Samsung held a press conference on the eve of Lightfair International (LFI) 2013, and revealed plans to sell wireless ZigBee-based retrofit lamps with the launch of a starter kit planned for the third quarter. The company also announced new solid-state lighting (SSL) MR16 lamps, LED-based retrofit tubes for fluorescent fixtures, and new packaged LEDs and LED modules. Samsung chose LFI as a venue to try and establish publicly what the company considers a leadership position in LEDs, modules, and lighting products. Nam-seong Cho, executive vice president and h...

Tempo Industries unveiled its revolutionary CLIP commercial/industrial lighting platform architecture. The new Configurable Lighting Integrated Platform (CLIP) extends on Tempo’s No Factory in the Field® design philosophy of overall quality, simplicity and reliability. The revolutionary platform resets the bar on long-standing lighting-industry challenges that have centered on building-level ease- and cost-of-installation, revising the cost of ownership model for LED lighting systems. As a basis for Tempo’s expanding commercial-industrial LED lig...

  April 22, 2013, EarthLED has offered the world exclusive launch of XLEDIA Diamond (D) series A19 LED light bulbs, suitable for fully enclosed fixtures. The XLEDIA D series features a patented omni-directional light diffuser that spreads light more efficiently than ever before thanks to its multi faceted diamond-like design. At efficiencies up to 100 lumens per watt, the D series is the most efficient fully enclosed omni-directional A19 LED bulb on the market. The D series comes in equivalent outputs ranging from 40 to 100 Watts with 120 and 150...

CamSemi has introduced C3183 LED driver with a power range from 3 to 20W. The C3183 uses CamSemi’s patented Primary Side Sensing (PSS) and power-saving technologies to boost system performance and energy efficiency.The LED driver IC delivers a power factor of 0.7 without needing a high voltage input electrolytic capacitor. Use of quasi-resonant switching and other techniques enable operating efficiencies in excess of 90% and C3183 provides current regulation at a new ‘best in class’ level of +/- 3% allowing more margin for thermal design. The...

LEDnovation, a innovator in LED lighting and replacement lamp technology,  announced the addition of a warm-dimming version of the popular Bright For Life® A19 Omnidirectional line. The A19 Warm-Dimming Omnidirectional features the world’s highest efficiency and high color rendering (CRI). It is the first of LEDnovation’s omnidirectional lamps to feature the well-received warm-dimming solution previously introduced on the Bright For Life® BR30 and Recessed Downlight families. As background, incandescent and halogen lamps turn warmer in ...

(Photo: LED Module in Test at a Seoul Semiconductor Lab) Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), a global LED manufacturer has announced it has achieved qualification for the UL Witness Test Data Program (WTDP) allowing the company to conduct UL tests on LEDs and modules in its own laboratories, under the supervision of an UL engineer. This allows the company to build on its foundation of manufacturing high-quality LED products such as Acrich, MJT, and nPola by adding in-house testing for the international standards that customers require. An added be...

Access Fixtures is now offering LED Bollards equipped with LG LED light modules and an aluminum cone reflector to aesthetically, efficiently, and safely light walkways in commercial, municipal and residential areas. Each bollard includes a specially designed aluminum cone reflector for purposed built for use with LEDs.  Using a 12 watt LED LG light module, the Access Fixtures LED bollards provide long life, low to no maintenance, super energy efficiency and reduced operating cost over the life of the light bollard all while effectively lighting pathways. &quo...

  RedBird LED Lighting was installed at 17,500 feet at Mount Everest High Base Camp. The installation was part of a study conducted by Xtreme Everest 2 that is studying health problems in hospital intensive care units. Xtreme Everest 2 is made up of intensive care doctors, nurses, and scientists. The group wanted to cost-effectively replicate the conditions of an intensive care unit at 17,500 feet elevation on the world's largest mountain.   The Xtreme Everest 2 location required rugged, energy efficient lighting that could perform well in extremely...

Sensitivity Systems of Sunnyvale, California USA announced the world’s first Light Sensory Network (LSN). The company describes a Light Sensory Network as a new class of digital sensor network that takes advantage of LED lighting conversions to help light owners enhance energy efficiency. To create LSNs, Sensity provides networked LED luminaires and retrofit kits that replace high-intensity discharge (HID) fixtures. While other manufacturers produce lights with occupancy sensors, Sensitivity Systems claims to be the first to provide luminaires togeth...

Philips’ newest high-power emitter, the LUXEON Z ES, offers excellent colour consistency through a 1-step MacAdam ellipse in warm white colour options. With a micro-footprint, undomed design and full spectrum availability, LUXEON Z ES from Philips Lumileds enables high lumen density solutions with precise optical control. The LUXEON Z ES is available with below blackbody binning, a key feature required for superior colour perception in specialty retail and hospitality applications. It also offers 10-15 percent superior Colour over Angle (C...

Wavien, Inc. has introduced a LED based medical illumination platform based on its proprietary Recycling Light Technology (RLT™).  RLT technology, which is implemented using a single RLT reflector, significantly increases the brightness available to fiber optic bundles used frequently in surgical operating systems.  Wavien is actively looking to license this enabling technology for medical illumination applications. Impressive improvements in brightness have been achieved for both commonly used 5.0 mm and 3.5 mm fiber bundles using the RLT reflectors w...

Soraa has announced its new perfect spectrum SORAA VIVID 2 and PREMIUM 2 LED MR16 lamp lines—the first ultra-efficient replacements for 65-watt and 75-watt halogen lamps, available for both 12V and line voltages.   A technological breakthrough made possible by Soraa’s recently announced world-record performance GaN on GaN™ LEDs, the new SORAA LED MR16 lamps deliver the industry’s highest light output, while rendering vivid colors, richer reds and whiter whites, transforming ordinary lighting in any space into extraordi...

On March 23, 2013 Green Ray LED Lighting a California/New York start up reached a milestone in the LED lighting world with the introduction of 173 Lm/W LED’s T8 lamp. US Department of Energy through its program “Lighting Facts” issued the label to Green Ray LED’s T8 lamp and the lamp became as of today the world’s most energy efficient light approved by DOE. Independent test results concluded to date, no others have surpassed its standing 173 Lumens per Watt. This is a global record in efficiency for this type of ligh...

Audi’s LED headlights are reported to be recognized by The European Union as an energy efficient technology that can help cars reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. According to a press release from Audi (media credentials required), LED headlights can achieve this greater fuel efficiency because they use less power– a little more than half what traditional halogen lights on low beam setting would use. The EU Commission found in its studies of the technology that LED headlight-equipped vehicles emit 1.61 fewer grams of carbon dioxide per mile than...

Recognizing that retailers desire high-impact environments that create unique brand experiences and lead customers to action, Stylmark introduces the Optima LED StretchLite Backlit Light Box for tension fabric graphics. The latest addition to Stylmark’s family of Optima LED light boxes, the Optima LED StretchLite combines the brilliance, uniformity and longevity of backlit LED technology with the dramatic dimensions of tension fabric displays to help retailers, designers and visual merchandisers achieve unrivaled visual impact.   Designed to accommod...

Heatron LED Solutions, introduces Ascendia – a high brightness 8” round LED module developed to meet the needs of luminaire manufacturers and speed time to market. Delivering up to 7400 lumens from an 8” diameter module, Ascendia offers luminaire manufacturers a low profile module which easily integrates into cans, cylinders, pendants and surface mount down light fixtures. Designed for mounting heights up to 30 feet, Ascendia works well in many types of lighting applications, ranging from atriums to corridors, auditoriums to sanctuaries. Versatile and c...

Romsey Dental Care, a modern dental practice and cosmetic studio in Hampshire, UK, recently took steps to reduce energy costs by replacing their existing lighting with LED luminaires. The practice won a Green Business Award last year for commitment to reducing energy use. LED and CFL light sources vary considerably in terms of light quality in terms of color rendering, which is required for making accurate patient assessments. Patients at Dental practices in particular suffer visual discomfort from very bright low energy sources. As a way of solving these issues, S...

With the inauguration of Rs 2.3-crore LED street-lighting project of Rajkot Urban Development Authority (RUDA) by state Energy Minister Saurabh Patel, it became operational from April 14  evening. The project has been implemented by Philips Electronics India Limited. RUDA has installed more than 400 LEDs to light up around Six kilometers long stretch of a four-lane road connecting Rajkot with Metoda GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation) on the western outskirts of the city. "We have made only the capital expenditure of Rs 2...

First LED lamp prototype delivering 200 lumen per watt high quality light, halving the energy use compared to current LED lamps Royal Philips Electronics announces a new innovation in LED lighting, creating the world’s most energy-efficient LED lamp suitable for general lighting applications. Philips researchers developed a tube lighting (TL) replacement TLED prototype that produces a record 200 lumens per watt of high-quality white light (compared with 100lm/W for fluorescent lighting and just 15lm/W for traditional light bulbs). This prototype TLED...

Seoul Semiconductor announced it will launch the global campaign named ‘Acrich for Trees’ to actively encourage the use of eco-friendly AC LED bulbs with Acrich LEDs from April 11 to April 30, 2013 via their official website, //www.seoulsemicon.com. Among participants who access the website and subscribe to the Seoul Semiconductor Newsletter, 1,000 subscribers will be chosen to receive a LED bulb or a LED desk lamp. This global campaign hopes people to use eco-friendly LED bulbs with Acrich LEDs to save more trees than conventional DC LED...

Larson Electronics released the RFM-LED-7 roof mounted, pan and tilt LED light.  Equipped with a handle and shaft suited for most standard vehicles, this roof mounted LED light can be positioned quickly and easily by operators from inside their vehicle. Larson Electronics released the RFM-LED-7 roof mounted, manual controlled LED light.  Equipped with a handle and shaft sized for most standard vehicles, this roof mounted LED light can be positioned quickly and easily by operators from inside their vehicle.  The six inch LED head is nearly im...

Plessey announced that samples of its GaN on silicon LED products are available. These entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates to be commercially available anywhere in the world. Plessey is using its proprietary large diameter GaN on silicon process technology to manufacture the LEDs onits 6-inch MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN I/C) line at its Plymouth, England facility.   The use of Plessey’s MAGIC GaN line using standard semiconductor manufacturing processing provides yield entitlements of g...

The LED industry has been in an oversupply following the large capacity expansion in 2011; how will the landscape shift in 2013? As the LED-related applications make their way into various areas and receive increasing interest in the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean markets, the LED industry embarks on a whole new chapter. In light of the stagnant end-market demand, fund shortage and the cease of subsidy, the Chinese LED chip makers drastically revised their capacity expansion plans. Currently, the Chinese government aims to stimulate the LED demand through its pla...

AIXTRON SE announced that it is participating as a key partner in the recently announced European Union (EU) Future Emerging Technology (FET) flagship project “Graphene”. As part of the consortium, AIXTRON will bring its expertise in deposition processes for graphene and as such shall lead the production work package of the flagship. Dr. Bernd Schulte, Chief Operating Officer at AIXTRON, comments: “Congratulations to the leadership and partners of the Graphene Flagship. AIXTRON is proud to be a part of this future-oriente...

Larson Electronics has launched the LEDLB-24E-VISAMBER LED light bar, which is designed to provide dual colour output like amber and white from a single lamp

There is a breakthrough on wearable tech revolution where we can ditching our smartphones for smartwatches like the LinkMe bracelet. The LinkMe is designed to serve as a mini billboard to display text messages on your wrist. Although the device is well designed and looks decidedly futuristic, its functions are actually pretty simple. When a person sends a text message via the LinkMe app, the message is transmitted from their smartphone, to the recipient's smartphone, and then over to the person's LinkMe bracelet in bold, colorful LED letters. When not in use...

Rubicon has been granted its "Asymmetrical Wafer Configurations and Method for Creating the Same,” U.S. Patent No. 8,389,099 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent covers the creation of visual and tactile indicators to make sapphire wafers asymmetric according to their crystalline orientation. Sapphire wafers have a specific orientation that is invisible to the naked eye. Rubicon has developed a simple and elegant process to make wafers appear asymmetrical via visual or tactile inspection. This is important as LE...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) extends the XLamp® CXA family of integrated LED arrays with the new higher-light-output CXA2540 and CXA3050 LEDs. Optimized to simplify designs and lower system cost, the new CXA LEDs deliver 5,000 to over 10,000 lumens, enabling new applications such as high-output track lights and downlights, outdoor area lighting and high-bay lighting. The new Cree® CXA3050 LED is now the brightest member of the CXA family and can enable LED replacements for up to 100-watt ceramic metal halide in spot lighting or up to 175 w...

The University of Georgia has been in the forefront of evaluating alternative lighting systems.  In their study, comparisons were made among conventional incandescent bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps, cold cathode and LED bulbs in poultry houses.  It was demonstrated that dimming compact fluorescent bulbs below 5 lux resulted in a higher rate of lamp failure than operation at non-dimmed levels of light output. This loss in life span could however be reduced by limiting the extent of dimming.  All bulbs exhibited a loss of light output ranging from 25% to 50% over ...

Seoul Semiconductor, has announced the new MJT 4040 package which uses Multi Junction Technology to bring performance and size advantages to the LED outdoor and streetlight markets. The company also announced it recently won a retrofit project for streetlights using this new product in China. The MJT 4040 uses multi-junction technology that allows multiple LED junctions to be combined in a single chip thereby increasing the operating voltage and concentrating more light output within a given area. Operating at a nominal 64 Volts and 20 mA, the device can reach o...