2015-10-07

Latin America’s Tallest Skyscraper Lit up by Clay Paky

Clay Paky Mythos fixtures have illuminated the Costanera Tower, the highest skyscraper in Latin America, with a fantastic light show to celebrate each match in the Copa América 2015 football tournament.
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2015-10-07

LG Chem OLED Panels Transformed into Lighting Sculptures at BLACKBODY

BLACKBODY and LG Chem have collaborated for the special event of Design Junction, part of the London Design Festival, in a major art installation around LG Chem`s square OLED light panels called DISPERTION by Thierry Gaugain.
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2015-10-07

Orion Unveils New LED High Bay Light for High Lumen Illumination

Orion Energy Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced its next generation of Orion LED industrial light fixtures, now the highest-performing high bay suite in the market.
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2015-10-07

Halco's Expands LED Retrofit Portfolio with Downlight Replaceble Trim Series

Halco Lighting Technologies introduces their ProLED Downlight Retrofit Replaceable Trim Series. This new product line combines the energy efficiency of LED lighting along with modern and stylish trim options to help complement any décor.
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2015-10-07

ALW Releases New Moonring Luminaire with Suspended and Surface Mount Models

Architectural Lighting Works (ALW) — an international manufacturer of high-performance, commercial luminaires designed for use in office, retail, hospitality, civic and academic environments — announces the release of Moonring.
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2015-10-06

Chinese Lighting Product Exports to Argentina Soar in 1H15, but Exports to St. Lucia Plunges

China’s Light Industry Internet (CLII) recently published important lighting product export statistics for three markets during the first six months of 2015, showed export growth was highest for the Argentina market, and plunged the most in Saint Lucia. Lighting exports to France showed incremental growth.
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2015-10-06

San’an Opto Receives RMB 170 M Subsidy

San’an Opto announced recently its subsidiary in Fujian Province, China has received RMB 170 million (US $) subsidy from Anxi County Finance Bureau to invest in LED R&D, according to a report from Quamnet.
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2015-10-06

Bangalore to Complete LED Residential Lighting Upgrade by January 2016

Bangalore (or also known as Bengaluru), the capital of India's southern Karnataka state will be rolling out a LED residential lighting replacement project by January, according to The Times of India and other Indian media.
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2015-10-06

Philips Hue Latest Bridge Adds Apple HomeKit and Siri Support

Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, takes connected lighting to the next frontier by announcing the integration of the Philips Hue connected lighting system with Apple HomeKit. Like something straight out of a science fiction novel, Philips Hue lights can be voice controlled through Siri on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Apple Watch, and integrated to work seamlessly and securely with other HomeKit-enabled devices. So with only one command you can unlock the front door, turn the lights on and the heating up, truly transforming how you experience and interact with your home.
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2015-10-06

Acuity Brands and Silver Spring Networks Partner up to Develop Smart City Lights

Today at the IES Street & Area Lighting Conference, North America’s largest conference dedicated to improving the outdoor lighting business of electric utilities and energy service providers, Acuity Brands, through its subsidiary Acuity Brands Lighting, and Silver Spring Networks announced an agreement to jointly develop an intelligent lighting platform for utilities, cities, and large campus operators which will allow them to upgrade their aging lighting infrastructure and establish a path to additional smart city applications and services.
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2015-10-06

City Lights beyond Illumination

Kees van der Klauw, Senior Vice President at Philips Research shares his insights on smart city streetlights in this blog entry. Within ten years, two out of three people will be living in urban areas, many of them in big cities, which means – now more than ever – that these cities need to be functional and sustainable.
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2015-10-06

Kirin's Illumicap Lets Users Interact with Light via IoT System

Kirin developed the "Illumicap," an innovative IoT plastic bottle cap with a built-in wireless communication and lighting system, in collaboration with WHITE Inc. with the goal of creating a new drinking experience for consumers.
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2015-10-06

Macron Group Unveils New Programmable LED Driver Series

Macron Associate, a leading LED driver manufacture announces the release of the Programmable LED Driver series, high performance LED drivers in 3 different form factors. The Drivers cater to variety of LED lighting applications like down lighting, office Lighting, Linear lighting systems etc. The Programming capability is done with a simple resistor change outside of the driver housing with commercially available resistors.
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2015-10-06

Lumileds' New CoB LEDs Provides Greater Flux for Exterior Luminaires

Designers of high lumen streetlights, high bay fixtures and downlights are taking advantage of Lumileds latest addition to its successful LUXEON CoB Core Range portfolio, the LUXEON CoB 1216. These arrays provide a 40% greater flux than Lumileds existing CoBs in an identical mechanical footprint. “We continue to push our chip-on-board technology to higher efficiency, which is important in all applications but particularly in outdoor fixtures,” said Eric Senders, Product Line Director for CoB LEDs at Lumileds. “With the new line of arrays, customers are achieving 150 lm/W at nominal condition, which, combined with our lowest in the industry thermal resistance, leads to the most cost efficient systems.”
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2015-10-06

MaxLite Introduces Lensed LED Retrofit for Interior Lighting

The LRK installs into existing troffers without the need to enter the ceiling space, giving facility managers the quickest, most cost effective means of replacing outdated fluorescent lighting systems with the high efficiency and performance of LEDs. With a profile measuring less than three inches in depth, the LRK is designed to fit standard 2-by-2 and 2-by-4-foot troffers with ease. In most cases, installation of the LRK takes less than 10 minutes.
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2015-10-05

How Yang Hwa Technology Falsified its Financial Statement

Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Yang Hwa Technology owner Shih-Hsiung Chan was detained by police on Sept. 11, 2015 for suspected accounting fraud and market manipulation, according to a report by China Times.
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2015-10-05

Bulbing Launches Second Generation Optical Illusion LED Luminaires

The LED luminaire that uses optical illusion to trick your brain is here to deceive more minds again. Having created the first model of Bulbing that was successfully backed within three days on Kickstarter, Israel’s Studio Cheha proposes three different types of ultra-flat LED lights on Kickstarter, this time aiming to raise £15,000 (US$ 22,817).
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2015-10-05

Muggings Increase in Indian City as Lighting Disputes Leaves Areas in the Dark

Indian government policies are spurring a nationwide LED streetlight upgrade, but parts of Mangalore, Karnataka remain in the dark leading to higher crime rates, as disputes between government organizations over what lighting to install in the industrial park continue, reported NYOOZ.
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2015-10-05

DOE Publishes GATEWAY Report on Portland's LED Streetlight Conversion

The U.S. Department of Energy has released a GATEWAY report on the experiences of the City of Portland, OR, in converting its street lighting from high-pressure sodium to LED. Such large-scale conversions are rarely simple matters, and the Portland Bureau of Transportation was an early investigator of LED street lighting and one of the first public agencies to join DOE's Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium, so learning how the city addressed the challenges it encountered can be especially helpful to other cities that are implementing or considering their own lighting transitions.
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2015-10-05

Australian Trucking Association Shines Light on LED Lighting Safety Gains

Installing LED trailer brake lights could mean the difference between a safe stop and a rear end accident, the Chief Executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Christopher Melham, said today.
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2015-10-05

Finnish LED Manufacturer Greenled Oy Lights up Helsinki

Greenled Oy , the leading Finnish manufacturer and supplier of all-inclusive LED lighting solutions, has won the contract to supply street lighting for the City of Helsinki. The request for tenders emphasized energy efficiency, high quality optics and durable design. In the first phase of the Helsinki LED project Greenled is set to deliver 1 700 Sirius outdoor luminaires to enlighten the Finnish capital. Launched in April 2015, Sirius is an innovative Finnish made LED luminaire that combines advanced lighting technology and robust design.
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2015-10-05

Soraa Promotes George Stringer to Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing

A surge in global demand for Soraa’s full visible spectrum GaN on GaN™ LED lamps and Optical Light Engines has led the company to name George Stringer as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. Stringer, who most recently served as Vice President of North America Sales and Marketing for the company, will report directly to Jeffery Parker, CEO of Soraa. Stringer will lead the company’s global sales organization with offices in U.S., London and Tokyo.
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2015-10-05

LED Engin Adds New RGBW Emitters to LED Lighting Portfolio

LED Engin, Inc. announces a new world record in both flux and power density for high power, multi-color LED lighting with its latest LZP family of red, green, blue and cool white (RGBW) emitters. The 25-die, 80-watt emitters deliver 3800 lumens, the world’s highest luminous flux density from a 6.2mm x 6.2mm light emitting area on 12mm x 12mm emitter footprint. This has been achieved through an improved LZP package design that results in the industry’s lowest thermal resistance per package footprint of 0.5 °C/watt. As a result, the LZP now gives designers of entertainment and architectural lighting the freedom to create more powerful yet slimmer, very compact lamps in innovative new styles that appeal to customers. The emitter is the first of three new multi-color products in LED Engin’s development schedule announced in April. The others are the LZ7 7-color emitter and the ultra-high power LZ4 4-die RGBW, which can be driven up to 3 amps/die.
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2015-10-05

Osram Increases Supoort of Light Test Campaigns in More European Countries

OSRAM has supporting the Light Test campaign in Germany for many years. During the Light Test campaign from the 1st. to the 31st. October drivers can have their lights checked free of charge in many registered vehicle workshops or garages throughout the country. OSRAM as the global leader in innovative vehicle lighting, is a supporter of these activities. During the campaign period OSRAM provides special car lamp packages of the most common types.
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2015-10-05

UVLrx Therapeutics Introduces UV LED Therapy Device to EU Consumers

UVLrx Therapeutics announces that it has received CE marking to commercially sell its UVLrx 1500 multi-wavelength, intravenous light therapy system in the European Union. The UVLrx 1500 System offers the first intravenous, concurrent delivery of ultraviolet-A (UVA) and multiple visible light wavelengths. Using the company’s patent pending Dry Light Adapter™ and a standard I.V. catheter, the UVLrx 1500 eliminates the need for removal of blood from the body.
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2015-10-02

Hot Picks of the Week Sept. 28-Oct. 2

Waning growth in the sapphire substrate market is beginning to impact certain sapphire manufacturers. LEDinside latest reports show declined LED lighting demands triggered a 30% decline in the sapphire industry, leading to Tera Xtal Technology’s decision to cut 180 jobs.
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2015-10-02

Chinese Companies Putting Pressure on Korean Manufacturers as OLED TV Market Blossoms

Next generation OLED TV sales have soared 317% during the first half of 2015, according to a report from Business Korea.
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2015-10-02

How Astronauts Might be Able to Grow Martian Potatoes with NASA Lighting Technology

Stranded on the barren red planet Mars with few supplies available, astronaut Mark Watney played by Hollywood actor Matt Damon in The Martian is fighting for survival on the harsh planet.
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2015-10-02

Major Taiwanese Sapphire Manufacturer Tera Xtal Technology Slashes Jobs

The LED market has shown mixed results in different global regions recently. Stagnant LED shipment growth, and plunging sapphire substrate prices have brought related manufacturers operations under the market lime light.
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2015-10-02

Designer Integrates Sex Science in LED Badge Design at Burning Man this Year

This LED badge launched at Burning Man this year has an OLED touch screen was designed by applying reproductive science and genetics. The personified light badges “inherit” a particular lighting sequence that can be passed on to another light badge through intercourse, which takes form through blinking lights. However, all sex between the lighting badges is consensual and require the approval of the female badges (yes the badges have different genders). Badges can also engage in homosexual relations. Instead of a walkie talkie users can use the light badge to link up with friends and choose their mate. For further info on the design concept and technology involved please see below.
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Violumas, provider of high-power UV LED solutions and inventor of 3-PAD LED technology, is proud to launch the release of new 275nm and 265nm LEDs in mid-power, high-power, and high-density packages. The radiant flux of the new 275nm and 265nm... READ MORE

DURHAM, NC – November 12, 2024 –– Cree LED, a Penguin Solutions brand (Nasdaq: PENG), today announced the launch of its new CV28D LEDs with FusionBeam™ Technology, a groundbreaking advancement for the LED signage market... READ MORE