Foxconn’s acquisition of Sharp could help Apple reduce its dependency on Samsung for OLED display panels, analyzed 9to5Mac.

Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., together with its parent company, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC), has announced that the Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center (SSLEEC), the world renowned research center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, installed an SR-4000HT grade gallium nitride (GaN) metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactor for its continued compound semiconductor device developmental work for UVCLED. SSLEEC is co-directed by Nobel Prize-winning Professor Shuji Nakamura and Professor Steven DenBaars.

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) announces that it, through Taiyo Nippon Sanso (China) Investment Co., Ltd., has invested in Jilin OLED Material Tech Co., Ltd. (Jilin OLED), a Chinese venture company based in Changchun engaged in the development of high-purity OLED materials. Through this investment, TNSC has acquired the exclusive sales rights to Jilin OLED’s products in the global market. Details are as follows.

LED Engin, Inc. announces the world’s first 7-color, high power LED to be produced on a single emitter. The compact LZ7-04MU00 emitter enables the design of stage or architectural lighting that produces sophisticated effects over the full color spectrum. Its RGBW die are complemented by phosphor-converted (PC) amber, cyan and violet to provide richer, wide-ranging color effects. PC amber delivers the same saturation as regular amber but with 5 times the flux at temperature, cyan fills the spectrum gap between blue and green, and violet enables black or crisp white lighting effects. Typical stage and studio applications include moving heads with zoom optics and round wash lights. In architectural lighting, the emitters enhance the performance of everything from static lights to linear wash lights.

Orion Energy Systems, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient retrofit lighting platforms, today announced new products and partnerships that extend the connectivity and modularity of its patented LED Troffer Retrofit (LDR®) product suite.

Affected by the uncertain economic outlook, Taiwanese LED manufacturer Everlight’s business operations in 2016 lacked strong growth momentum, reported Taiwanese media UDN. Waning consumer consumption led to sliding revenues in the backlight market, which has neutralized lighting market growth. 

The city of Phoenix in Arizona, U.S. is asking for public input on the appearance and use of energy-efficient LED technology for street and park lighting.

LED headlights found in 31 different midsize car models evaluated delivered a relatively mediocre performance out in the first headlight ratings conducted by The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the U.S.

NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America surged in March, climbing to 64.7 from 44.4 the previous month as more panelists reported conditions improved than eroded. Compared to February, a larger share of the survey panel reported that business conditions improved (41% in March compared to 22% in February) and a smaller share reported that they deteriorated (12% in March compared to 33% in February). Forty-seven percent claimed conditions were unchanged in March, similar to the share holding this view a month ago.

Two towns Tiverton and Crediton located in UK will be among the first locations in Devon County to receive LED streetlight upgrades, reported The Gazette.

Chicago’s Garfield Park Conservatory is presenting an interplay of light and color in a lovely exhibit called Solarise: a sea of all colors. Designed by multi-media artists Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero of the Chicago-based Luftwerk studio, the Solarise exhibit is a series of light and sculptural environments emphasizing the Conservatory’s historic architecture and complimenting their beloved plant collection. Solarise explores the contemporary relationship between nature and technology.   Luftwerk artists, Sean Gallero and Petra ...

In my last blog post, I walked you through a hands-on project: dimming a lamp with a gallium nitride (GaN) power stage, a Hercules™ microcontroller and a scroll wheel. I covered setup, design and how to drive the power stage the right way.

LED lamps have recently hit the lighting market and attracted a lot of consumers’ attention. But the professionals of interior and exterior design have been using them for ages bringing out even the most unrealistic ideas. Let’s see what LEDs can do when they fall into hands of nonconformist creators.

The facility is the culmination of many years’ of planning with lighting manufacturers, suppliers, retailers and wholesalers and will provide the industry with a cutting edge testing and certification service helping grow exports and improve product compliance.

Team Group Inc., the world’s leading memory brand, today announced the launch of the all new generation of luminous memory for gaming – Delta. Stability and performance are already the basic requirement for a high speed memory. With the ever growing gamers and modders, the appearance and the visual features of the product has become the new focus of gamers’ attention. The all new Delta series from Team Group has inherited the excellence of Team Group’s overclocking and mainstream memories. In addition, through the recent coalition with AVEXIR, we are able to combine its patented LED lighting technology with our aluminum forged high-efficiency heat spreader to create Delta, a bionic memory with pulse-like LED light effect.

Proliferation of LEDs in the general lighting market has ushered the industry into a new phase of intense competition, contracting net profits, increasingly homogenous products and business models. Innovation has stagnated in the industry. To cope with these difficult market conditions, many companies have turned to niche lighting markets, such as automotive lighting which has a higher entry barrier, and higher profits. The less explored market has become a main development highlight for many companies.

Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) company and global leader in lighting, announced that Smartworld, an Etisalat and Dubai South joint venture company, has deployed the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework to create a smart, highly secure and connected indoor space at its new headquarters in Dubai South. The implementation brings together an advanced LED connected lighting system from Philips Lighting with Cisco’s secure IT network to enable Smartworld to deliver a more connected, comfortable and intelligent working environment for both employees and guests. Smartworld’s headquarters will be the showcase model of the company’s digital transformation and intelligent building capabilities for future developments in Dubai South, the UAE, and the broader region.

As LED lights are generally considered to be an ideal replacement for conventional HPS lamps for its high efficiency and low maintenance, complaints about these overtly bright energy-saving lights from residential areas across U.S. has been quite common.

A GBP 9.8 million (US $14.09 million) project to replace all the streetlamps in Reading with energy efficient LEDs is due to start on Monday 4th April.

Stirling Council is set to save GBP 31 million (US$44.57 million) over the next 30 years by installing energy saving streetlights.

It might not be something the general public will necessarily notice, but they will see it.

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced that its LED lamps have been installed at the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The museum chose Soraa’s LED lamps to save energy and money and to illuminate its rare collections of anthropology and archaeology artifacts.

Today Lumileds introduces the LUXEON HR30 LED, a mid power device that withstands harsh chemical environments and is designed with robust packaging and industry-best materials to operate for over 100,000 hours of continuous operation. This LED addresses the tremendous need for dependable lighting that will operate in hazardous environments (such as chemical plants, power generation facilities and natatoriums) and be able to withstand extremes of temperature and operating current.

Fluxwerx, a Lumenpulse brand, is excited to announce the launch of Fold, Notch, and Inbox, three new LED luminaires for retail, commercial, institutional and healthcare environments. Available in both suspended and recessed configurations, these new luminaires combine minimalist design and architectural-grade materials with superior optical and energy performance, delivering precise batwing distribution, exceptional functionality and energy efficiency.

Using geometric phase inside lasers for the first time, researchers find a way to change the orbital angular momentum of laser beams.

The ninth edition of Build Eco Xpo (BEX) Asia and the second edition of Mostra Convegno Expocomfort (MCE) Asia will return from 7 to 9 September 2016 at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore. BEX Asia is Southeast Asia's premier business platform for the green building and construction industry, while MCE Asia, a geo-clone of the highly established mother show in Milan (Italy), provides a complementary and comprehensive showcase of the best-in-class solutions across the Cooling, Water, Renewable Energy and Heating sectors of the sustainable built environment.

Smoke and flame shot from Taiwanese LED chip manufacturer Epistar’s plant in Northern Taiwan last night. The source of the fire was located at the waste water tank next to the parking lot at B2 (second level in the basement) in the company’s N3 plant. The fire started at around 6 PM and was soon under control. There were zero casualties, no one was wounded. The fire has no impact on the company finances and sales.

Pirated Philips LED bulbs were found in Yinshang County, Anhui Province, China, according to a statement released by the local Market and Quality Supervision Commission.

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...

A group of Spanish researchers from Autonomous University of Barcelona found that by photo-stimulating boar sperm with red LED lights through a 30 minute cycle could improve in vitro sperm fertilization performance, according to a paper the team submitted to Nature.