Products + Technology

  Craig DiLouie interviewed Eric Jerger, VP/GM of Cooper Lighting Solutions, a Signify business, about field-adjustable luminaires. This interview will inform an article by DiLouie in the January 2026 issue of tED Magazine. DiLouie: How would you define a field-adjustable luminaire? Jerger: A field-adjustable luminaire is designed to give contractors, distributors, and end users flexibility [...]

  This is an interview Craig DiLouie did with Tony Costa, Product Marketing Manager, 3D Printing at Signify. It will inform DiLouie’ article for the August 2026 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. DILOUIE: What are the benefits of 3D-printed lighting? What is the general state of adoption of additive manufacturing in the lighting industry? COSTA: 3D [...]

  Alloy LED has introduced ThermaLine™ 3 as an IP67-rated tape light engineered to perform in high-temperature environments that traditional LEDs can’t survive for long. Fully encased in heat-resistant silicone and equipped with premium gold contact points for superior conductivity and corrosion resistance, ThermaLine 3 ensures long-term reliability and optimal performance for steam rooms, saunas, [...]

  2025’s holiday shopping season will mark a turning point in retail, driven by AI shopping agents. “Cyborg Monday,” a term coined to reflect this AI-infused evolution of Cyber Monday, highlights the fusion of human customer intent with machine decision-making. Instead of shoppers individually browsing online stores, AI agents—from chatbots and personal digital assistants to [...]

The Artika Elton 19.4 in. LED Modern Ceiling Fan blends sleek design and advanced technology to deliver a high-performing, versatile solution for home comfort and lighting. This compact, contemporary fixture + fan is ideal for small to medium-sized rooms, offering both efficient air circulation and modern illumination in a unified, space-saving design. The fan+light retails [...]

  With the ever increasing power demands and power densities of AI servers and chips, thermal management is an enormous bottleneck to providing adequate compute in data centers. It’s not surprising that improved thermal management of AI chips is an area of very active R&D, with striking thermal management performance improvements. One thermal management company [...]

  Smart switches are rapidly gaining favor over smart lamps (bulbs) as the preferred technology for home lighting automation, thanks to their superior reliability, cost-effectiveness, and integration with daily routines. Unlike smart lamps—which lose their “smart” capabilities when a physical wall switch is turned off—smart switches control the entire circuit, ensuring lights remain responsive to [...]

mwConnect and Network Thermostat (NetX) have announced a strategic partnership designed to streamline HVAC integration into networked lighting control (NLC) platforms, to simplify and unify building automation for commercial facilities. This collaboration leverages the strengths of each company—mwConnect’s award-winning expertise in wireless mesh technology and NetX’s established track record providing scalable smart thermostat control for [...]

Multi dimming protocol drivers have been around for a while. They started as 2-protocols, then grew to 3-, 4-, and occasionally 5-protocols. There are now 6-dimming protocol drivers available. Here are three different manufacturers that I’ve found: LTECH More information available here.   Vivalec Lighting Solutions More information available here.   GRE Alpha Electronics Ltd. [...]