The modern day LED was born 50 years ago this month.Jeanine Chrobak-Kando,Business Development Manager at Verbatim,describes how far the lighting technology has come in such a short time. Light-emitting diodes(LEDs)have become an ...
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The shiny image of Zhang Ziyi in the movie the Banquet is impressive to many audiences. Her red and bright lips, short and dark eyebrows, and well decorated cheeks are the typical elements in the makeup popularized during the Tang Dynasty ...
Earlier this week, news emerged from the US that researchers have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new source is reportedly more efficient, produces a better quality of light and is flicker free. ...
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If you do not know what to wear to attend a Chinese celebration, something red is always the right choice on such occasions. The red color is always associated with "happiness and good fortune". It is symbolic of fire and wards off evil ...
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The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) is planning to equip vehicles with connected-vehicle technologies, which will facilitate the vehicles to send and receive wireless messages preventing crashes. Under the ...
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Citizens Band (CB) radios and GPS navigation systems manufacturer Cobra Electronics has introduced a new professional GPS navigation system, Cobra 6000 Pro HD, which meets the needs of truckers. The company claims that the new navigation ...
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Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
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It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
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Taipei, Oct. 29, 2012 (CENS)--Following 10 consecutive months of sluggish blue light, the Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) flashed a transitional yellow-blue light for Taiwan's economic status in September ...
Qatar-Part of the Qatar Foundation's Education City campus,Qatar National Convention Centre(QNCC),designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and RHWL Architects of Berlin,is the largest in the Middle East.Located in the fast-developing ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors launches direct emitting green laser diodes Osram Opto Semiconductors now offers its first direct green diode lasers. The two compact laser diodes have an optical output of 30 and 50 milliwatts and a particularly ...
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18 October 2012 Osram Opto launches direct-emitting green laser diodes Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg,Germany says that it is now offering its first direct-emitting green diode lasers.The two compact indium gallium ...
While Delivering up to 80% Cost Savings Compared to HID Technologies and 20% Cost Savings Compared to Alternative LED Technologies SunBrite Agricultural LED Lightbar Combines Superior Light Absorption, Longer Lifespan, Ease-of-Use, and ...
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SSL industry celebrates 50th birthday of visible LED light 10 Oct 2012 LEDs are ubiquitous now, but fifty years and a few days ago they were completely unheard of until General Electric scientist Nick Holonyak Jr invented a visible red ...
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Beth Johnson, a doctoral candidate in entomology, said, "LED lighting can be a powerful resource to plant biologists due to the manipulability of the spectrum." Her research is focusing on insect/plant chemical interactions. Currently she ...
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