The Float Table Lamp Works Anywhere

Offering maximum flexibility, the Float Table Lamp from Axolight is a multifunctional battery powered fixture that works anywhere, from the bedside to poolside. Inspired by children’s pool toys, Float glides fluidly from indoor to outdoor spaces and across multiple mounting options. First a table lamp, then a floor lamp, now suspended in air. Set atop a bottle and make a unique statement that’s both ecological and chic.

LED lighting revitalizes historic Colorado depot

GE Current, a Daintree company has revealed a unique LED lighting project in the mountain mining town of Leadville, CO, working with Anderson Hallas Architects to convert an abandoned 1880s railroad freight depot into a modern events center.

The venue called Freight features custom solid-state lighting (SSL) fixtures constructed using Current Albeo high-bay luminaires and other elements to deliver impactful and effective lighting.

New LED Requirements Coming Soon for California Growers

The California Statewide Codes and Standards Enhancement (CASE) Program recently introduced a new proposal to the California Energy Commission. The report proposes that the 2022 Energy Code require all indoor and greenhouse growers to use only LED grow lights.

If accepted, these California LED requirements would mean every indoor operation that uses high-intensity discharge (HID) bulbs would have to switch to an LED lighting system by 2023.

Bulbs.com has expanded their selection of germicidal products

Bulbs.com announces its new selection of germicidal products from brands like Axenic-UV, Healthe, Medify Air, Puro, Archipelago, Larson Electronics, and Graco. When it comes to sanitizing and disinfecting offices, schools, health care facilities, hotels, restaurants and more, Bulbs.com now offers options ranging from air purifiers to fully autonomous sanitizing robots.

Bulbs.com has been selling germicidal lamps and ballasts since 2003. When the recent coronavirus pandemic struck, many Bulbs.com commercial customers turned to their Bulbs.com Lighting Specialist seeking information about germicidal products to sanitize their businesses for employees and customers. This demand prompted the Bulbs.com team to grow their knowledge of germicidal products, and to utilize industry relationships to expand the category to better meet customer needs.

Raspberry Pi Illuminates Staircase Steps with LEDs

If you're looking for something fun and colorful to spruce up your home, check out this awesome Raspberry Pi-powered LED staircase project by Reddit user chocolate_dingy.

It uses a motion sensor to detect when someone is walking on the stairs. There are LED strips corresponding with each step. The Pi will send a signal to light up each step depending on the location data received from the sensor.

Ambient Lighting Market worth $88.3 billion by 2025

According to a new market research report the Ambient Lighting Market is estimated to be USD 58.0 billion in 2020 and projected to reach USD 88.3 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 8.8%.

The rapid growth of the global ambient lighting market is attributed to the factors such as Surging demand for ambient lighting products due to modernization of infrastructure and upcoming smart city projects in developing economies, government initiatives and policies for energy savings, increasing consumer preferences for better interior designing with energy-efficient lighting systems, and rising preference for smart lighting.

The hardware segment comprises lamps & luminaires, and control systems. Lights and bulbs are of different types based on various technologies used for lumens production and are distinguished by the intensity of illumination they produce.

Global electric lighting equipment market is expected to decline

The global electric lighting equipment market is expected to decline from $129.5 billion in 2019 to $129.2 billion in 2020 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of -0.3%.

The decline is mainly due to economic slowdown across countries owing to the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures to contain it. The market is then expected to recover and grow at a CAGR of 9% from 2021 and reach $164.8 billion in 2023.

Major lighting companies are integrating lighting fixtures with IoT technology to enable remote user control and for controlling lighting in office, work environment and city infrastructure. IoT technology is widely being used in homes and work places to integrate and control internal and external light fixtures. Beacons, which are small Bluetooth radio transmitters that give signals to other devices, are used to enable wireless lighting control and broadcast the location of fixtures. For instance, Belleds, a smart lighting designer based in Cambridge, offers wireless lighting control and broadcast location through luminaires using the beacon technology. The company is partnering with major lighting companies such as GE, Philips and Acuity to provide its services .

The Asia Pacific was the largest region in the global electric lighting equipment market, accounting for 31% of the market in 2019. Western Europe was the second largest region accounting for 25% of the global electric lighting equipment market. Africa was the smallest region in the global electric lighting equipment market.

Princeton Perovskite LED Breakthrough

A new form of LEDs, made of a class of materials called halide perovskites, promises higher color quality and ease of manufacture, but has been known to fail when subjected to the kind of electrical current typically needed for practical uses.

Now, Barry Rand, associate professor of electrical engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and a team of researchers have significantly improved the material’s stability and performance by better managing the heat generated by the LEDs.

Until now, researchers had thought perovskite LEDs would be useful for producing only moderate levels of brightness, but not for lighting or ultra-bright displays on cell phones and laptop screens.

Milwaukee Expands Personal Lighting Lineup

Milwaukee Tool adds to their personal lighting family of products once again with two new flashlight solutions.

The expansion includes two new rechargeable lights equipped with high-definition light output – the USB Rechargeable 1100L Twist Focus Flashlight and the USB Rechargeable 800L Compact Flashlight – both using Milwaukee’s REDLITHIUM USB 3.0AH Battery for upgraded performance.

Providing 1,100 Lumen light output with precise beam control, the USB Rechargeable 1100L Twist Focus Flashlight leverages LED technology to deliver 1100L of TRUEVIEW High Definition Output up to 175-meters (574 feet) away.

Global Automotive Lighting Market to Reach $41. 9 Billion by 2027

The Automotive Lighting market in the U.S. is estimated at US$7.6 Billion in the year 2020. China, the world`s second largest economy, is forecast to reach a projected market size of US$8.9 Billion by the year 2027 trailing a CAGR of 9.1% over the analysis period 2020 to 2027.

Among the other noteworthy geographic markets are Japan and Canada, each forecast to grow at 3.3% and 5.4% respectively over the 2020-2027 period. Within Europe, Germany is forecast to grow at approximately 3.8% CAGR.

In the global LED segment, USA, Canada, Japan, China and Europe will drive the 6% CAGR estimated for this segment. These regional markets accounting for a combined market size of US$5.3 Billion in the year 2020 will reach a projected size of US$7.9 Billion by the close of the analysis period. China will remain among the fastest growing in this cluster of regional markets.
Led by countries such as Australia, India, and South Korea, the market in Asia-Pacific is forecast to reach US$5.7 Billion by the year 2027, while Latin America will expand at a 7.8% CAGR through the analysis period. We bring years of research experience to this 7th

Richmond DPU beginning project to replace 7,500 streetlights with LEDs

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities is embarking on converting 7,500 streetlight fixtures to LED lighting, meeting sustainability, safety, and security needs. Streetlights are an important factor in public safety and quality of life, providing lighting for both residential and commercial uses. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will replace the present use of standard high-pressure sodium vapor streetlights after a successful pilot project which tested the newer technology. LED lights are up to 80% more efficient than other lighting sources and use far less energy, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Meet Enigma M4 - Blizzard's Flagship Lighting Control System

Intuitively designed, Enigma M4 allows real-time control of 4 universes (2,048 channels) via Art-Net, or 2x universes (1,024 channels) when using its optically isolated, rear DMX outputs.

The control panel provides three-color, adjustable back-lit buttons (red, green, or yellow); four backlit encoders (blue); 15 linear faders (+40 pages); and 20 playback keys (+20 pages) which make programming a breeze for anyone.

Enigma M4's robust, professional feature set takes the system to another level with a 7-inch TFT-LCD touch screen, and a fully-loaded keypad command section for operation of 400 (each) of groups, presets, macros, and user-defined shape effects. Plus, it has a built-in library supporting over 8,000 fixtures.

It offers MIDI I/O to connect it alongside other consoles, or trigger effects using an external midi device. Audio triggering can be accomplished with its built-in microphone, or directly input audio using its quarter-inch mono audio jack.

This controller is equipped with an internal HDD to backup and store show data, and it also has a USB port to connect an external drive for greater storage capacity.

WVDOT announces completion of I-77 lighting project

The West Virginia Division of Highways has completed a major lighting project along I-77 in Kanawha County. The project involved the installation of high mast lighting towers at the interchanges at Exit 106 (Edens Fork) and Exit 111 (Tuppers Creek). After the completion of a safety study, it was found that both areas lacked adequate lighting. The new lights will increase visibility and overall safety for commuters in the area.

VueReal demonstrates a scalable process to make RGB microLED cartridges for printing next generation displays

VueReal has announced that its multi device cartridge structure enables faster population of a display with higher yield and higher alignment accuracy. 

Most applications such as displays require more than one sub pixels with different devices per sub pixels. In case of microLED display, red, green, and blue microLEDs are required for each pixel.

Moreover, most of these devices are fabricated in different environments using different material sets for higher performance. The common approach is to transfer each device independently to a large substrate. For a 4K microLED display, that means  three repetition of transfering of 8 million LEDs into a large substrate which can result in low throughput, low yield and high misalignment.

Georgia Power's energy efficiency programs save customers money and help reduce impact of summer heat

Georgia Power continues to encourage customers to minimize the impact of increased energy use and maximize savings on electric bills by making use of the company's energy efficiency offerings. Amid a hot summer, everything from simple energy-saving tips to home improvement programs can yield significant energy savings and lower bills.

The company estimates that participating residential customers have recognized approximately $300 million in savings over the past five years through Georgia Power's energy efficiency programs, developed in consultation with and approval by the Georgia Public Service Commission. In terms of an individual's savings, these can range from saving several dollars per month to up to 50% reductions in energy use on some efficiency improvements.

Georgia Power has also continued offering separate energy efficiency options throughout the pandemic, including rebates for LED lighting and programmable Smart Thermostats.

LEDs use up to 90% less energy than standard bulbs and can last up to 15 times longer.

New design overcomes long-standing LED efficiency problem

A new design for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) developed by a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may hold the key to overcoming a long-standing limitation in the light sources' efficiency, Science Daily reports.

The concept, demonstrated with microscopic LEDs in the lab, achieves a dramatic increase in brightness as well as the ability to create laser light - all characteristics that could make it valuable in a range of large-scale and miniaturized applications.

The research was supported in part by the U.S. Army Cooperative Research Agreement.

Photo: Gail Porter

GE updates line phosphor technology for mini/micro LED displays

In a keynote address at the virtual SID (Society for Information Display) Virtual Display Week Business Conference, American company GE presented an update on its narrowband phosphor technology that is sometimes referred to as line phosphors.

The technology has been utilized both in LED-backlit liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) to deliver deeper red colors and in LED-based lighting to deliver both high-CRI warm CCTs and optimum efficacy.

Now GE is working toward applying the technology to mini and micro LED displays through inkjet printing.

Great Plains Expanding Into Salina Lighting Plant

Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, is planning to close its light bulb manufacturing facility in Salina. But the jobs won’t be lost. Great Plains Manufacturing is buying the facility and will expand into it.

Signify said in response to a declining demand for conventional lighting, they will leverage economies of scale and improve efficiencies by relocating the production of its conventional lighting products from the Salina facility to its facilities in Poland and India.

Samsung includes NXP secure UWB chip in Galaxy Note20 Ultra

NXP Semiconductors announced that NXP’s Secure Ultra Wideband (UWB) fine-ranging solution, embedded SIM (eSIM) as well as near field communication (NFC) and secure element (eSE) unit are deployed in Samsung’s new Galaxy Note20 Ultra1.

NXP and Samsung are two of the founding members of the FiRa Consortium, which was established in 2019 to foster interoperability in the development and widespread adoption of UWB.

UWB technology delivers unprecedented accuracy in both line-of-site (LoS) and strong localisation in non-line-of-sight (nLoS) scenarios, such as crowded, multipath signal environments with numerous walls, people, and other obstacles. It also uses angle-of-arrival (AoA) technology to indicate the direction of a signal for added precision, and to locate and identify other devices or objects at centimetre level. With that, Samsung’s utilisation of UWB in its latest Galaxy Note20 Ultra brings users powerful tools to help maximise their time and simplify their daily routines.

J.W. Speaker Introduces Powerful New Solar LED Flasher Lights

J.W. Speaker Corporation announced the launch of high-powered, low-profile solar LED flasher lights to help crews, motorists and passersby identify dangerous obstructions in a wide range of settings.

The new lights are fully sustainable and offer visibility for up to one mile (1.6km) in any location where safety is a top priority, but power is unavailable.

The self-sustaining solar LEDs charge fully in as few as 6 hours and can run for up to 120 hours before a recharge is needed. Compared to other market lights that emit parallel beams, the unique design of J.W. Speaker solar maker lights projects perpendicular to the lamp for easier identification from farther distances.

The impact-modified acrylic housing withstands UV light degradation and is nearly indestructible, even when used on rugged job sites in the harshest environments. Each light assembly is IP67 and IP69K rated and can withstand powerful high-pressure washers. In addition, LEDs are available in amber and red to accommodate diverse applications.

Energy Harness develops ceiling mount UV-C LED system for air disinfection

Purdue University and LED lighting manufacturer Energy Harness Corp. have announced a ceiling-mounted ultraviolet (UV) system called Active-Airflow that is intended to deactivate pathogens including the novel coronavirus.

Energy Harness has an active affiliation with Purdue and operates an office in the Purdue Research Park of Indianapolis that’s managed by the Purdue Research Foundation. Energy Harness intends to have systems available for two Central Indiana school districts before classes restart.

The integration of UV-C sources in air-circulation systems has great promise, especially given the growing knowledge about the dangers of airborne spread of the coronavirus.

TCL’s latest 6-Series Roku TVs move up to mini-LEDs

The major addition to this year's 6-Series Roku TVs is mini-LED backlighting, which TCL first introduced to mass-market TVs with its premium 8-Series sets last year.

Mini-LEDs are essentially smaller variants of traditional LEDs—generally 0.2mm or less. Because mini-LEDs are so mini, TV manufacturers can include much more of them in their displays: there are more than 25,000 mini-LEDs across the back of the aforementioned 8-Series, and TCL says there are thousands on the 6-Series.

Layer of nanoparticles could improve LED performance and lifetime

Adding a layer of nanoparticles to LED designs could help them produce more light for the same energy, and also increase their lifetime. This is according to a team from Imperial College London and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati who have found a new way to boost the amount of light LEDs produce. They report their innovation in the journal Light Science & Applications.

The authors believe that the principles used can work along with other existing schemes implemented for enhancing light extraction efficiency of LEDs. The same scheme could also apply to other optical devices where the transmission of light across interfaces is crucial, such as in solar cells.

NS Nanotech Closes the LED Green Gap

LED materials company startup NS Nanotech announced its first technical milestone with the demonstration of a nano-LED that promises to close the 'green gap' in LEDs.

The new LED technology is based on patented technology enabling fabrication of components that will be smaller and draw far less power than current LED solutions.

CEO and co-founder Seth Coe-Sullivan said: 'Initially, we are bridging the ‘green gap’ in LEDs that has drastically limited their use in markets ranging from large-scale outdoor signage to mobile displays.

Cooper Lighting Solutions Announces Winners of 2020 SOURCE Awards

Cooper Lighting Solutions, Peachtree City, Ga., recently announced the winners of its 43rd annual SOURCE Awards, a lighting design competition dedicated to celebrating the next generation of lighting professionals and building the pipeline of industry talent.

In a virtual awards presentation, seven university students from around the country were recognized for their creation of conceptual projects that show the understanding, knowledge, and functionality of lighting as a primary element of design.

The winning projects were judged on creativity and selection and application of the company’s lighting and controls products. Specifically, the conceptual lighting design projects were judged on the blending of aesthetics and creative achievement, with additional considerations of energy efficiency, controls integrations, best use of natural light, and customization.

Winners received a crystal trophy, local and national recognition, and an invitation to attend a lighting seminar hosted by the SOURCE, the company’s lighting and educational center also located in Peachtree City. The grand prize winner, Stefanie Voinea, received a $2,000 award. The honorable mention winners each received $500.

United Now Cleaning Flight Decks with UVC Lighting

United Airlines is now cleaning pilot flight decks with Ultraviolet C (UVC) lighting technology on most aircraft at its hub airports to disinfect the flight deck interior and continue providing pilots with a sanitary work environment. The airline is using handheld, AUVCo blades from the American Ultraviolet company to kill any viruses that may reside on sensitive switches and touch screen displays within the flight deck.

United has tested a variety of uses for UVC lighting as a disinfectant and consulted with its United CleanPlus partners at the Cleveland Clinic to determine that the flight deck was the most effective use of the technology.

United currently uses electrostatic spraying to disinfect its aircraft cabins, one of the most effective techniques to clean around harder to reach surfaces, particularly overhead bins and spaces within tray tables. United's use of UVC lighting in the flight deck – along with electrostatic spraying in the cabin – further reflects the airline's approach of matching the right type of technology to the right settings.

Hubbell Lighting introduced SpectraSAFE solution

Hubbell Lighting has introduced SpectraSAFE, a cloud-based and wireless video security solution designed for commercial and industrial building applications that seamlessly integrates into a wide range of luminaires.

SpectraSAFE-enabled luminaires feature a compact, high-resolution Full HD camera (2.8mm, 144-degree FOV), an integrated infrared light source for low or no light conditions and an integrated microphone and speaker enabling two-way audio communication between security staff and building occupants.

The solution was recently selected for inclusion in the 2020 Illuminating Engineering Society ("IES") Progress Report, a leading industry showcase for the most innovative developments in the art and science of lighting.

Fagerhult Group to exit its South African business Lighting Innovations

As a part of the on-going strategic review, the Fagerhult Group investigates different exit options for its South African business, Lighting Innovations Africa.

Lighting Innovations is one of the main domestic manufacturers of professional lighting solutions in South Africa, with a turn-over of 161 ZAR million (~85 SEK mn) in 2019.

The market has not developed as expected and the company decided to focus its investments on more attractive growth opportunities.

Lighting Market to Hit USD 38.5 Bn by 2026

Global Market Insights added a new report on the automotive lighting market which estimates the market valuation for automotive lighting will cross US$ 38.5 billion by 2026.
Continuous innovation and introduction of new products along with proliferation of automotive lighting solutions with intelligent sensor technologies in cars and commercial vehicles is anticipated to drive the industry growth.

The severe impact of the COVID-19 health crisis across the globe has led to a slowdown in the automotive lighting industry. Several measures undertaken by government authorities, such as partial lockdowns and social distancing, are causing disruptions in business operations and production capabilities of manufacturers. Additionally, plummeting automobile sales are also contributing to restraints faced by the industry during the pandemic.

Halogen technology is expected to witness a steady demand in the automotive lighting market. These lights offer several advantages such as low cost of purchase and easy replacement owing to the abundant availability in the market. However, with the advent of technologically advanced and durable LED and Xenon lights, halogen technology is expected to witness a gradual slowdown in demand.

Head lamps and front lighting applications are witnessing an escalating growth in the automotive lighting market. The amplifying market trend of integrating bend lighting and laser head lamps into automobiles is fueling the growth of this segment. Rapidly growing demand for front lighting from automobile OEMs is supporting the overall market growth.

Cochlear implant uses LEDs to tackle hearing loss

Cochlear implants are an established treatment, using a microphone to detect sound and converting that sound into electrical impulses, split into several channels for different frequency ranges. But these devices can offer poor quality sound encoding, partly due to the large lateral spread of electrical current from each electrode, stimulating too many auditory neurons at the same time. A project at the University of Göttingen has now developed a light-based alternative device, reported in Science Translational Medicine. The eventual design featured a linear array of 10 LED chips, each 270 by 220 microns and emitting at 457 nanometers, integrated onto microfabricated 15-micron-thick polyimide-based carriers with interconnecting lines to address individual LEDs.

Multi-light quad controllers provide sequenced strobing

DCS-400E (quad controller) and DCS-800E (quad x2) controllers are designed for applications that require multi-channel lights and/or multi-light stations, such as computational imaging, photometric stereo, HDR, and extended depth of field, with the condition that all light heads are identical.

Both controllers provide sequenced strobing and have built-in, pre-programmed sequencing that enables cycling through pre-determined recipes. This allows the ability to automatically time lighting sequences and output correlated camera triggers through multiple pre-programmed routines.

Alabama Power project will bring energy cost savings for City of Jemison

Mayor Eddie Reed of Jemison announced that Alabama Power would be upgrading the city’s streetlights to LEDs. There are 370 street lights. Similar projects have been done in Clanton and Thorsby. The operation will reduce the cost of the towns power bill. (Photo Lahti213).

NS Nanotech Closes the LED Green Gap

NS Nanotech, a new LED materials company, announced it met its first technical milestone with the demonstration of a nano-LED that promises to close the “green gap” in LEDs.

The new light emitting diode is based on patented technology enabling fabrication of components that will be smaller and draw far less power than current LED solutions, while emitting brighter, more saturated, more stable, and more directional green light.

Based on exclusively licensed patent portfolios from McGill University and the University of Michigan, NS Nanotech’s technology introduces new methods for growing nano-LEDs and their resulting structures. Coe-Sullivan said the company’s green LED technology is expected to deliver an order-of-magnitude improvement in efficiency for micron-sized devices, from today’s standard of less than 5% to more than 50% wall-plug efficiency (Wopt/Welec).

Coe-Sullivan said the company has achieved nano-LED performance of less than 5nm FWHM (full width at half maximum) emission spectrum, resulting in the most saturated and stable LED spectrum the industry has ever achieved. The performance compares more closely to laser technology than any other LED or quantum dot solution, he said.

SmartKem Introduces OTFT Materials for Mini-LED Backlights

SmartKem announced that the company has built backlight prototypes for full array local dimming (FALD) aimed at TV, Monitors and Signage applications.

OTFTs using SmartKem materials can be used to manufacture active matrix backplanes, driving arrays of thousands of individual mini-LEDs on a substrate, thereby delivering impressive high resolution images with perfect black levels. The ability to locally dim the backlight to only the areas that require it can also help to save energy, making FALD LED TVs more efficient in operation.

SmartKem's approach in developing the organic semiconductor formulations was to design a series of high mobility polycrystalline small molecule(s) that are combined with matched, high permittivity semiconducting oligomer(s). The resultant OTFT devices have industry best performance and can be built using standard production equipment in existing factories.

Luxx Lights the Path to Success for Cannabis Grows Around the Globe

Luxx Lighting, a grassroots company that provides high-performance lighting to cannabis cultivators, has expanded its global self-distribution model by adding warehouses in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.

General Manager Brent Nicholls says that their choice to pursue self-distribution rather than working with a distributor sets Luxx apart in the industry.

“We went down some distributor paths, but our growers reached out with feedback that let us know this old school model was not working,” he said. “It carried price and accessibility issues that didn’t align with our company vision or core business principles, which led us to take on the challenge of global self-distribution.

Luxx’s most well-known product is the Luxx DE-1000, a double-ended light fixture that founder Brandon Burkhart says is the workhorse of the industry, consistently testing higher than any other light on the market. Burkhart, a cannabis industry veteran with over a decade of cultivation experience, worked with California cannabis company Jungle Boys to develop the light with the mindset that it takes a grower to understand what a grower needs.

Lincoln finalizing LED streetlight package

Lincoln (Rhode Island) will be one of the last communities in the state to begin changing each of its streetlights into energy-efficient LED lights as town officials have been reviewing a menu of options to guide its streetlight turnover. Town Administrator Joseph Almond said converting from traditional high-pressure sodium lights to LEDs would reduce the town’s electricity bill after the initial installment, saving millions in the long run.

MyLEDLightingGuide Rebrands to LED Lighting Supply

MyLEDLightingGuide has changed its name to LED Lighting Supply to better reflect their mission of providing high-quality LED lighting solutions.

Founded in 2008 by Dwayne Kula, MyLEDLightingGuide began as a resource to guide customers through the unfamiliar aspects of LED lighting. At the time, LEDs were still emerging as an alternative to more popular HID, HPS and metal halide fixtures.

MyLEDLightingGuide’s primary goal was to educate customers about the many benefits of LEDs and provide guidance when switching to LED fixtures.

LED Lighting Supply provides primarily commercial and industrial lighting but offers plenty of options for the average consumer as well. From indoor barn lighting to explosion proof fixtures, they can supply an LED lighting solution for almost any space. With an emphasis on a seamless customer experience, powered by an expert sales team and a wide range of high, quality products, LED Lighting Supply will continue to be a resource in the LED lighting industry.

Phive LED Desk Lamp

This high-performing lamp, highlighted by ARTnews, emits light without any glare, ghost, or flicker. It clamps onto the side of your table or desk for a secure hold, and the stepless dimming mechanism allows you to adjust the brightness to exactly the level you desire. The lamp has a 180-degree swivel capacity and a jointed arm that allows a range of heights. The LED bulb is designed for longevity; it will last for 50,000 hours and uses 20 percent of the energy that an incandescent bulb does.

Space Station starts yet another LED horticultural project

NASA has taken on yet another LED horticultural task to go along with the continuing onboard botanical lighting projects of the Space Station. In the newest case, the objective of the horticulture is as much about testing an imaging system as it is about studying plant growth. LEDs (Magazine) has learned that astronaut Chris Cassidy spent a considerable part of two days in June setting up what NASA calls Spectrum-001. The system uses white and tunable LEDs to nurture the growth of small plants and yeasts in petri dishes.

Irish rebel over lighthouse LED makeover

Proposals to install low-energy devices in seven coastal beacons in the north and the Irish republic have angered campaigners.

They fear an that environmental push towards low energy will extinguish a loom that stretches across the Irish Sea, draining beauty from the nocturnal landscape.

Campaigners say that the Commissioners of Irish Lights, a cross-border body that manages lighthouses in Northern Ireland and the republic, is on the verge of vandalising St John’s Point, a masterpiece of Victorian engineering that towers 40 metres over a rocky headland in County Down.

New Lighting System Helps Deer Avoid Vehicles at Night

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services (WS) program recently applied for a patent (U.S. Patent Application No. 16/668,253) for a new vehicle-based lighting system to prevent deer-vehicle collisions during low-light conditions.

Through a series of experiments with free-roaming white-tailed deer, researchers at the WS program’s National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) found the use of a rear-facing light-emitting diode (LED) light bar‒which illuminates a larger portion of the vehicle’s front surface than standard headlights alone‒resulted in fewer dangerous deer-vehicle interactions. The likelihood of dangerous interactions decreased from 35% to only 10% of vehicle approaches when using a rear-facing light bar plus headlights versus just headlights alone. The reduction in dangerous interactions appeared to be driven by fewer instances of immobility or “freezing” behavior by deer when the light bar was used. The study “Frontal vehicle illumination via rear-facing lighting reduces potential for collisions with white-tailed deer” is highlighted in the latest issue of the journal Ecosphere.

When an object “looms,” it becomes increasingly larger to the perceiving animal, helping the animal realize that the object is an approaching object versus one that is stationary.

In the United States and Canada, deer cause the majority of animal-related injurious and deadly road collisions. Many of the mitigation measures designed to reduce vehicle collisions with deer and other wildlife are road-based rather than vehicle-based. Road-based mitigation measures include devices and methods intended to influence animal behavior (e.g. roadside reflectors and mirrors, repellents, hazing) and driver behavior (e.g., warning signs, speed limits, animal detection systems), as well as vegetation management and highway lighting designed to increase visibility of wildlife to drivers, and wildlife population management. A vehicle-based system, such as the rear-facing LED light bar, advances efforts to reduce wildlife deaths and increase driver safety on roads.
The patent-pending technology can be incorporated as an after-market device, like a brush guard or bumper, or can be embedded in the vehicle as part of the manufacturing process.

WS is a program with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Its mission is to provide Federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist. The program’s efforts help people resolve wildlife damage to a wide variety of resources and to reduce threats to human health and safety. Funding for the WS program is a combination of federal appropriations and cooperator-provided funds.

The NWRC is the research unit of the WS program. It is the only Federal research organization devoted exclusively to resolving conflicts between people and wildlife through the development of effective, selective, and socially responsible methods, tools, and techniques.

Micro LED Technology Breakthroughs Continue during COVID-19 Pandemic

Researchers have been working on improving Micro LED wafer or chip production to tackle the fundamental issues of efficiency, full color delivering as well as other challenges with the aim to reduce difficulties in following production process.

InGaN Micro LED is a field where many worldwide researchers are dedicating to. Earlier this year, the University of Sheffield in the UK reported a new production method to develop Micro LED epiwafer that enables multi-color Micro LED arrays on single wafers with high light efficiency and uniformity. The technology will be deployed by the spin-out company of the university, EpiPix, to driver commercial applications.