LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, returns to Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center in 2017 for its 28th-annual staging ...
Tags: LEDs, OLEDs, luminaires
Qualcomm announced that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Global Trading, has completed its acquisition of CSR, a leading fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of Everything (IoE) ...
Tags: Qualcomm, CSR, smart lighting products
Soraa, the world leader in the development of advanced lighting products and gallium nitride on gallium nitride (GaN on GaN) LED technology, announced today that it will open a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Syracuse, New York. In ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN LED lamps, lighting products
ClassOne Technology of Kalispell, MT, USA, which manufactures wet-chemical processing equipment (especially for emerging markets and other cost-conscious users of smaller substrates), has opened a new European sales and support office in ...
Tags: ClassOne, wet processing equipment, sensors, LEDs
Advances at Oregon State University in manufacturing technology for “quantum dots” may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while using less toxic materials and low-cost ...
Tags: quantum dots, LED lighting, color control
The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has just published a technical memorandum, TM-30-15, that outlines a new system for evaluating the color rendition of light sources. While the International Commission on Illumination's Color ...
Tags: IES, light sources, color rendition
Lighting Science Group, a leading global manufacturer of innovative LED lighting solutions, announced today the appointment of Jeff Campbell as Senior Director of Product Management. Mr. Campbell will be responsible for contributing to ...
Tags: Lighting Science, LED lighting, LED market
A blue glowing device the size of a peppercorn can activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and is powered wirelessly using the mouse's own body to transfer energy. Developed by a Stanford Bio-X team, the device is the ...
Tags: blue LED, wireless control, mouse
Lunera® Lighting, a leader in lighting innovations accelerating the transformation to advanced LED technology, is pleased to announce the sale of its one-millionth Helen Lamp, a plug-and-play LED replacement for a compact fluorescent ...
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EV Group (EVG), a leading supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, will host a special session at the 41st Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE 2015) conference--a leading ...
Paul Mercier is heavily involved in the lighting industry. As the principal and founder of Lighting Design Innovations, with offices in Calgary, Alberta and Batavia, New York, recent textbook author, various industry association memberships ...
Tags: LED lighting design, Science of Illumination, lighting industry
A Florida State University engineering professor has developed a new highly efficient and low cost light emitting diode that could help spur more widespread adoption of the technology. "It can potentially revolutionize lighting ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED displays, LED technology
LEDs are up to 80 percent more energy-efficient than normal light bulbs and last around five times as long as energy-saving light bulbs. As a result they are being used more and more frequently as a source of light. Nevertheless, white LEDs ...
Tags: LEDs, Protein-based LEDs, FAU
When Chris Carlen developed an enthusiasm for flashlights containing high-power LEDs, he didn’t anticipate that his hobby interest would lead to the creation of a new, high-speed LED driver delivering lighting performance that exceeds ...
Tags: Sandia, LED Pulser, lighting
Johnson Health Tech, owner of the Matrix, Vision, and Horizon fitness equipment brands announced that it has acquired 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment, North America’s largest specialty fitness equipment retailer with 58 retail locations ...