Products + Technology

The next generation of light bulbs features embedded intelligence, with many new products becoming available, as the editor of LEDs Magazine recently pointed out. An interesting new product that’s been getting a ton of praise in the press is Alba by Stack, which features intelligence and onboard sensors to offer a load of features and [...]

The new M20 and M40 Optic from Lighting Services Inc is a proprietary design to control the field angle while maintaining centerbeam candlepower. The new optics are now standard on LumeLEX Series products with 20- and 40-degree beam spreads. Check out the LumeLEX Series here (type “lumelex” in the product name search box).

Below is an article about induction lighting I contributed to the July issue of TED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Induction lighting offers a longer-lasting alternative to HID and a potentially more cost-effective alternative to LED for high-intensity applications such as street, area, high-bay, industrial and sports lighting. Induction lamps operate without electrodes, eliminating wiring connections [...]

WAC Lighting’s Rubix is a high-power exterior-rated wall-mounted LED luminaire with a universal (120/220/277V) driver, 100-10% dimming, 85 CRI and 3000K color appearance. Click here to learn more.

MIT Technology Review recently published an article about how Lighting and the Internet are merging, and what that means. I found this excerpt to be of particular interest: “Another look at how lighting systems are changing will emerge this November, when a 14-story regional headquarters for Deloitte, nearing completion in Amsterdam, will be festooned with [...]

What’s the Internet of Things, and what does it mean? MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW has the answer here.

Volkslyte’s Tangent is a 2-in.-wide luminaire available in suspended downlight and uplight/downlight as well as surface-mounted and recessed configurations. Volkslyte factory-curves the extruded aluminum profile to almost any radius or bent shape, lighting the contour from within. Standard- (6W/linear ft.) and high-output (12W/linear ft.) LED (T6 cold cathode also available), color temperatures 2700K-4000K, dimming options. [...]

Skydome LED by Focal Point is a family of classic illuminated circles offering a choice of 2-, 3- and 4-ft. diameters and recessed, surface and pendant mounting. The company’s Light Right system provides up to five standard output levels in each surface mount and suspended luminaire to satisfy different application needs, with alternate levels within [...]

Litecontrol’s newest customizable LED indirect/direct pendants—Knife and Rail—are available with the company’s very intriguing Variable Intensity (Vi) Technology. With Litecontrol’s Vi Technology, designers are no longer limited by standard luminaire configurations, but can specify the exact amount of light and power as well as beam distribution to ideally illuminate any environment. The customization of the [...]