Winners in the Outdoor category of the fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires™ Solid-State Lighting Design Competition were announced today at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, CA. Sponsored by DOE, the Illuminating ...
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Thank you to all who participated in the tenth annual DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop, held January 29–31 in Long Beach, California. With passion, enthusiasm, and lots of new ideas, nearly 250 attendees explored such questions ...
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The SIA and SRC are trying to persuade the US Congress not to cut funds for basic semiconductor R&D. SIA president Rich Templeton argues that funding for bodies like the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of ...
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Thirty-seven commercial LED outdoor lights were recognized for their excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) fifth annual "Next Generation Luminaires" (NGL) solid-state lighting design competition, as announced at PennWell's ...
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Further cementing the company's position as an industry leader in LED technology, Philips has earned four Next Generation Luminaire™ (NGL) awards in the Outdoor Competition at the prestigious, fourth-annual NGL Solid State Lighting ...
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Microsoft and Symantec on Wednesday announced that they have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal activities such as identity theft and click fraud. The Bamital botnet threatened the $12.7 billion online ...
A recent study highlighting the net economic benefits of US liquefied natural gas exports is not the final word on whether to approve pending export applications, according to a top official at the US Department of Energy. "One thing to ...
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SEMI and the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance their cooperation on standards and roadmap activities for the solar thin-film industry. As a global industry ...
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Gasoline blended with 15% ethanol caused failure in a "substantial" portion of fuel pumps and other components in a test designed to represent 29 million vehicles approved to use the fuel, according to a study the Coordinating Research ...
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US-based LED firm Cree has started with producing LED components and began to expand into LED lighting production in 2012. According to Digitimes Research, Cree's LED lighting revenues accounted for 28.7% of the firm's total revenues in ...
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Technology development firm Versatilis LLC of Shelburne, VT, USA has spun out VerLASE Technologies LLC, a new venture in lasers and solid-state lighting that aims to further develop and commercialize technology that it has been developing ...
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UL International Italia S.r.l. (Underwriters Laboratories) has been appropriately accredited or recognized to conduct the following LED Lighting Facts test procedures: IES LM-79 for total flux and color (required label metrics and some ...
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In collaboration with Imperial College London in the UK and MicroLink Devices Inc of Niles, IL, USA, researchers in the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Electronics Technology and Science have proposed a novel triple-junction solar ...
Tablets will be rated based on the Energy Star specification in the future. The specification will be part of the Energy Star version 6.1, according to documents posted on the U.S. Energy Star website. But a date for ratings on tablets ...
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There isn't a shortage of rare earth metals in the ground, but one country, China, has managed to dominate about 95% of the market. It not only mines the metals, but it has built a supply chain to produce them. The U.S. once led global ...
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