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A Canada-based subsidiary of Philips has developed an innovative system that uses photovoltaics and kinetic energy to wirelessly switch lights on and off. Ledalite’s Airwave™ technology requires no wiring or batteries. Instead, the simple action of pushing a switch generates enough kinetic energy to send a wireless command to
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Researchers studying rogue light waves — the electromagnetic equivalent of giant freak waves that form in the world’s oceans — say their breakthrough findings could lead to brighter and more stable white light sources, as well as super-fast cameras and more power communications technologies. Rogue light waves are rare but explosive
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge say they have developed a new type of LED light bulb that could slash electricity consumption and burn for 100,000 hours , which would translate into about 60 years’ worth of typical household use. The LED uses gallium nitride, which generates bright, energy-efficient lighting
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Creating a better light offers a plethora of promises: freedom from soot and dark for the world’s poor, lower energy costs for homeowners in developed countries, solutions to design problems, etc. So what’s new and creative in the eco-lighting world lately? Check out these innovations: * LightLane. Just a
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Wafers: is there anything they can’t do? Hold KitKats together, form that basis of an oft-quoted Monty Python joke, make ice cream look a bit more art punk with their geometric wafery glory and be a lynchpin of low-energy lighting. Dutch wafer makers CrystalQ have bent the might of
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What do you like on your rolls? Cheese? Ham? Or, if you’re Lady Penelope, Royce? What about OLEDs, the super efficient lighting devices that are set to replace illumination as we know it? After four years and $13 million-worth of research, General Electric and GE Consumer & Industrial have
