New York's Times Square will install the biggest interactive display on the side of the Doubletree Hotel in November, 2010. The Doubletree's digital billboard will serve multiple advertisers and be capable of exchanging data transmitted via cell phones and broadcasting HD video feeds.   The latest twist in digital signage from D3 LED, it's sure to prove a technology and marketing game-changer for brands who want to make a big impression in one of not just New York's, but the planet's, premier retail showcases.

The municipal government office in Dongguan, China, has issued a "Dongguan to promote industrial development and application of LED demonstration plan". The plan proposed that some roads to the city street lights newly installed or modified as LED, LED lighting industry in output value reached 15 billion yuan in 2015.And six years to install 80,000 LED lamps.

Eco Depot has announced a World-wide distributor search to recruit key players for the LED lighting systems provider and its global partners in preparation for the unveiling of a unique LED financing and underwriting program for municipalities and corporations for 2011.

The Port Commissioners and Caltrans has unveiled plans for a programmable LED light show on the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge that will be 100% powered by wind turbines, which is considered as the largest interactive green energy lighting project in North America. The light show was designed by Peter Fink, Mark Major, and Buro Happold.

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors and MODA LIGHT transform campus restaurant with energy-efficient lighting technology Legends, a campus restaurant and ale house located at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, recently completed the installation of 70 MODA LIGHT ICAN 15 down lights throughout its dining facilities. The installation of these fixtures, illuminated with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors LEDs, will help Legends achieve approximately 82% in energy savings from the previously installed fixtures.

Luminus Devices has powered the new Strong Entertainment Lighting Solutions 650 and 900 spot lights, which features a total light output of 20,000 lumens and have a lifespan of 50,000 hours, to light the largest skyscrapers and towers in the world, antennas, amphitheaters and artwork displays.   The Solutions 650 utilizes a proprietary optics system giving the user a narrow 3 degree beam of light, with a reach of more than 1,500 feet.

GE has taken advantage of jet engine technology to produce 1,500 lumens LED bulbs which are half the size and weight of a 600-lumen LED downlight, and this without the thermal problems that come with high-power LEDs. Read on for more details. Because specializes in jet engines, GE has lots fluidics experts and technologies that allow it to study air flow and cooling. This helped it develop the cooling technology, using jet engine know-how, used in this prototype LED bulb:

Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen has installed a new system of LED lamps for street lighting as part of the county's low carbon energy-saving efforts. As the county government was awarded a grant by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Bureau of Energy to finance the plan, Sixty-nine automated LED lamps were installed on a section of the island's Huandao East Road, replacing the previous sodium and mercury street lamps.

As Apple announced an upgraded MacBook Air,  featuring 11.6-inch panel, it is hoped that several manufactories in Taiwan would become one of the suppliers in the supply chain for the machine, such as Foxconn Electronics, Quanta Computer, AU Optronics (AUO),Chimei Innolux (CMI) and so on.

World renowned Cleantech group announced its 2010 top 100 Cleantech companies on October 14th, 2010. LatticePower has been listed in the 100 list, the top 10 of Asia-Pacific and one of three companies from China who shares the prestige.

Recently, Genesis Photonics started seting a third LED epitaxial wafer factory in the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), which could produce 120,000 LED epitaxial wafers every month and will complete the project in 2Q 2011.

Bayer MaterialScience has developed customized polycarbonates in initial series application, such as the automotive industry include LED lenses for low-beam and full-beam headlights and fiber optics for daytime running lights in the front headlamps of the new Audi A8.

Recently, ViewSonic has announced that all of its PC display products will feature LED technology by early 2011. According to Jeff Volpe, vice president and general manager, "Consumers are rapidly transitioning to LED display products because they allow for lower energy costs while delivering brilliant picture quality. ViewSonic is leading the way towards a greener, more cost efficient future by delivering an array of green LED products for our customers to choose from."

Designer Danilo Fedeli has created a range of LED showers as part of the Light series. Come in various shapes, ranging from oval to square and rectangular, the shower heads features a cascading effect along with the tropical rain effect, using color therapy to help you rejuvenate yourself after a particularly gruelling day at work.

There is a LED Piano Light which is inspired by the player piano. Designed to take advantage of the LED light's low-temperature characteristic, Piano Light's surface can be touched without causing burns.   Therefore this new light allows users to tickle the "ivories" of the light as if they were playing a grand concert. Not only is it fun to play with, but it also provides sufficient illumination for reading.

Massachusetts Congressional District Congresswoman Niki Tsongas has taken a visit to Luminus Devices at its corporate headquarters in Billerica, MA.

In 2002, right after 9/11, eight-year-old Veronica Granite from New Jersey began a petition drive to illuminate her hometown bridge with red, white and blue lights. She had recently seen tricolor lighting atop the Empire State Building during a visit to Liberty State Park and thought the Bayonne Bridge should be similarly decorated in patriotic lights. Bayonne Bridge Lit with Patriotic LED Lights custom designed by LEDtronics, Inc.

Skin cancer may be treated with light in the near future. A US study has show that a newly designed LED-powered device may be used in the treatment of skin cancer.

GlacialLight, a division of GlacialTech Inc. and a global provider of PC Cooling, Power supplies, power drivers and LED lighting, extends an invitation to all business and media partners around the world to attend their display at the INTERLIGHT MOSCOW 2010, the 16th International Trade Fair for Decorative & Technical Lighting, to be held at Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow from 9-12 November 2010. Exhibition Date: 9-12 November 2010 GlacialLight Booth #: S51-52, Hall 7.2

Recently, CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics’3Q10 revenues made a new record. The consolidated total revenues went up NT$2.27 billion, gross profit was NT$270 million with a 12% gross margin. Also, pure income reached NT$171 million (US$5.53 million), up 694% sequentially, EPS was NT$1.01, and operating incomer was NT$142 million.

Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp and Panasonic Corp are said to commercialize their straight tube LED lamps to replace fluorescent lamps within 2010. Toshiba Lighting & Technology plans to launch two types of straight tube LED lamps, whose brightnesses are equivalent to those of 20W and 40W fluorescent lamps, respectively, within 2010.   Also,Panasonic  intends to commercialize its straight tube LED lamps within 2010.

Precision Paragon, an energy efficient commercial lighting manufacturer, recently developed an online retrofit calculator. 

Albeo Technologies has supplied 7000 lumen T8LED Troffers to Butte College's student center, helping the college to deliver the highest light levels with quality illumination and an appealing look.

According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Taiwan, it has worked out a set of draft standards governing intelligent LED illumination management and communications, and will team up with mainland China to jointly lead LED standards.

Rizwan Ahmad to Highlight How Smart Meter Technology Can Add Improve Control and Safety, Reduce Cost and Enhance Energy Management and Conservation Programs Recognized smart metering expert and Dialight’s Director of Global Business Development for Smart Grid and Metering technology, Rizwan Ahmad will be a featured presenter at the 2010 Smart Grid Electronics Forum set for October 18-20 in San Jose, Calif.

Luxury Lighting Companies Team Up With Leading Men's Magazine to Transform a Hollywood Hills Estate

Quarterly Revenue increased 59% year-over-year to $268 Million Quarterly Net Income increased 176% year-over-year to $58 Million

Providing design engineers with a worldwide source for optoelectronic components, TT electronics OPTEK Technology has partnered with global distributor TTI, Inc.

Eulitha AG, a Swiss based nanolithography company, has developed a proprietary photolithography technology for low-cost and high-throughput fabrication of photonic nanostructures. This solves a major ongoing problem faced in the fabrication of high-resolution photonic structures since standard photolithography equipment either lacks the required resolution or its cost is prohibitively high.

Astronics Corporation has launched its new cutting edge line of LED Landing and Taxi lights, which are capable of increasing life and reducing power consumption.