The City of Red Deer is throwing a new light on drivers and pedestrians starting this week with the replacement of traffic lights with more energy-efficient lighting. All the incandescent lights at the city's 125 signalized intersections are being replaced with LEDs (light emitting diode), which use about 90 per cent less energy than the older lights. The changeover will take three months and save $120,000 a year.

FLOWERY BRANCH - Flowery Branch City Council Wednesday ended the city's moratorium on LED billboards and passed a regulation ordinance amendment that the city attorney said he defend in court.Craig Lutz made the motion to approve after proposing changes other council members accepted.Those changes control sign message transition and duration; they prohibit message sequencing, and regulate illumination and brightness; Lutz said the city could defend it.

LEDs and their target markets are changing rapidly. David Spragg looks at how distributors must evolve to meet the needs of this rapidly evolving arena.

Conserving energy is now a mandate, not a choice, and part of that mandate is the need to go Green. When it comes to lighting, we can easily imagine the impact of globally improving the efficiency of lighting sources by 10 percent. But what if it could be improved by 1,000 percent?

A government survey this month found that 25 percent of light emitting diode (LED) toys sold on the local market were unsafe, while 65 percent failed to specify product information, a senior official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday. The ministry's Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection randomly inspected 20 China-made LED toys to protect children's safety and safeguard consumer's rights.

Sunovia EnergyTechnologies, Inc. is pleased to announce that ithas been awarded a LED lighting contract by the city of Fairview, Texas. Thecontract calls for Sunovia to provide its energy-efficient EvoLucia(TM) LEDlighting products for street lighting within the city.

Unimar Inc., based in Clay, N.Y., has debuted the Dialight LED Beacon with integrated photocell and synchronized flasher, which uses GPS technology to flash obstruction lights in unison. This pattern is designed to be particularly suitable for a wind turbine farm and is in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements that state that all light fixtures on the turbines should flash in unison.

Triangle Digital INX Co. (TDI), (San Leandro, CA) a member of INX Digital, teamed with LED curing specialist Summit UV in developing EVOLVE UV -- a UV LED-curing ink that offers 4-color with single-pass through-cure at speeds of 80 ft. per minute or higher, running with Xaar 1001 piezoelectric printheads. No inert curing atmosphere is required.

Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions of Burlington, Massachusetts USA, announced that its chief scientist, and Color Kinetics co-founder, Dr. Ihor Lys has been named 2008 National Inventor of the Year. The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Education Foundation selected Dr. Lys for the award for his invention of Powercore technology that integrates power management and data management within a fixture. The company says that the patented Powercore technology increases electrical efficiency and lowers production costs.

16-channel LED driver improves full-color video displaysTexas Instruments Incorporated (TI) has introduced a 16-channel, 50 mA constant-current sink LED driver, with an input voltage of up to 17 V. The TLC5943's integrated enhanced spectrum pulse-width modulation (PWM) improves image quality and reduces flicker noise in monochrome, multicolor and full-color LED displays, as well as LED signboards and display backlighting. Each of the TLC5943's 16 channels has an individually adjustable 16-bit

Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has begun commercial shipment of aluminum-gallium-indium-phosphide (AlGaInP) ultrabright red LED chips with luminous efficiency of 80lm/W, touted to be the highest level on the market. The luminous efficiency of the new product represents a 40 percent improvement over SDK's existing grade.The new product features high efficiency of bringing out light with the improved shape and arrangement of electrodes and chip surface treatment. This enables to maintain same level of brightness with less of LED lamps, thus contributing to energy conservation.

SunJet, the inkjet ink division of Sun Chemical ( Web Site  Executives  Related Articles  Google), has announced at drupa the development of new and novel ink chemistry specifically designed for curing under exposure to UV light from LED sources. In laboratory tests line speeds in single pass applications have exceeded 100m or 300ft per minute. SunJet is present on the Sun Chemical stand at drupa 2008, Düsseldorf from May 29 to June 11, in Hall 6, Stand B75.

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V•I Chip, Inc., has announced a constant current (CC) PRM regulator demonstration board. The new product is suitable for light emitting diode (LED) applications such as street & stadium lighting, high-end projectors, active outdoor advertising and architectural installations.The board provides a precisely regulated current as required for direct-drive multi-LED applications where the intensity and brightness are controlled by regulating the current through the LEDs.

The Pacific Ferris Wheel at the Santa Monica Pier in California took her last spin on May 5th before crews dismantled the sun-faded behemoth piece by piece to make way for a shiny new wheel. And shiny it is, boasting 160,000 LED lights that will bring glittering visual performances to Santa Monica's evening sky. The solar panels used for the old wheel will remain at the pier, providing clean energy for the 90-foot ride and its 800 passengers per hour.

New high-resolution brightness LED devicesCatalyst Semiconductor, Inc. has expanded its line of Quad-Mode fractional charge pump LED drivers with two new high-resolution brightness devices. Both feature 32-dimming levels to provide enhanced LCD backlight control in emerging portable product applications.

Marl Optosource has announced the addition of a range of high power LED drivers to complement Lamina’s TitanTurbo, believed to be one of the world’s brightest LED light engines. LED light engines can now match the luminosity of a 100W tungsten bulb – but this new generation of products imposes a much heavier load on the drive electronics. As a result Marl has introduced a new solution capable of driving an LED drawing 5A at 12Vdc, and able to withstand an input inrush current of up to 40A.

The world's first full-LED headlamp is now available on Audi's R8 model, but the option will set buyers back a hefty €3,590 (US$5,582). LEDs offer a number of advantages, such as lower energy consumption and a colour that more closely resembles daylig...

If you have ever done any night fishing or been in a tent after dark and wanted some light, but didn't want to lug around a heavy flashlight or large lantern, there's now an answer. Coghlan's, a Canadian company that's been in business for nearly 50 years, has developed a LED "Micro Lantern." It weighs less than an ounce and stands just two inches high, yet is bright enough to light up a 6.5-foot circle, meaning you can stick it in your pocket, then light up your tent later.

Middle East Media Marketing (MEM) has introduced a distinctive different advertising media through its state-of-the-art Dynamic Digital Advertising Network LED signs situated at key points throughout the Kingdom."This is the first time that an LED advertising network has been offered to clients in the Middle East region," Chairman of MEM / GMI Group, Shaikh Ali bin Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa said as he launched the network at a Press meet on Thursday.

Taking a shower is supposed to be something relaxing, but for many of us the routine has become something of a pressure cooker to-do item that we want to get it done and over with soonest possible. After all, the gravy train of life is going to take off whether we are ready or not, right? Take some time out with the LED Shower Light.

China (mainland)–Dongguan City Yutong Bulbs Products Co. Ltd is offering an LED flashlight bulb that can have a screw-on or bayonet-type E10 or P13.5S base.The product’s operating voltage is between 1.5 and 8V. The rated power is within 0.1 to 1.2W.Specifications on the design and size are accepted.A 15x15x3cm box contains 100 units. Fifty boxes are placed in an export carton.

Middle East Media Marketing (MEM) has introduced a large format dynamic LED digital signage network in Bahrain. The 5 locations include Bahrain International Airport, Adliya, Seef, Juffair and the Diplomatic Area.

ILION — A test run with light-emitting diodes from Fiberdyne Energy in Frankfort could lead to LEDs replacing as many as 61 streetlights in Ilion.Officials in Ilion  announced the pilot project during a news conference at 6:30 p.m. on Jun 01.The LED street lighting fixtures are expected to reduce energy consumption by about 50 percent, according to an Ilion news release.Fiberdyne Energy President Jim Gelose said the company worked on a feasibility study to select LED fixtures appropriate to replace Ilion's streetlights.

With its DECOSPOT® LED, OSRAM now adds colour to lighting design–in the usual high quality and attractive styling. These new lamps will fit in all standard fixtures with E14 or GU10 holders - as easy as changing a light bulb. DECOSPOT® LED   A colourful future with Decospot LED Modern LED technology –extremely efficient and effective

DOMINANT is offering a new series of through-hole LEDs in a 5mm round package for use in a wide range of solid-state lighting and illumination applications. These 5mm round through-hole LEDs have been designed specifically to provide a well-defined radiation pattern and a cost-effective lighting solution. 

Nexxus Lighting Touts 95 Lumens per Watt LED Lamp Line Nexxus Lighting showcased its new LED lamp line at LIGHTFAIR International 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. The company boasts that the line of lamps has an efficacy of 95 lumens per watt. LED lamps are part of Nexxus' new Array Lighting brand. The Array Lighting LED lamp line features the company's patent-pending Selective Heat Sink technology, which the company says lowers thermal resistance to record levels, and produces the lowest power, highest efficacy LED lamps on the market.

The Starlight Casino in New Westminster near Vancouver, Canada, has an alluring atmosphere created by ActOne’s LED lighting tubes. The lighting effect is reportedly generated from the dispersion of color lights from 200 LED lighting tubes. The LED lighting tubes, which are over draped mesh-screen curtains, have a total length of 700 feet The Starlight Casino located in the Greater Vancouver area is a brand new $110-million, 100,000 square foot gaming and entertainment facility that was completed last December.