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Soraa LED light may dim 50-watt halogen rivals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soraa, a Fremont, California company founded in 2008, this week launched its first product, a light that uses LEDS (light emitting diodes). The "Soraa LED MR16 lamp" is the "perfect" replacement ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (27) | comments 24 | with audio podcast report

Powerful mini-LEDs for thin touchscreens

Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed an infrared light-emitting diode (IRED) for use in very thin optical touchscreens. Called the SFH 4053, the small new lamps are housed in a frame surrounding a display. ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Manufacturing method paves way for commercially viable quantum dot-based LEDs

University of Florida researchers may help resolve the public debate over America's future light source of choice: Edison's incandescent bulb or the more energy efficient compact fluorescent lamp. It could be neither.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

ORNL graphite foam technology licensed to LED North America

Technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory that extends the life of light-emitting diode lamps has been licensed to LED North America.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Care for some light music? LEDs make it possible

(AP) -- Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are starting to become cost-effective alternatives to standard light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. That opens up some interesting possibilities, such as the combination ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

LED streetlights best buy for cities, researchers report

University of Pittsburgh researchers have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights and determined that the increasingly popular lamps strike the best balance between brightness, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Osram LEDs for Mini Projectors

New, particularly high-performance light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from Osram make it possible to build mini projectors. These LEDs produce enough light to project images measuring over one meter in diagonal ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Solar Cells with LEDs Provide Inexpensive Lighting

(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the 1.5 billion people in developing countries who do not have electricity, many rely on kerosene lamps for light after the sun goes down. But now, researchers from Denmark have designed ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 2 weblog

Solar-powered LED light made of bottles

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Solarbulb, a new lighting gadget from miniWIZ, doesn't exactly come with all parts included: you have to add your own water or soda bottle. The LED Solarbulb screws onto just about any ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (26) | comments 7 weblog