include...

CY Vision is using a microLED display from MoJo Vision for an AI-enabled head up display (HUD) for automotive augmented reality (AR). The HUD developed by CY Vision uses AI and 3D imaging with a microLED display from MoJo Vision to provide a HUD with line-of-sight overlays. Using a microLED display eliminate existing image degradation such as sunlight reflection and colour distortion which is critical to the successful implementation and adoption of AR HUDs says MoJO. Mixing cutting-edge display technology with established semiconductor pro...

Rewind the clock 30 years to 1993, red, orange, and yellow-green LEDs were readily mass produced and available in the market. However, although blue LEDs utilizing different substrate materials were available in the market, production quantities were very limited. In fact, these blue LEDs were not as bright as the red and yellow-green LEDs. Therefore, because of the brightness difference between these 3 colors, balance could not be achieved between the three primary colors (red, blue, yellow) necessary to reproduce any color, including white. Various manufacturers and resear...

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC the chip designer is working with Samsung and Google to explore a mixed-reality set of glasses. Google, Samsung and Qualcomm’s smart glasses would be a different approach from Apple’s Vision Pro, a mixed-reality headset launched this year that is worn on a user’s head and can be controlled through hand gestures. “But what I really expect to come out of this partnership, I want everyone that has a phone to go buy companion glasses to go along with it,” Amon said. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano...

Council will continue upgrading inefficient street lights with LED lighting, with most lights in the region to be swapped over by the end of the year. In 2023, Council replaced 69 per cent of remaining inefficient street lights in the municipality to energy-efficient LED lights, as part of a project to reduce emissions andenergy use, and ensure street lights are better maintained. Many of the old street lights in the area are mercury vapour, high-pressure sodium or compact fluorescent lights, which use significant amounts of energy and have shorter life spans compared to LE...

The Municipal President of Mérida, Cecilia Patrón Laviada, turned on the new lighting of the Xmatkuil road and 50th Avenue that goes to the Periférico with more than 200 LED lamps. At the same time, 1,114 sodium vapor lights are being replaced in the Emiliano Zapata Sur and San Antonio Xluch neighborhoods, which will become the first areas with fully LED lighting. In the community of Xmatkuil, Cecilia Patrón removed the switch that illuminated 50th Street South from Xmatkuil to the Periférico with LED lamps. &ldq...

Car park users will soon benefit from a higher standard of illumination as work begins on a new energy efficient LED lighting system at the multi storey car park at Westmorland Shopping Centre in Kendal. A site survey identified Westmorland Shopping Centre Car Park as a site with a significant opportunity to save money and carbon by looking at alternative lighting methods. Work will commence on 9 September following the announcement by Westmorland and Furness Council that the contract for the design, installation, testing and commissioning of the new lighting syst...

Image credit: Mo-Sys Engineering LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—LG Electronics has acquired a stake in Mo-Sys Engineering, a developer of virtual production solutions and camera robotics. The strategic seed investment and partnership will expand LG Business Solution’s capabilities in the virtual production and broadcasting technology segments, enabling LG to deliver a more comprehensive lineup of sophisticated hardware- and software-based solutions, according to Ki-mun Paik, senior vice president and head of the Information Display business unit of L...

"Blue LED, 100 times brighter" On November 30, 1993, Nikkei Business Daily headlined the front page of its popular newspaper in Japan – "Blue LED, 100 times brighter." The company that launched such a surprising product is "Nichia Chemical Industries Ltd." (Currently, Nichia Corporation), located in Tokushima, Japan. At the time, Nichia was positioned as Japan's largest manufacturer of phosphors, primarily used in fluorescent lamps and CRT televisions. Although Nichia was well-known in the industry, the general publi...

At the IFA Berlin, XGIMI introduced its latest innovation, the MoGo 3 Pro smart projector, which promises to redefine home and outdoor cinema experiences. The new projector combines compactness and versatility, measuring nearly the same height as a Starbucks Venti Cup and weighing just 1.1kg. Equipped with intelligent features, it offers both cinematic visuals and sound quality. The design of the MoGo 3 Pro underscores functionality and portability. It includes a USB Type-C port, enabling users to power the device with a power bank requiring a minimum of 65W. ...