Tubular Circuiti Liquidi lamp uses blue liquid to turn on light

Italian product design students Francesco Rogante and Ilaria Pirro have developed a rotating lamp that uses the electrical conductivity of liquid in place of a switch. The tubular lamp has two bases, which the user alternates between as they turn the lamp upside down and back again in order to activate the light.

Lumin8 4ft smartphone controlled LED light created for photographers

Photographers and videographers searching for a waterproof app-controlled LED light may be interested in the Lumin8, which measures 4 feet in length and is completely waterproof and shockproof. Using the companion smartphone application the Lumin8 RGB light can be instantly adjusted to almost any colour and thanks to its rechargeable battery used for up to 12 hours.

12.9-inch iPad Pro with mini LED display expected to arrive in late 2020

LG Display is said to be one of the suppliers for an iPad Pro refresh that will include a mini LED display, a report claims, with the fifth-generation 12.9-inch model anticipated to sport the display technology later in 2020. Apple has been rumored to be preparing a version of the iPad Pro that uses mini LED as part of its display for a while. The use of mini LED in theory will allow for higher-contrast and more power-efficient displays. While traditional LED backlight systems rely on hundreds of LEDs, mini LED instead uses thousands

New York state to install 500,000 LED streetlights

Part of a statewide upgrade programme, Smart Street lighting NY will see 500,000 streetlights replaced with energy-efficient LED technology by 2025. The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has teamed with Signify to support the upgrade of 'at least' 500,000 streetlights throughout NY state. Signify claims with its connected LED luminaires and Interact City IoT lighting system cities can reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint.

Zhejiang Export Online Fair Announces 1st Virtual Expo on LED, Lighting and Accessories

Zhejiang Export Online Fair 2020 announces a unique opportunity for stakeholders in the lighting industry to meet and generate business via video conferencing.

The Online Fair on LED, Lighting and Accessories will be held from 28th June - 2nd July 2020, and is targeted at lighting buyers from India who are looking to source innovative lighting products and accessories from key Chinese suppliers.

In the upcoming edition of the expo, more than 80 top manufacturers from China are going to showcase their latest range of LED and other lighting solutions. There will be innumerable options to choose from, in the areas of residential lighting, commercial lighting, smart lighting solutions, decorative lighting, technical lighting, horticultural lighting and urban & architectural lighting.

The fair will be live from 11.30 to 15.30 (IST) from June 28 to July 2, 2020.

Arlington On Target To Meet Goals Of Converting 3,000 Street Lights To LED

The City Council recognizes the integral role technology has in making Arlington the city of choice for its residents, businesses, and visitors. Throughout the city, departments are working to enhance the use of current technologies and embrace new ones that will provide more cost-effective and efficient services and experiences for everyone.

The department is replacing the high-pressure sodium bulbs in a high-mast light fixture near the Cooper Street exit with LED bulbs.

LEDs have an expected useful life of 10 years; twice the expected life of a sodium lamp. The increased expected useful life results in decreased maintenance costs.

Since October of 2019, the City's streetlights group has converted over 1,400 lights to LED and are on target to surpass the goal of 3,000 conversions during fiscal year 2020.

ARRI launches Orbiter LED Light

ARRI, one of the biggest name in professional filmmaking equipment, is releasing the next generation, professional level, LED light. The ARRI Orbiter will be lighting up most upcoming film sets once it is released, just like the SkyPanel before it. The Orbiter is a 6-color channel LED light with great output, excellent color rendition, and an integrated power supply, so there is no separate ballast, which is extremely convenient.

SYLVANIA Natural Series of LED Lighting Delivers Benefits of Natural Light for Electrical Industry via TruWave Technology

Natural light remains the ideal light source across the wide variety of facilities. It delivers true colors and feelings of comfort and happiness for building occupants. When the sun goes down though, or in areas where natural light is not an option, previously these benefits were lost for building occupants. Now, electrical distributors and contractors can deliver the benefits of natural light with the SYLVANIA Natural Series of LED lighting products with TruWave Technology. This is a combination of a unique chip, phosphor & packaging technology to offer the best alternative to natural light by mimicking the natural light spectrum, all while saving energy.

LiteSheet Solutions Launches LED UV-C Sanitizing Cabinet

Virginia-based LiteSheet Solutions is offering an innovative LED UV-C sanitizing cabinet that is designed to decontaminate potentially deadly bacteria and viruses, like the COVID19 virus.

By optimally positioning germ and virus killing UV-C LED modules inside the cabinet to eliminate blind spots, contents are sanitized within minutes. The germicidal effects of UV light are well known and medically researched. UV-C light wavelengths between 200 and 280 nanometers are used as against bacteria, molds, and virus.

Additional safety features include a digital timer and an interlock cabinet door to ensure the UV-C modules cannot be powered on until the cabinet door is securely closed. Front panel controls include On-Off Power, timer control, door interlock, in use LED indicator and emergency stop for door open.

ViewSonic Launches New Lamp-Free, Solid-State Technology Projectors

ViewSonic Corp expands its line of solid-state technology-based projectors with two new additions to the LS series. The LS831WU ultra-short throw laser and LS600W LED projectors come with installation-friendly features.

The ViewSonic LS831WU laser projector is an ultra-short throw laser projector engineered with second generation laser technology for improved heat resistance.

An integrated HDBaseT input allows the projector to receive uncompressed HD audio and video over long distances through a single network cable.

25th Guzhen Lighting Fair rescheduled to Oct. 22-26

As the situation of COVID-19 turns better in China and the industry recovers, lighting business is getting back on track. China's lighting capital-Guzhen, attracted a small upsurge in product purchases in the first half of this year.

The 25th Guzhen Lighting Fair will be held on Oct. 22-26, 2020, at Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Guzhen Town, Guangdong, China.

Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, as the main venue, joins hands with the 7 sub-venues (lighting megastores) to build the great GILF: Lihe Center, Huayi Plaza, Star Alliance, Lighting Era, Besun Plaza, Huayu Plaza and Streetlight City.

The GILF is the biggest trade show in the lighting industry, 8 venues of over 1,500,000 sqm, presenting 2,500+ high-quality exhibitors.

Panasonic Lighting Americas and Pointr Join Forces to Offer End-to-End Connected Deep Location Lighting Solutions

Panasonic Lighting Americas recently announced a strategic solution partnership with Pointr, a leader in deep location platforms.

The partnership enables an offering of end-to-end connected lighting solutions, paired with real-time location-based services, to address the convergence of physical spaces with the virtual world.

The solution aims to improve efficiency, reduce maintenance and support code compliance while enabling SMART wirelessly controlled facilities. Each ecosystem includes Bluetooth wirelessly controlled EVERLINE LED retrofit fixtures with intelligent beaconing, Dialog lighting management system control and enabled Indoor Positioning System (IPS). The solution allows the user’s mobile device to receive X, Y and Z coordinates with reliable and accurate Bluetooth technology.

Microbe-killing short-wavelength UV radiation produced by LEDs

An array of low-voltage LEDs that emit short wavelength ultraviolet (UV) light could be used to kill harmful microbes on the skin and in the throat and nose – with minimal harmful side-effects to patients. The prototype device was developed by researchers at Germany’s Ferdinand Braun Institute and the Technical University of Berlin features an array of 118 LEDs spread over an area of 64 cm2 and emitting UV light at a wavelength of around 230 nm. The setup delivered a maximum irradiation power of 0.2 mW/cm2 over an area of 36 cm2, with 90% uniformity.

Boston University validates Signify UV-C for coronavirus deactivation

Signify announced that Boston University has determined that a Signify ultraviolet (UV) light source would almost always deactivate the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 if dosed at the right level.

The university’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) exposed materials containing the virus to a UV-C tube lamp from Signify. It found that a dose of 5 mJ/cm2 resulted in a reduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus of 99% in 6 seconds.

The NEIDL team extrapolated that a stronger dose of 22 mJ/cm2 would result in a reduction of 99.9999% in 25 seconds.

Underwater WiFi developed using LEDs and lasers

Underwater communication is possible with radio, acoustic and visible light signals. However, radio can only carry data over short distances, while acoustic signals support long distances. Now a new underwater wireless system is introduced, Aqua-Fi, that supports internet services, such as sending multimedia messages using either LEDs or lasers. LEDs provide a low-energy option for short-distance communication, while lasers can carry data further, but need more power.

German Team Makes Printed Perovskite LEDs

Hybrid perovskite materials could lead to simplification of electronics manufacturing according to Emil List-Kratochvil, head of a Joint Research Group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB and) Humboldt-Universität, Germany. Scientists at HZB have already shown that solar cells can be printed from a solution of semiconductor compounds. Now, the joint team of HZB and HU Berlin has succeeded in producing functional LEDs in this manner. The research group used a metal halide perovskite for this purpose.

CEA-Leti Uses GaN Blue Micro LED to Break Throughput Record for LiFi Communications

French research institute CEA-Leti announced has broken the throughput world record of 5.1 Gbps in visible light communications (VLC) using a single GaN blue Micro LED. Their data transmission rate of 7.7 Gbps achieved with a 10 µm Micro LED marks another step toward commercialization and widespread use of LiFi communication. Single Micro LED communications offer an ultra-high data-transmission rate for a variety of opportunities for new applications, including industrial wireless high-speed links in demanding environments such as assembly lines and data centers, and contact-less connectors, or chip-to-chip communication.

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Joint Research Proves Effectiveness of Deep UV LED in Preventing Spread of COVID-19

Japan-based medical equipment supplier Nikkiso has collaborated with the University of Miyazaki and announced that its deep UV LED adopted apace disinfecting device can effectively prevent the spread of COVID-19. Researchers said that the technology can help to deactivate the virus in public areas such as hospital and lower the risk of cluster spreading.

Micro-LED market will grow to USD 18,835 million by 2026

The global micro-LED market size is estimated to grow from USD 409 million in 2020 to USD 18,835 million by 2026, at a CAGR of 89.3%.

The market is dominated by Samsung, LG Display, AU Optronics, Innolux, and Japan Display. These players may enter into partnerships or collaborations, or even acquire one of the many startups that are focusing on developing micro-LED technology.

Growing demand for brighter and more power-efficient display panels is driving the growth of the micro-LED market. The most significant factor is the growing demand for brighter and more power-efficient display panels for smartwatches, mobile devices, and AR/VR devices.

The display panel market is huge, and many leading industry players are working on optimizing the existing display technologies such as LED, LCD, OLED, quantum dot LED, and e-paper. Samsung is pursuing quantum dot LED and OLED, while LG Display is focusing on OLED technology.

Using an Ordinary Light Bulb To Spy On Conversations 80 Feet Away

Security researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, have been looking at methods of eavesdropping on private conversations. They can eavesdrop on conversations from as far as 80 feet away thanks to a hanging light bulb. Fluctuations in air pressure on the surface of the hanging bulb are created by the sound of conversation, or music, and make a hanging bulb vibrate.

It is not as easy as you may think. The hackers need a clean line of sight between their electro-optical sensor-equipped telescope and the hanging light bulb concerned. So, if the curtains or blinds are closed on a window, or the light bulb sits behind a lampshade of some sort, then this eavesdropping method will fail.

Denver LED Specifier Summit to Move to Spring 2021

The LED Specifier Summit show management announced that it will move the Denver event - which was originally scheduled to stage October 15, 2020 - to the spring of 2021. LED Specifier Summit is a regional one-day immersion in lighting education and solutions geared toward specifiers of commercial, architectural and decorative LED lighting products. The event helps lighting professionals stay current on the latest LED lighting trends through registered seminars and face-to-face access to 100+ leading international lighting and controls manufacturers in a relaxed, casual setting.

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LED driver IC targets low current LED strips

Infineon Technologies launched the second device released in the new generation BCR family with low voltage drop focusing on low current designs of up to 37mA. Typical applications for the BCR431U include LED strips, channel letters, architectural LED lighting, LED displays, as well as emergency, retail, and appliance lighting.

The LED current is easily adjustable via a high ohmic resistor on a dedicated pin with an IC supply voltage ranging between 6 V and 42 V. The BCR431U features a dimming capability down to 1 percent.

New lighting system gives Syracuse Mets’ NBT Bank Stadium a new glow

As part of the stadium’s $25 million renovation, Syracuse-based Ephesus Sports Lighting has installed a brand new LED lighting system. Ephesus has installed its lighting in hundreds of facilities across the country, including the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse and NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton. The NBT project cost about $500,000, according to Quijano.

Global Smart Lighting and Control Systems Market Worth Reach USD 146 Billion By 2026

As the government is strictly focusing on reducing the Co2 emission for better climate condition smart lighting and control systems may witness growth in most polluted regions.

Due to rising pollution worldwide each region is implementing new lighting laws every year. For example, the San Francisco public utilities commission has replaced nearly 18,500 streetlights with high efficiency LED lights due to this they have reduced energy consumption by 50%, energy cost, and also the efficiency of the environment.

Furthermore, the transportation department of the USA has invested USD 165 Million in the smart city project by levering smart lights, meters, and sensors for improving road safety and simultaneously decreasing energy consumption. However, the high initial costs for systems and security concerns are anticipated to be restraining factors for the market. Whereas, high penetration of IoT devices may open up new avenues in the global smart lighting and control systems market.

Launching new products and acquiring smaller companies focusing on smart control systems are among the primary strategies adopted by the leading manufacturers in the market space.

Global micro-LED market size is estimated to grow from USD 409 million in 2020 to USD 18,835 million by 2026

The display panel market is huge, and many leading industry players are working on optimizing the existing display technologies such as LED, LCD, OLED, quantum dot LED, and e-paper.Samsung is pursuing quantum dot LED and OLED, while LG Display is focusing on OLED technology.

Micro-LED technology, when mature, is expected to penetrate different display applications. The huge display market offers numerous opportunities for the development of micro-LED technology, which is much brighter and low-power-consuming compared with the existing technologies, such as LCD and OLED.

The market is dominated by Samsung, LG Display, AU Optronics, Innolux, and Japan Display. These players may enter into partnerships or collaborations, or even acquire one of the many startups that are focusing on developing micro-LED technology.

The micro-LED market is witnessing various changes and technological innovations in chip manufacturing, chip transfer, and many other areas. Micro-LED -based products are not yet commercialized, and players are focusing primarily on prototype development and technology protection.

In North America, micro-LED market in US is expected to grow at highest CAGR during forecast period“

The US is expected to be the major contributor to the micro-LED display market in North America because of its well-established economy and the presence of prominent smartphone, AR/VR, television, and smart wearable suppliers in the country. The rapid adoption of the latest display technologies, along with the growing number of applications, is the main reason attributed to the expected prominent share of North America in the micro-LED display market.

Lighting the way for COVID-19 sanitation

Puro UV Disinfectant Lighting is a company out of Lakewood (Colorado) that has gained significant attention as a possible solution for businesses looking to open up in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Its light flash emits a broad-spectrum UV pulse that kills 99.9% of bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19. The company originally made lights to disinfect hospital rooms. After the coronavirus hit, companies are seeking solutions. One of the first, Breckenridge Grand Vacations, has partnered with Puro to provide disinfectant for every hotel room in its major hotels.

Bridgelux adds Thrive SPD in its tunable Vesta LEDs

Bridgelux has announced an expansion of its Vesta family of LEDs and modular light engines with new white-point-tunable models integrating the Thrive spectral power distribution (SPD) technology that has been shipping in fixed-CCT LEDs. The new solid-state lighting (SSL) devices will presumably deliver white light that more closely mimics the SPD of the sun in the human visual range while also supporting tuning across either the 2700K–65000K-CCT range or the 2700K–5000K-CCT range.

Philips Hue bulb brightness about to double, but with drawbacks

If you’re unhappy with Philips Hue bulb brightness, it appears the company is about to solve the problem with a new 1600 lumen version in an E27 fitting. However, there are two drawbacks with the new model. SmartLights.de reports that it will have higher power consumption, and you’re also stuck with a single color temperature. The new White E27 lamp has a consumption of 15.5 watts. The color temperature is a fixed 2700 Kelvin and cannot be changed.

Current Partners with Omnilumen Technical Products, GS Lighting Group to Expand Smart Lighting Solutions in Canada

GE Current, a Daintree company recently named Omnilumen Technical Products and GS Lighting Group as new agents in the Province of Ontario.

Omnilumen Technical products is covering the Greater Toronto Area for luminaires and wired and wireless controls. GS Lighting Group is covering the province of Ontario for the Lamps & Ballast business, on top of continuing to manage the line for the region of Southwest Ontario.

These partnerships will bring Current’s expansive portfolio of lighting and digital controls solutions to more businesses throughout Ontario.

Cree adds RGB surface-mount LEDs for color directional signage

Cree has announced the CV94D-FCC LED that integrates three emitters in a compact surface-mount device (SMD) package.

The package includes tightly packed red, green, and blue (RGB) emitters enabling full-color signs or displays based on solid-state lighting (SSL) technology.

Cree identified the target application as intelligent transportation systems, with a primary example being dynamically changeable signs that are increasingly being suspended above freeways.

Gosund Releases Smart Bedside Lamp

Gosund has unveiled her newest product line—smart bedside lamp, this product has tons functions, like voice control via Alexa or Google home, remote control from anywhere, RGB light mode for seven options, touch sensor for convenience using, etc.

By short pressing to switch the lighting mode, the order and color of the lights can be customized on the APP side. You can easily change the mode (White light / RGB light) and make life more colorful.

Founded in 2007, Gosund is dedicated to creating affordable, comprehensive smart home solutions that are reliable and user-friendly to anyone who wishes to simplify their lifestyle.

New design methods can make LED light act more like lasers

In a paper published in Nature Photonics, UCSB electrical and computer engineering professor Jonathan Schuller and collaborators describe a new approach, which could allow a wide variety of LED devices—from virtual reality headsets to automotive lighting—to become more sophisticated and sleeker at the same time. The researcers showed a new kind of photonic architecture that not only allows you to extract more photons, but also to direct them where you want.

Meteor Lighting Launches New Outdoor Direct/Indirect Luminaires

Meteor announced the launch of the Lance series. A range of high performing direct/indirect outdoor wall mounted luminaires that delivers up to 10,000 lumens combined with W+RGB color changing capabilities.

The new range of direct/indirect wall luminaires is designed for timeless exteriors. Bringing life to outdoor facades, the Lance makes a bold after-dark statement with its contemporary design and functionality. Available in 4 and 6-inch apertures, the Lance offers uniform shielded light that creates strong visual rhythm within a space.

The Lance series suits a variety of outdoor applications with its wide lumen range of 1,620 lm to 10,000 lm. It has both decorative and functional forms in perfect balance and is the highest performing outdoor direct/indirect wall luminaire currently available in the market.

Global Smart Lighting market is expected to reach $40.02 billion by 2026

The Global Smart Lighting market is expected to reach $40.02 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 19.5% during 2018 to 2026. A smart lighting system is utilized to reduce greenhouse emissions by means of inert infrared and tenancy sensors. There are wired and non-wired smart lighting systems that are used for the power-saving function in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

Factors such as increasing acceptance of Li-Fi technology, mounting number of stylish city development initiatives across the globe and growing demand for energy efficient lighting are driving the market growth. Though, short of installation and payback awareness is restraining the market. Development in lighting control is the opportunity for the Smart Lighting market.

Based on end user, outdoor segment is anticipated to grow at the significant rate during the forecast period, due to the mounting focal point on enhancing connectivity by constructing roads and installing smart lights intended for these roads, particularly in the rising countries in the APAC region. This, in turn would spur the development of the outdoor market.

Rolling your own LED Driver Matrix

It all started when Damien Walsh got his hands on some surplus LED boards. Each panel contained 100 mini-PCBs hosting a single bright LED that were meant to be to be snapped apart as needed. But Walsh had a much better idea: leave them in their 20×5 array and design a driver allowing each LED to be controlled over WiFi.

Syracuse mayor appoints director to oversee new ‘smart’ street lights

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Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed the city’s code enforcement director to oversee a new network of 17,400 smart street lights in the city. Ken Towsley has run the city’s Division of Code Enforcement since 2013 and is also a licensed master electrician. The street lights are a central part of Walsh’s effort to make Syracuse a 'smart city'. The lights allow the city to maintain a citywide grid with options to install 5G hubs, WiFi routers, cameras or other types of technology that can be monitored and maintained from a single hub.

Philips Hue Play Sync Box adds Siri integration

With its latest software update, Signify enriches the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box. Users can enjoy synchronized surround lighting effects from their color-capable Philips Hue lights when watching Dolby Vision or HDR10+ content that is passed through the sync box to compatible televisions. The Hue Sync Box features four HDMI inputs. You can connect your media devices to your Hue setup, which will allow your smart lights to respond to and reflect the content you’re watching or listening to.

Linear LED driver for automotive lighting

Rohm has introduced a linear LED driver for automotive use. Earlier, the company released a LED driver for motorcycles. BD18336NUF-M is a 3 x 3 x 1mm constant current driver IC that can deliver 400mA continuously (600mA at 50% duty cycle) into a string of three white LEDs or parallel strings of LEDs.

Lutron Aurora solves problem with Philips Hue smart bulbs

The Lutron Aurora is a simple accessory that is designed to fit over your existing toggle switches. The installation is incredibly straightforward, with the round-shaped dimmer snapping over your toggle switch. Once you have the hardware installed, you set up the Aurora’s integration with the Philips Hue app. The Aurora dimmer integrates with Philips Hue through the Friends of Hue platform. From there, you can choose what happens when the Lutron Aurora is controlled.

The problem with Philips Hue switches is that whenever a wall light switch is flipped off, the smart lights become unresponsive. The Lutron Aurora dimmer is a simple yet ingenious way to solve this problem.

Mobile is getting a lot brighter with 20,000 LED lights

The city of Mobile is entering a new agreement with Alabama Power in which the company will replace all street lights it owns in the city with LED lights. The new agreement will allow 20,000 street lights across the city to be replaced. The city wants to switch out the high-pressure sodium and metal halo street lights with LED lights as a cost-saving measure. The antiquated lights are no longer being manufactured, making them a challenge to replace.

GE lamp plant part of sale, no jobs were lost

Along with the Bucyrus (Ohio) plant, GE facilities in Cleveland and Logan as well as a distribution center in Canada were sold to Savant. More than 700 employees work at the four locations sold. Workers inside the Bucyrus facility make several sizes of standard, A19 light bulbs, which are the common bulbs everyone has screwed into sockets throughout their homes. The company's vision for the future is focused on developing a complete ecosystem for inside the home.

Saugus begins converting street lights to LEDs

Work is now underway on Saugus’ town-wide LED street light conversion. The energy and cost-saving project is part of a grant opportunity provided through the Massachusetts Area Planning Council (MAPC), and the Department of Energy Resources’ (DOER) LED Streetlight Rapid Retrofit Program. In a statement released last week, Crabtree said Saugus’ participation in the program is part of an effort to lower energy use and costs while providing residents with better lighting and less light pollution in the community.