The Taiwan-based supplier of wide range LED product, Lextar, released its revenue of the second quarter and reported the company’s plan to boost Mini LED backlight application for the second half of 2018.

Automobile manufacturers have implemented optical sensors on vehicles and boosted the demands of sensors in recent years. Currently each vehicle is installed with four to five set sensing elements. It is forecasted that the number will keep growing and by 2020, every single vehicle might be installed with up to 10 sensing elements. Another major market for sensor applications is wearable devices. The market expansion of wearable devices will increase the needs of photodiode by four-fivefold.

Wearable tech has become one of the popular topics for many companies and start-ups, including LED-lit clothes, shoes and backpacks. We have looked at LED-lit skirts and high heels for girls and LED-lit backpack for cyclists. They all use LED technology and provide a selection of control. But Sync Footwear offers something different. This pair of shoes can make you the highlight at clubs.   A Miami- based team creates a pair of shoes that gives user full control to the LEDs on their foot and a chance to overwhelm everyone at clubs. The start-up has successfu...

Apple’s iWatch to be released in late 2014 will be using sapphire watch covers, according to the latest “2014 Global Sapphire Market Report” by LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce. iWatch sapphire watch covers are expected to account for six percent of global sapphire market demands, the research organization projected.