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.

OSRAM adds to its product portfolio of LED solutions for the airfield market

OSRAM expands its product portfolio with LED solutions for the entertainment, architainment and special effects lighting market. With Zelion H, the company presents a robust LED module for variable use in a number of different applications. Zelion H modules are particularly energy-efficient robust solutions for entertainment lighting. Source: OSRAM

Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reported that Canandaigua in New York was the first OLED pilot manufacturing site in USA. The pilot line occupied 140,000-square-foot area. The Universal Display Corporation (UDC) who had been given $4 million by DOE was a member of the OLED pilot project. Also, UDC, MBT, New York’s Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center (STC) were partners on the project, which leverages an $11.5 million investment from MBT, state government incentives available through the STC, and municipal tax credits.

AIXTRON AG has announced a new order for an MOCVD reactor from MicroLink Devices, Inc., USA, a company engaged in the manufacture of HBT devices and the development of III-V solar cells.

Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched two collections of LED drivers, the 16-channel TC62D748 and TC62D749, which deliver constant currents between 1.5 and 90mA and offer high-speed serial data transfer rates up to 25MHz.   Both of them are designed for the control of LED modules and LED displays built around multiple LED strings.

A performance art group, Phase 7, has debuted their brand new interactive LED installation in Berlin, which brings LED lighting effects to the ground itself, which will interact with those who step on it. It's said that Phase 7 created something like this back in 2008. And this time, the performance group has unveiled the Onskebronn, which is Norwegian for 'wishing well.'

Korea-based LED lighting maker Seoul Display introduces its high quality LED light bulbs. Its LED light bulbs are designed to minimize the damages from the heat. The driver is optimized for LEDs to give the longest life span. The separation of the driver and the LED modules protects from heat building up.

Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT), a UK-based equipment maker, has launched the PlasmaPro NGP1000 HB-LED plasma production tools, which satisfies to the need of throughput with batch sizes from 61 x 2" wafers up to 7 x 6" wafers, coupled with high-quality device performance and yield for HB-LED manufacturing.   OIPT's PlasmaPro NGP1000 HB-LED plasma tool

The research which are comprise of John Rogers from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), as well as scientists from China, Singapore and South Korea, Chemistry World reports, have jointly developed flexible sheets of LED devices, that can be safely inserted under the skin to produce glowing tattoos. In order to make the LED arrays flexible, the team selected to use a low cost, flexible, biocompatible polymer as a substrate. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) seemed like an obvious choice.

Dell has rolled out eight new LED displays designed for the multimedia maven.   Dell's new Studio LED monitors are available in22-inch (ST2220), 23-inch (ST2320) and 24-inch (ST2420) sizes, engineered to provide consumers with enhanced digital content consumption and creation, upping the ante by delivering cinematic quality pictures that make watching movies, playing games, and editing photos an eye-catching experience.  

TESS, a Taiwan-based LED lighting leading brand, changed its company name from “topco energy saving system corp.” to “Top Energy Saving System Corp.” As TESS is planning an IPO in Taiwan this year, this name change is carried out in order to avoid public confusion between TESS and other similar company names. The brand name, TESS, remains the same. The new company name, Top Energy Saving System Corp., has been changed under the approval of at the shareholder meeting. 

It is reported that Taiwan and China vendors will test LED street lamps in Xiamen, Fujian Province and Guangzhou, by cross-strait standards for LED street lighting. Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will assist to choose test sites, and two test sites have chosen, including Xiamen's Huoju Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and line one of Guangzhou's Metro subway system.

Recently, CCFL lighting maker Wellypower Optronics reported hot cathode fluorescent lamps (HCFL) T5 light bars, in order to pay attention to consumer lighting market. Now, Wellypower had both contract manufacturing and own brand operations. Every moth, the company could produce 1.4-1.8 million units, which utilization efficiency was 70-80%, and package 120 million units, which may increase 200 million units by the end of 2010.

Energy Smart Industry has announced its successful zero out of pocket LED lighting retrofit program, which has encouraged many buildings in United States to opt for retrofitting. The company completed retrofitting for Ocean Palms and helped the condominium association to bring down its energy bills by almost 29%.

Taiwan BenQ launched three new 24” LED backlight monitors including a 3D model, aiming at the models at the home, business and gaming markets in Australia. This 120 Hz monitor outputs two sets of images at 6Hz which are then synchronised using 3D glasses. Native resolution is 1,920 x 1,080 pixels resulting in most output files being supported. The monitor that comes with a solid stand that slides up and down on a pole allows the display screen to be easily adjusted to a suitable height.

London's Samuel Wilkinson has designed blown glass LED lamps, the Vessel Series 01-03 collection to accommodate the artistic LED bulb creations from Hulger. This Vessel Series 01-03 includes two lamps that can be used either as a pendant or hanging lamp plus a table light.