Light-emitting diodes, better known as LEDs, offer substantial energy savings over incandescent and fluorescent lights and are easily produced in single colors such as red or green commonly used in traffic lights or children's toys. ...
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Kim Kisslinger, seen here with a focused-ion beam instrument, reduced the InGaN samples to a thickness of just 20 nanometers to prepare them for electron microscopy. From the high-resolution glow of flat screen televisions to light bulbs ...
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Installing a light fixture under an upper cabinet can provide more directed task lighting on counter surfaces below it—which can be important if the work usually done there involves using a knife or other sharp kitchen utensils. Work ...
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Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), in collaboration with colleagues at the Ecole Polytechnique in France, say they have conclusively identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes light emitting ...
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Geraldine O’Farrell (left) and Caroline Cattini (right) Together they’re responsible for the lighting at roughly 200 historical buildings and an estimated 400,000 lamps. Geraldine O’Farrell, senior building services ...
Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with the école Polytechnique in Paris, France, say that they have identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes nitride light-emitting diodes ...
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Dan Flavin is one of the founding fathers of light art and has been knee deep in the art light galleries since way back in 1960′s. His beginning pieces used some of the first types of fluorescent light bulbs available. As technology ...
Lighting is one of the most important design elements in your home, setting the tone for each room. Three different types of lighting establish the feel of a room, from romantic to working. - Ambient lighting fills a room with bright ...
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Fluorescent lights are energy-efficient bulbs that use 20–40% less electricity than standard incandescent bulbs. Fluorescent bulbs come in a range of color temperatures, allowing you to customize the lighting in each room of your ...
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In general, there are two main types of the sine wave inverters. One is the modified sine wave inverter that is able to run just the basic devices and not the highly advanced devices. The other one is the pure model that can run all such ...
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As research and development within the lighting market sees newer and improved solutions cascading onto retail shelves, Philips has announced that it has been able to create the world's most energy-efficient LED bulb to be used in general ...
Royal Philips Electronics of Eindhoven, The Netherlands claims that it has created the world’s most energy-efficient LED lamp for general lighting applications. Philips researchers have developed a prototype ‘TLED’ lamp ...
Philips Lighting has announced that it realized 200-lm/W performance in an R&D project focused on LED-based replacements for fluorescent tubes. Philips Lighting has revealed laboratory work on an LED-based replacement for fluorescent ...
Germany's Osram is launching a new LED light bulb that costs less than 10 euros ($13.10) to battle rivals, such as Cree and Samsung Electronics, for a share of the fast-growing market. LED - known for lighting flat ,screen televisions and ...
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The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment compliance provider Recolight has come up with a new system for recovering the rare earth minerals that come from Gas Dishcarge Lamps. Now lamp producers and light companies will be able to ...
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