News tagged with lighting manufacturers

Developing small-size laser projectors for mobile phones

Mobile phones currently on the market are capable of showing high quality images and video, but the phones' small size sets insurmountable limits on screen size, and thus the viewing experience. VTT Technical Research Centre ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

All set and ready to glow

A new technique that paves the way for manufacturing affordable LED light bulbs is to be exploited in the UK, in a deal that researchers say could have a dramatic impact on carbon emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Idling airplanes produce more harmful pollution than previously thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, have shown that the emissions produced by aircraft idling at the gate, or lining up for takeoff, contain tiny oil droplets, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Marvelous light from conductor paths

Organic light-emitting diodes are seen as the basis for a new generation of lamps: Large-area lamps that can be randomly shaped and fl exibly integrated into interior design. But the "illuminated glass" is ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Lighter, cheaper, LED light bulbs are starting to enter the marketplace

Just when you were finally warming up to the idea of swapping out your old light bulbs with compact fluorescent ones, you may soon find a new alternative at your local hardware store.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 6

Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 22

New method could lead to narrower chip patterns

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have found a novel method for etching extremely narrow lines on a microchip, using a material that can be switched from transparent to opaque, and vice versa, just by exposing it to certain ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 5