lighting

Sep
18

Attention, CFL-haters: Vu1 says it's developed a better bulb

“What if we could reinvent the light bulb?” asks US technology firm Vu1 Corporation. Their answer? “Well …we just did.
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May
14

Firm offers efficient lamps to light-switching MP

RS Components, Europe’s largest supplier of electronic and electrical components, is offering 30 free energy-efficient lamps to David Willetts,
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May
05

New LED aims to replace standard lamps

Lighting Science Group Corporation has developed a new light-emitting diode (LED) lamp that’s designed to replace the standard incandescent
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Apr
28

Philips: Efficient lights speed shift to lower energy use

The Philips lighting company is pushing for businesses, municipal authorities and building owners/operators to switch to energy-efficient lighting as
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Mar
20

Kinetic power switches lights on wirelessly

A Canada-based subsidiary of Philips has developed an innovative system that uses photovoltaics and kinetic energy to wirelessly switch lights
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Mar
05

'Killer' waves could lead to better lights

Researchers studying rogue light waves — the electromagnetic equivalent of giant freak waves that form in the world’s oceans — say
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Jan
30

Super-efficient light bulb could last 60 years

Researchers at the University of Cambridge say they have developed a new type of LED light bulb that could slash
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Jan
21

Five sweet eco-lighting innovations

Creating a better light offers a plethora of promises: freedom from soot and dark for the world’s poor, lower
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May
27

Wafer maker CrystalQ gets funding boost for LEDs

Wafers: is there anything they can’t do? Hold KitKats together, form that basis of an oft-quoted Monty Python joke,
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Mar
13

$13m research brings newspaper printing to OLEDs

What do you like on your rolls? Cheese? Ham? Or, if you’re Lady Penelope, Royce? What about OLEDs, the
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