Yes, now lightbulbs can glow red when your squeeze arrives The Philips Hue lightbulbs are the Internet of Things made real: multicoloured light bulbs with network connectivity and cloud control, with only the outrageous price preventing ...
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All ceiling-mounted fixtures are installed similarly, regardless of style. A key question you’ll have to answer is to determine if the electric box that houses the wiring connections in the ceiling will support the weight of the ...
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Lightfair in Philadelphia this week bills itself as the world's largest commercial and architectural lighting trade show. But for the Consumer Reports staffers who test and report on energy-saving lightbulbs, Lightfair is our geeky go-to ...
AT THE JUST concluded Lightfair International (LFI) 2013 trade show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the operative word was "BRIGHT." "We're in a lumens [brightness level] race," several exhibitors explained. All to prove that their ...
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Any homeowner will know that it takes time, effort and - usually - money to keep houses looking the best they possibly can. Sometimes, jobs around the house can be fairly enjoyable, but at other times they can be a complete pain - and ...
Here's a small thing you can do today to help save the earth—change a lightbulb. If every household in the nation replaced just one lightbulb with a bulb that meets Energy Star standards, enough energy would be saved to light 3 ...
Gallium nitride has been described as “the most important semiconductor since silicon” and is used in energy-saving LED lighting. A new £1million (or US$1,530,700) growth facility will allow University of Cambridge ...
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When Cree and Philips recently introduced LEDs at Home Depot that cost $13 to $15, half the price of earlier light emitting diode bulbs, one of Consumer Reports' secret shoppers raced to buy them so our lighting experts could begin to test ...
You've neglected it for ages, but now's the time to get rid of the household hazardous waste—oil-based paints, pesticides, automotive fluids, compact fluorescent lightbulbs, and more—that's lurking somewhere in your home. ...
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After receiving 68 reports of LEDs overheating, including some that produced fire or smoke, the Lighting Science Group has recalled 554,000 lightbulbs sold under the brand names Definity, EcoSmart, Sylvania, and Westinghouse. Included in ...
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Sweden - Singer songwriter Petra Marklund, who also performs under the name 'September', has been touring the country's concert halls this spring with one of the most dynamic stage sets imaginable - fabricated largely from more than 3,000 ...
The way the world is lit up could be revolutionized by a new European-wide research project being led by the University of Dundee. The 11.8 million Euros NEWLED project aims to develop a new generation of white light-emitting LED lights, ...
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Changing the lightbulbs could help supermarkets reduce the estimated 300,000 tonnes of food waste they produce each year, according to lighting company Welsh firm Sedna LED. The firm reckons illuminating fresh produce with lightbulbs that ...
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The University of Dundee is leading a European-wide research project to work on improving white LEDs that would be much more efficient than existing light bulbs. The project is being funded through a £7.2m grant from the European ...
NEWLED Research Project Led by the University of Dundee Aims to Revolutionize the Way the World Is Lit The way the world is lit up could be revolutionised by a new European-wide research project being lead by the University of Dundee. The ...
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