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Heraeus Precious Metals (West Conshohocken, PA) is pleased to announce the continuing performance growth and reliability of CelcionTM. CelcionTM is a thick film material system designed to produce...
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New Drones Ensure Ideal Photographic Lighting Positions
Researchers at MIT and Cornell University will provide photographers with squadrons of small, light-equipped autonomous robots that automatically assume the right positions for photographic lighting.
With the new system, the photographer indicates the direction from which the rim light...
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Researchers Develop Flexible, Energy-Efficient Hybrid Circuit
Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a flexible, energy-efficient hybrid circuit combining carbon nanotube thin film transistors with other thin film transistors. The hybrid could take the place of silicon as the traditional transistor material used...
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Liquid Cooling Technology for LEDs
Best quality LED A-lamp light bulbs provide a superior, energy-efficient alternative to incandescent bulbs, which have essentially been banned as of January 1, 2014. LED bulbs offer the same amount of light...
Articles: Lighting
Finding the Optimal Lighting Solution for Line-Scan Applications
In machine vision systems, acquiring images of moving targets is a challenge and consequently the best image requires three fundamentals to be well defined:
an excellent...Application Briefs: Lighting
LED Street Lights Reduce Energy Consumption by 72% at Power Station
When the NRG power plant in El Segundo, Calif., was redesigned, two towers were demolished which caused extensive light from the plant to bother local neighbors. In an...
Application Briefs: Lighting
Production Company Uses LED Street Lights To Illuminate Dark Parking Lot
Imagina US is a pioneer production company in the U.S. Hispanic TV industry that has a newly built headquarters in Miami, Florida. Owners were seeking low-wattage...
Application Briefs: Lighting
Customized Goniophotometer System Tests High Intensity Obstruction Lights
Hughey & Phillips (H&P) designs and manufactures flashing and steady state anti-collision lighting used on above-ground obstructions like communication towers,...
Briefs: Lighting
First Single-Molecule LED Developed
The ultimate challenge in the race to miniaturize light emitting diodes (LED) has finally been met. A team led by the Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS, CNRS/Université...
Briefs: Lighting
Two-Dimensional Material Shows Promise for Optoelectronics
A team of MIT researchers has used a novel material that’s just a few atoms thick to create devices that can harness or emit light. This proof-of-concept could lead to ultra-thin,...
Briefs: Lighting
Improving the Efficiency of Green-Blue-Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have suggested a method that could significantly increase the efficiency of green-blue-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes based on GaInN/GaN, AlGaN/GaN, and AlInN/GaN quantum wells. Their approach could enable advances...
Research News: Lighting
Scientists Build Thinnest-Possible LEDs To Be Stronger, More Energy Efficient
Most modern electronics, from flat-screen TVs and smartphones to wearable technologies and computer monitors, use tiny light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. These LEDs...
Research News: Lighting
LED Drivers Use Less Energy, Produce More Light With Gallium Nitride Transistors
Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF have found a way to make LED lamps even more compact while supplying more light than...
Research News: Lighting
Artificial Metamaterial Could Speed Up Underwater Communications
University of California, San Diego electrical engineering professor Zhaowei Liu and colleagues have taken the first steps in a project to develop fast-blinking LED systems for...
Research News: Lighting
Novel LEDs Pave The Way To Cheaper Displays
Researchers from the universities of Bonn and Regensburg have developed a novel type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED). These lights are suitable for the design of particularly...
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Wire-to-Board Connector
ERNI (Richmond, VA) has developed a compact and economical wire-to-board interconnect solution with high current density in a small, 2.0mm pitch form factor. The iBridge™ single-row cable connector system delivers...
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Based LEDs
Visual Communications Company (VCC) (Poway, CA) has introduced based LEDs designed to serve as drop-in replacements for outmoded T1-3/4 and T3-1/4 incandescent lamps. Available in a range of base designs, including wedge, bayonet,...
Products: Lighting
Ballast Control ICs
International Rectifier (El Segundo, CA) has introduced a control IC for magnetic ballasts used in fluorescent lamps. Available in a compact SO8 package, the IRS2538DS integrates a 600V half-bridge control circuit,...
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Chip-on-Board (COB) LEDs
Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan) has expanded its high performance JU series of chip-on-board (COB) LEDs to include 7, 10 and 15 W types in addition to the existing 4W version. The JU series now...
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LED Drivers
SL Power Electronics (Ventura, CA) has introduced its new LE Series of LED drivers. Available in 10 models from 75 to 300 watts, the constant current LED drivers enable highly efficient LED lighting for applications that require...
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Aluminum Body LED Work Light
The EPL-FL1524-LED-120X12- C1D2-50 hazardous area LED work light from Larson Electronics (Kemp, TX) provides operators with a far more durable and reliable high performance alternative to standard incandescent...
News: Energy
Big Ideas for Small Spaces
Over 24 hours from April 4 to 5, six top French design studios conceived and presented new product concepts for urban environments during the Small Spaces Design Hackathon, presented by Cut&Paste in partnership...
News: Defense
Transient Electronics Dissolve When Triggered
An Iowa State research team led by Reza Montazami is developing "transient materials" and "transient electronics" that can quickly and completely melt away when a trigger is activated. The development could mean that one day you might be able to send out a signal to destroy a lost credit card.
To...
Briefs: Lighting
New Approach To Growing InGaN Crystals For Diodes Could Also Improve Solar Cell Efficiency
Crystals form the basis for the penetrating icy blue glare of car headlights and now they could be fundamental to the future in solar energy...
Briefs: Lighting
New Plastic-Like Polymer Could Lead To White Organic LEDs
By inserting platinum atoms into an organic semiconductor, University of Utah physicists were able to “tune” the plastic-like polymer to emit light of different colors – a step...
Application Briefs: Lighting
LED Panels Illuminate Stained Glass Window
The newly-renovated Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, Ohio, has a large, ornate rose stained-glass window that faces the Seidman Cancer Center at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center...
Application Briefs: Lighting
LED Manufacturer Switches Over To LED Lighting
Global Lighting Technologies, a manufacturer of LED-based, edge-lit light guide solutions for general illumination applications, recently retrofitted its North American sales &...
Articles: Lighting
State-of-the-Art LED Cooling Technology
The story behind LED development—only the 4th lighting technology developed in human history— is remarkable. The potential ahead of LED lighting to deliver real and measurable advantages— to save...
Articles: Lighting
Manufacturing LED Modules and Components
Several technical challenges exist when manufacturing solid state lighting (SSL) modules and components. The greatest challenge is in keeping up with the changes in LED...
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