LED + SSL

The Department of Energy has announced that its “Transformations in Lighting” 2010 DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop will be held in Raleigh, NC on February 2–4, 2010. This is the seventh annual SSL R&D Workshop, which has become a real who’s who gathering of lighting researchers. The results of this workshop informs research agendas in [...]

Registration is now open for LEDucation IV, where you can learn about solid state lighting in engaging sessions as well as see products in exhibits by more than 70 LED, OLED, microplasma and control manufacturers. The event will be held Wednesday, March 3, 2010 between 1-9PM at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. Click [...]

Cree released its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, announcing a record revenue of $199.5 million. This represents a 35% increase compared to revenue of $147.6 million reported for the second fiscal quarter last year and an 18% increase compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2010. See the complete announcement here.

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York recently announced that the exhibit floor for LEDucation 5 is completely sold out. With a confirmed presence of 87 leading manufacturers from across the world, LEDucation 5 positions itself for another record breaking year in providing its attendees with the latest in LED technology in an educational and [...]

In September 2009, the Department of Energy received the first entry in the L Prize competition, an LED replacement for the 60W incandescent bulb from Philips Electronics. Philips’ entry is now undergoing photometric testing at independent laboratories. This performance testing will verify that the product submitted meets the L Prize specifications for the 60W replacement, [...]

Klipsch has introduced the LightSpeaker–LED light bulbs that include integral speakers for playing music via wireless receivers. The product won a 2010 CES Innovations Award. Check it out here. http://www.youtube.com/v/gpOc_AYpGM0&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 Hat tip to Randy Smith at the Lighting Design Lab for turning me on to this.

On December 24, LightNOW reported on a number of vehicle accidents attributed by authorities to the fact that LED traffic lights can’t melt snow, and subsequent media coverage, here. There’s been some very insightful conversation about it in the Comments. Again, check it out here.

Philips Color Kinetics has announced it has become a reseller of the complete portfolio of Pharos control solutions. Ranging from scalable lighting playback controllers to audio/video controls, all that utilize simple-to-use designer authoring software, Pharos controllers extend the comprehensive portfolio of LED lighting solutions from Philips Color Kinetics. Philips Color Kinetics is offering Pharos controllers [...]

So LED traffic lights save 90% energy, but run too cool to melt snow, which is believed to have caused some accidents. Snow obscuring the signal happens very infrequently, but nonetheless, one has to wonder where and how the ball got dropped on this, what the solution is, and whose responsibility it is to be [...]