The physical properties of the ultra-white scales on certain species of beetle could be used to make whiter paper, plastics and paints, while using far less material than is used in current manufacturing methods. The Cyphochilus beetle, ...
Tags: Beetle Shells, Construction, Decoration
Kiyosu, Japan, July 15, 2014: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (Toyoda Gosei) has entered into a License Agreement relating to silicate-based white LEDs with Harvatek Corporation, a leading manufacturer of SMD LEDs headquartered in Taiwan. Toyoda ...
Mini Luma LED street light from Philips Warrington Borough Council is replacing two thirds of the 27,000 street lights across the borough. The council is investing £25 million to upgrade its street lighting columns and ...
Tags: LED Street Lighting, LED, Street Lights, Lights
Researchers in Taiwan have produced zinc oxide/gallium nitride (ZnO/GaN) nano-rod light-emitting diodes [Ya-Ju Lee et al, APL Mater. vol2, p056101, 2014]. The researchers avoided complicated polymer processing by using a shadowing effect to ...
Tags: LED Fabrication, Zinc Oxide
Japan-based automaker Nissan Motor has launched a new family hatchback vehicle, the Pulsar, which is said to use the same design as Qashqai, X-Trail and Note vehicles. The new hatchback is powered by all-turbocharged engine range ...
One of the neatest items on display at Schubert's stand was its latest prototype top loading machine (TLM) with a virtually empty switch cabinet. In this design, the servoamplifiers are part of the TLM robot within a decentralised ...
Tags: 3D Scanner, Packaging, Printing
Plymouth expects £1 million annual savings from LED street lighting upgrade Plymouth City Council has given the go-ahead for an £8 million street lighting upgrade as part of a wider energy and carbon dioxide saving programme. ...
Tags: Green Light, Greener Streets
Inspired by the Los Angeles street lighting upgrade, where many of the city's 140,000 high-pressure sodium (HPS) street lights were converted to Cree LED luminaires, San Luis Obispo in California has selected LED chip, lamp and lighting ...
Tags: LED street light, LED, Lighting, Lights
The Land Rover Discovery has carved an enviable reputation for itself - from deserts, jungles and barren peaks, where its extraordinary capabilities have seen it through the harshest terrains. From 2015 onwards, the Discovery nameplate ...
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The US Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) has conducted simulations showing that nanostructures half the width of a DNA strand could enhance the efficiency of LEDs. In particular, efficiency ...
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Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of solid-state light sources for lighting applications, says that its new Vero Series LED array light source will be backed with what it claims is the world's first ...
Tags: LED Light, LED lighting, LED
Elan Home Systems is launching its first dedicated in-wall lighting-control keypad for integration with its g! multiroom audio/home-control system. The $290-suggested KPCW7 keypad operates the brand’s Elan Lighting by Pulseworx ...
Tags: Lighting Keypad, Elan
A stroll through the produce aisle in your local grocery store exhibits a plethora of vivid colors. From opposing hues, like red apples next to green celery, to subtler variations, such as light to dark purple grapes, every color seems to ...
As sleep disorders and energy costs rise, Uopia launches a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for a new kind of LED nightlight. What makes their nightlight different is that it feels and looks like a warm incandescent bulb while providing ...
The Bartow County College and Career Academy (BCCCA) addressed lighting uniformity issues in parking lots and driveways with a lighting retrofit from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI). Twenty-eight American Electric Lighting™ Autobahn ...
Tags: LED Luminaires, LED Lighting