Philips Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has unveiled chip-on-board (CoB) arrays for PAR38-equivalent lamps that achieve 10% or greater efficacy than competing solutions, it is claimed. Also suitable for spotlights, the LUXEON CoB 1202 has ...
Tags: Lumileds, Electrical, Electronics, Lamps, Spotlights
IBM Research's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and Northwestern University have developed a technique to grow hexagonal- and cubic-phase gallium nitride (h-/c-GaN) on standard (100) silicon (Si) [Can Bayram et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., ...
Statistics show that orders of Sinotruk heavy vehicles reached 47,308 units in the first quarter of this year, increased by 22.91%, due to higher market demand. Sales of complete vehicles were 49,452, increased by 15.6%. Among them were ...
Tags: Sinotruk, heavy-duty truck, truck industry
Wearable technology is just about to take off, but we can already take a peek at what’s coming after smartwatches and the like. A team of engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University have ...
Led by a 6% rise in single-family starts, nationwide housing production rose 2.8% above an upwardly revised February rate of 920,000 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 units in March, according to newly released figures from ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Just weeks remain before companies registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must disclose whether they are receiving tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and, if so, ...
Tags: Conflict Minerals, tantalum
The investment has been made in the purchase of a Konica Minolta Bizhub Pro C6000L, which is ideal for improving functionality and production turnaround times for both Direct Mail and Variable Data Print (VDP) applications, making it a ...
The diamond earrings that topped Christie's most recent sale feature circular-cut diamonds suspended from a pair of shield-shaped diamonds with circular-cut surmounts. They had a pre-sale high estimate of $10 million but sold for $8.6 ...
The supermarket has announced falling profits for second year in a row, dropping to £3.3bn. Tesco has reported a six per cent fall in group trading. For the second year in a row, the supermarket has announced falling profits, with ...
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Messe Frankfurt Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association to organise show in 2015. Trade show organiser Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd and the Guangdong Toy Association have signed a letter of intent to launch the next Guangzhou International Toy ...
Tags: toy industry, toy fair
Firm will now distribute a range of 3D puzzle vases in the UK. Paul Lamond Games has secured an exclusive deal with top puzzle and game brand, Pintoo, which will see it distribute a range of 3D puzzle vases in the UK. Pintoo - formerly ...
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Exclusive new product can be used for both its original purpose, and as a freestanding lamp, lighting a room for two hours with a single charge. Online retailer, Firebox is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the humble Rubik’s ...
Tags: Firebox, Puzzling, Cube Light
According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), 3 billion square feet of green construction space has earned LEED certification around the globe. "This milestone is the result of leaders across our industry making the business and ...
Tags: Certification, Construction, LEED
The episode, titled Brick Like Me, is the most expensive Simpsons episode ever created. Fox has revealed the first look at the upcoming LEGO episode of The Simpsons. The shot, posted on the The Simpsons Facebook page, sees Homer ...
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The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published a white paper,NEMA LSD 70-2014 A Comparison of High Performance Luminaire Programs in the US Market. The goal of this paper is to assist luminaire purchasers and ...