Docomo, Japan’s largest telecommunication company with its name meaning in Japanese ‘Anywhere (can be connected)’, developed the world’s first spherical drone equipped with LED strips that can display images using the afterimage effect when in air.   When it comes to display technology, we often have in mind an image of a flat panel, thick or thin, that emits light of colors to show images. The panel does not have to be flat-can be curved, ...

FoxFury Lighting Solutions, a manufacturer of innovative, premium, portable lighting tools, introduces the Rugo; a rugged, go-anywhere LED light. Ideal for public safety markets, this light is compact enough to fit on an action camera, and powerful enough to illuminate the user's immediate field of view. The Rugo has the ability to be mounted to a GoPro, a DSLR, a drone, a tripod and many other devices.

Access Fixtures launches HEZE full cutoff wall packs. These fixtures boast incredible efficacies due to their LED-conscious construction and LED output and are designed for entry lighting, apartment buildings, brick facades, and elsewhere. These full cutoff fixtures send light downward to limit the amount of wasted light and prevent light pollution.

LED lighting manufacturer Evluma announces that its OmniMax LED retrofit lamp is now DLC (DesignLight Consortium) qualified and is listed on the DLC QPL (Qualified Products List). The DLC promotes high-quality, energy-efficient lighting. Utilities, lighting designers, and federal, state, and local entities depend on the DLC to help them identify quality products. 

APV Inc., a US-based lighting company, announced the release of a new brand of lighting Illumi Arts. These smart lights are an innovative, energy efficient, Low Profile RGB (Red, Green & Blue) LED Art Light with Bluetooth control. The RGB LED lighting fixtures come with smart controls that will forever change home lighting experience. Illumi Arts’s new interior RGB LED lighting fixtures, (IP 20) are patent pending products. “Illumination is our Passion.” Illumi Arts represent the marriage of art and light.

LumiGrow Inc., a smart horticultural lighting company, announced in mid August their partnership with CF Industrial, a lighting and power solutions provider in Leamington, Ontario. The new partnership bolsters LumiGrow’s commitment to their Ontario greenhouse growers, further providing responsive local support for those implementing smart horticultural lighting for precision greenhouse management.  The CF Industrial team is yet another addition to LumiGrow’s Ontario-based services, as the company has already deployed plant science research support across the region.

Philips Lighting announced yesterday the illumination of the Abdülhamid Han Mosque in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.

Philips Lighting at IFA 2017 announced that it plans a new immersive entertainment capability that will enable Philips Hue to sync perfectly with all manner of entertainment content, bringing users thrilling immersive experiences when gaming, watching movies or listening to music. To mark the 5th birthday of the world’s most popular smart home lighting system, the company also announced enhanced smart home functionality for Apple HomeKit as well as new lamps, multi-packs and starter kits.

EarthTronics introduces its new Adjustable LED Trim Kit to provide a simple and quick way to upgrade recessed downlight fixtures without any tools. As simple as screwing in a light bulb, the screw base neck depth is adjustable to reach the fixture socket to make the power connection enabling the white trim to fit snugly against the ceiling. The Adjustable LED Trim Kit enables 5” and 6” recessed ceiling fixtures utilizing incandescent or halogen BR30 flood lamps up to 65 watts to be easily replaced with a new LED light source and a fresh new white trim. This new kit is dimmable down to 5% and uses just 13-watt LED for 80 percent energy savings.

Casambi, a provider of smart wireless lighting control technologies, has launched its easy-to-install and simple-to-use, four-channel pulse width modulation (PWM) wireless dimmer for LED strips and constant-voltage LED modules.

WiZ Connected Lights is officially making its North American debut as one of the most advanced smart lighting systems available. WiZ includes a full range of smart LED light bulbs, recessed lighting and stylish luminaires that instantly create an intelligent lighting system for your home, and will soon be available at Home Depot online, Amazon and a limited number of Costco stores.

Optronics International announced that it plans to make its new LED SuperLamp technology available on a variety of lamp categories, including headlamps, back-up lamps, marker/clearance lamps and work lamps, as well as interior cab and trailer lighting. Until now, Optronics’ LED SuperLamp has only been available as a stop/tail/turn lamp.

It has never been easier to transform your home’s traditional, flip-the-switch lighting to smart, wireless lighting that can enhance any moment of your day. Philips Lighting continues to extend the Philips Hue connected lighting family of products available to US consumers, so they can simplify and enhance their home and life.

As the nation prepares to celebrate Labor Day Weekend, a time for recognizing the hard work of American workers, the maker of SYLVANIA light bulbs in the United States is announcing it has invested millions of dollars to keep and add local manufacturing jobs and increase U.S. production of something we all depend on – the light bulb. This initiative transitions 200 jobs from making traditional lighting products, whose demand has been declining, to new LED technology and also adds 20 new jobs.

Revolution Lighting Technologies announced the award of a Department of Defense (DoD) contract through the Defense Logistics Agency to supply 2,300 of its twofoot T8 LED tubes to the U.S. Navy. Revolution Lighting was selected because its LED lighting products incorporate Buy American Act (BAA) and Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant components, ensuring they meet the strict requirements needed for implementation into U.S. Navy vessels. The tubes are manufactured in the Company’s new state-of-the-art Simi Valley production and warehouse facility.

Bieber Lighting launched a new line of LED luminaires designed to meet the lighting needs of professional and competition level tennis courts. The Tennis-Brite LED series has three versions, Tennis-Brite Competition™ 600W, Tennis-Brite Pro™ 400W and the Tennis-Brite Residential™ 200W. These products are assembled in the U.S.A with 60% US made components. 

Lighting is complicated. From Lumens to Watts to kelvins, it’s often challenging to confidently choose the ideal bulb for your home. Now, in the era of “smart,” things seem to get even more complicated - so much so that consumers sometimes avoid adoption all together and miss the many benefits LEDs have to offer. The following infographic highlights the differences between CFL bulbs and (smart) LED bulbs, from lengthof life to dimmer compatibility. The smart LED highlighted is Sengled’s Element Plus. 

More than just enhancing the space, the LumiSTIK products have a job to do and needed to be functional. The area is busy with diners, and the obvious hazards of tables and chairs are at every turn, so it was important that the lighting was able to adequately illuminate the area in the evenings. Delivering 8400 lumens from each LumiSTIK column ensures that the area is well lit, and the 4000K color temperature chosen for the lighting provides a soft, warm and welcoming feel for the evening diners. 

Dialight, specializing in industrial LED lighting technology, announced the launch of its next-generation Vigilant® and SafeSite® LED Area Light, offering high efficiency along with several new features that make it the most flexible, functional and durable LED area light on the market for industrial and hazardous area applications.

Matrix light not only contributes to greater road safety but also gives headlight designers greater freedom thanks to its smaller dimensions. This technology is therefore very much on the march. To meet the demands of the automotive industry for more and more compact smart headlights Osram has taken this technology an important stage further with the development of innovative SMARTRIX modules. SMARTRIX is an amalgam of “smart” and “matrix”. “By using new materials for the lens systems we have been able to make the SMARTRIX modules even smaller and more durable, so our customers have even more freedom in designing their headlights”, explained Hans-Joachim Schwabe, CEO Specialty Lighting at Osram. 

LED lighting manufacturer Foreverlamp of Torrance, California, announces new lighting manufacturer representative appointments for its line of high bay LED lamps and fixtures.  Electri-Products Group from Greensboro, North Carolina; Lighting Systems and Electrical Products from Houston, Texas; and Design Build Lighting from Austin Texas will serve as official Sales Representatives for the manufacturer.

The Dubai Mall required retrofit lighting. LWS Lighting Solutions were given the opportunity to become the mall’s Lighting partner who opted to supply Lumibright LED lights, to provide the optimum solutions for improving overall lighting, matching lumen to existing lights, standard lux level achievement within design and eco-friendly energy-efficient illumination.

Wars in the space of LED lighting technology patent never end and are even growing in numbers in the post oligopoly era. LEDinside did a series of quick Q&As with Tim Lester, CEO of Bridgelux. The CEO articulated his views on the transition of patent landscape and strong confidence to withstand competitions from rivals.

The newly constructed expertise centre of Siemens Flow Instruments in the Danish city of Sønderborg consists of a modern test centre, production bays and a management building located on around 7600 square metres. Innovative, sustainable indoor and outdoor luminaires and lighting control options from Osram Lighting Solutions ensure high lumen-output, efficient and durable lighting that meets the high standards of the global company in every way. 

METEOR reveals the latest technological advance, an innovative ColorFlip™ tunable white light engine. The ColorFlip™ has the highest light output in the market at up to 10,000 lumens throughout 2700K6500K. This practical tunable white solution provides flexible lighting for multiple occasions, without sacrificing output or going over project budget. Utilizing the latest flip chip LED technology, the ColorFlip™ delivers superior heat management as well as lowest thermal resistance, it results in higher performance from all fixture components. METEOR’s ColorFlip™ technology allows for 70% more heat dissipation and lumen output than other LED technologies. 

Just in time for the long awaited Solar Eclipse on August 21st, LED innovator, Tivoli Lighting is launching its revolutionary EclipseWall Light System. This proprietary lighting innovation has been designed in response to a need that has arisen as the movie theater industry began evolving into a luxury theater experience.

Cree, Inc. yesterday announced revenue of $359 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, ended June 25, 2017. This represents an 8% decrease compared to revenue of $388 million reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, and a 5% increase compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2017. GAAP net loss for the fourth quarter was $6 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net loss of $11 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 of $19 million, or $0.19 per diluted share.

LumenFocus has added a new luminaire to its product line – the PBLHD heavy duty high bay. Part of the PBL family, the more durable HD is ideal for applications where the luminaire could be struck – such as gymnasiums and recreation centers. Wireguards are optional for added protection.

Apollon from Osram is a diverse, VDU-compliant (UGR19) LED luminaire for electrical contractors who place importance on both an intelligent light concept and many extras. The luminaires have the appearance of homogeneous 'windows of light' that can be grouped together to create light ceilings. Luminous flux was increased by 15% to 4,000 lumens compared to its predecessor model. The luminaire is therefore an efficient and economical replacement not only for 3-lamp but even for 4-lamp 4x18W (T8) and 4x14W (T5) louvre luminaires. 

With clever engineering and design, the LED Railing Module is an innovative versatile system offering unique lighting with unrivalled uniformity and photometric performance. Eliminating the need to light an entire area, the integrated Railing System helps to increase safety & security - at minimal cost- thanks to its low energy consumption.