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New Method for Producing Cheaper LED Developed

A team of experts at a private startup company in the United States announces the development of a new production technique aimed at manufacturing light-emitting diodes (LED). If widely applied, this method could lead to more people employing LED lighting in their households. As incandescent light bulbs are beginning...

21 March 2011
05:47 GMT

Verbatim Launches Velve Color-Tunable OLED Lights

Despite of the fact that the Verbatim brand is traditionally associated to various computer accessories and storage solutions rather than the field of OLED ligthing, it seems that the company behind it, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, has decided to tackle the latter market segment as well, revealing a new line of color-tun...

10 February 2011
06:47 GMT

Future LED Lights Could Use Network Cables

Scientists at the Fremont, CA-based Redwood Systems announce that they will begin commercializing a new type of LED (light-emitting diode) lighting system beginning this summer. The thing that sets the new approach apart from the rest of its competition is the fact that the light sources will not be hooked up to conv...

16 March 2010
15:01 GMT

How Light Influences the Taste of Wine

German researchers at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Institute of Psychology have recently determined that the taste of wine can be significantly altered by serving it under different lighting. In other words, it would appear that the room the wine is tested in also plays a role in determining how a person e...

29 December 2009
06:46 GMT

LEDs Are the Best Lighting Solution

Current lighting technologies, using incandescent light bulbs, are on the verge of getting replaced by compact-fluorescent bulbs (CFL), which are touted as being able to significantly reduce electrical consumption, whilst providing the same level of illumination. However, researchers at the Carnegie Melon University ...

10 June 2009
09:50 GMT

New LED Technology Lights Up the Future

A new type of polarization-matched light-emitting diode (LED) device has been obtained by researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, following intense efforts of coming up with a type of LED that illuminates brighter and consumes less energy than its predecessors. Featuring a light output increase of 18 per...

13 January 2009
06:55 GMT

Light Bulb Controversy Goes Medical

When it comes to figuring out the best indoor lighting solution for widespread use, authorities in most countries have split opinions, as do the health advisors and the scientific community. In other words, although legislation already exists in Europe and the US – regulating the time frame for the removal of i...

7 January 2009
04:40 GMT

Small Light Bulb Overpowers LEDs

Behold the new LIFI 4000, the light plasma bulb the size of a Tic-Tac and capable of producing even more light than a typical gas discharge light bulb! The new plasma bulb has been developed by the Luxim Corporation, a company located in Sunnyvale, California, specialized in lighting technologies. Luxim promises to b...

21 March 2008
08:09 GMT

Oh God, My Eyes! Future Outfit Has LEDs!

Hooray!The Holidays are coming! This means not only Santa, presents and cookies, but also a lot of snow, skiing, snowboarding and more. And we all know we have to be in vogue for all these winter activities. The latest trend in ski suits is the solar powered lights stuffed in clothes. I know, this ain't a desig...

6 December 2007
12:16 GMT

Light Up Your Room with A Satellite Replica!

Lamps come in all shapes and sizes nowadays, as the manufacturers try to come up with all sorts of new designs that will make their products more interesting for certain specific market segments. And one very peculiar lighting device of this type is the one you're about to see as follows, namely the Satellite La...

23 November 2007
07:26 GMT

Astucia SolarLite - The End of Highway Car Wrecks?

Poor lighting (associated with high-speeds) can very often lead to very serious accidents and this is the reason why various state authorities around the world are constantly trying to come up with some sort of lighting and warning system that will require a relatively small amount of electricity, while doing a great...

22 November 2007
10:06 GMT

Virtua Fighter 5 - 360 Eileen Beats PS3 Kage

Virtua Fighter 5, the long awaited installment from Sega, so the PS3 and Xbox 360, has its first comparison shots up on CB Games. The game looks fairly good on both versions...now let me correct that, quite good, but not as good as the E3 trailer said. As for differences between the two versions, well, let's ju...

3 May 2007
03:17 GMT


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