TrueLight Expands Product Line

TrueLight, a wellness brand at the forefront of developing healthy light-based technology products, has expanded their product line to include a new portable LED light therapy device, as well as a portable nightlight, for added comfort and convenience.

Many studies show that LED light therapy, also known as lower-level light therapy (LLLT) or photobiomodulation, may be an effective, drug-free, non-invasive form of treatment to increase ATP (energy) production in the body's cells. This physiological mechanism can, in turn, yield better blood circulation, faster recovery, and more in the skin and body tissues.  

The new TrueLight Energy Baton Rouge packs the same (healing) punch as the original TrueLight Energy Square -- delivering a combination of deep red, red, NIR, and yellow light to the body to help promote faster, deeper healing. 

This hand-held, battery-powered device conveniently fits inside nearly any bag, tote or purse, making it easier than ever before to bring the power of LED light therapy on-to-go.

Park City Asks For Community Input On Proposed Outdoor Lighting Regulations

Park City (Utah) residents may have to update their outdoor lights in the near-future to meet proposed city codes. The city wants to align outdoor lighting regulations with Summit County’s and the International Dark-Sky Association standard.

City planner Elizabeth Jackson said the new code would set a maximum lumen for property, which limits the amount of light put out. It would also try to prevent harsh lighting by setting a maximum of 3,000 degrees Kelvin.

Meross Smart LED Light Bulb with HomeKit now available

Meross has announced the release of yet another HomeKit accessory, a two-pack of Smart LED Light Bulbs.

The Meross Smart LED Light Bulb is a 60 watt equivalent A19 bulb that can display up to 16 million different colors and shades of white.  

The bulb is tunable, with adjustments ranging from 2700K to 6500K, and it supports full dimming capabilities. The smart bulb is also energy efficient using just nine watts of power, and it has a long life expectancy, with it rated for up to 22.8 years with three hours of usage daily.

The Meross Smart LED Light Bulb is sold in a two-pack for $25.99.

Recent Progress in High Brightness LED Technology and Applications

The High Brightness Light Emitting Diode (HB LED) market is exploding as unit shipments continue their upward growth, according to new research. LEDs are creating a niche market for conventional suppliers of semiconductor processing tools. Markets for HB LEDs, backlight LEDs, and OLEDs are forecast.

Solid-state lighting (SSL), particularly light-emitting diode (LED) based SSL, is on course to become the dominant technology across all lighting applications. The luminous efficacy of SSL has surpassed previous lighting technologies and still has significant room to improve, and the price has decreased to the point where it is no longer a barrier to adoption for consumers. The LED technology platform also offers the opportunity to advance beyond legacy form factors, which embody the limitations of the previous lighting technologies; to move past the legacy functionality of providing basic illumination; and to enable energy savings beyond improved source efficiency to encompass more precise delivery of more suitable light at the appropriate time.

This explosion of applications is driven by two main directions: the ability to produce very small GaN LEDs (micro-LEDs and nano-LEDs) with high efficiency and across large areas, in combination with the possibility to merge optoelectronic-grade GaN micro-LEDs with silicon microelectronics in a hybrid approach. GaN LED technology is now even spreading into the realm of display technology, which has been occupied by organic LEDs and liquid crystal displays for decades. In this review, the technological transition toward GaN micro- and nanodevices beyond lighting is discussed including an up-to-date overview on the state of the art.

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) represent an area of SSL technology that can create diffuse light sources with direct emitters that are thin profile and bendable. This technology can produce new form factors and lighting design flexibility not available with today's LEDs or traditional lighting technology.

Signify launches residential UV-C table top lamp in Asia and Middle East

Signify has revealed that it has begun selling a glass mercury-vapor UV-C residential tabletop lamp under its own label in Asia and the Middle East to help combat the novel coronavirus.

Countries include China, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, and the UAE.

The exposed mercury vapor glass lamp emits ultraviolet radiation at 254 nm, and would thus be harmful to skin and eyes, as is characteristic of C-band UV. With a range of 100–280 nm, “C” is the shortest of the three ultraviolet bands.

TKO Miller Advises SPI Lighting on its Sale to The Bukas Lighting Group

TKO Miller has announced the sale of SPI Lighting, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of commercial and architectural lighting products, to The Bukas Lighting Group, an established LED lighting solution provider.

Founded by Alan Ruud in 1978 and acquired by Lee Doerr Jr. in 1987, SPI Lighting designs, develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of high-performance lighting for commercial end-markets, including corporate, healthcare, education, government, airports, and aquatic centers. The Company produces its durable, high-performance fixtures at its fully integrated facility in Mequon, Wisconsin.

Since 2016, the Company has launched 29 new products and product families and currently sells its products through a network of 76 high-quality independent agents.

Study Finds Irradiation of UV LED Can Prevent Bone and Muscle Loss in Mice

A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range UV irradiation using LED safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and thereby prevents the loss of their bone and muscle mass.

Decreased bone density (osteoporosis) and the loss of muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia) are age-related disorders. While there are some remedies for osteoporosis, there is no effective treatment for sarcopenia.

The findings were recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Seoul Semiconductor’s New Generation ‘WICOP’ Technology Brings Innovation to Electric Vehicle Headlamps

Seoul Semiconductor announced the introduction of its next-generation WICOP UHL (Ultra High Luminance) Series LEDs, which reduce headlamp power consumption up to 20% for electric vehicles, with an improvement of heat dissipation performance up to 40%.

By applying WICOP UHL to automobile headlamps, the weight of lamp heat sink structure can be reduced by 75%

Battery power consumption is one of the important requirements that determine the range of an electric vehicle, or the driving distance on a single charge. In order to reduce the power consumption, it is critical to reduce the overall weight of automobile parts.

Corpus Christi lighting to improve amid service agreement with firm

A service agreement that would improve street lighting in downtown Corpus Christi was approved by city council recently.

The motion, which will cost $58,393, was part of a consent agenda that was unanimously approved by the council.

That work is to be performed by the Corpus Christi engineering firm Bath Group Inc.

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New chip architecture could boost LED efficiency

A novel LED chip architecture developed jointly by the National Institute of Standards (NIST), University of Maryland, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center has the potential to be a real game-changer in terms of device efficiency.

The new design promises the potential for an orders-of-magnitude increase in brightness, anywhere from 100 to 1,000 times that of current submicron-sized LEDs, making this design an attractive alternative for emerging technologies in a variety of applications.

Solid State Lighting Market to Reach $74.25 Billion

According to a new report, the global solid state lighting industry was estimated at $32.65 billion in 2019, and is anticipated to hit $74.25 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 12.2% from 2020 to 2027.

Their ability to reduce energy consumption, high-end technical features, and increasing awareness of profound influence of lighting on human health drive the growth of the global solid state lighting market.

On the other hand, lack of controls compatibility impedes the growth to some extent. However, emergence of smart lighting and constant innovations to perk up efficacy of solid state lighting are expected to create multiple opportunities in the industry.

During the pandemic, there's been a sharp decline in demand for solid state lighting from various sectors.  Also, the supply chain and production disruptions have impacted the market negatively. However, government bodies are now coming up with relaxations on the existing regulations, and the market is expected to get back to its position soon.

Declining Manufacturing Cost of LEDs to Boost the Market Growth

The global LED market size is poised to grow by USD 25.78 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 13% throughout the forecast period, according to the latest report by Technavio.

One of the key factors contributing to the growth of the global LED market is the declining manufacturing cost of LEDs. The manufacturing cost of LEDs has declined since 2012 and will continue to decrease during the forecast period primarily because of the declining ASP of chips and components used in the manufacturing process.

The decrease in the installation costs drives the installation of the LED lamps and fixtures across all application segments. Megacities concentrate on investing in infrastructure development to meet the needs of the growing population. Governments of these countries are planning to install energy-efficient lighting sources to reduce electricity consumption. This will lead to the growth of the LED market.

The global led market is still highly fragmented. Acuity Brands Inc., Bridgelux Inc., Cree Inc., Eaton Corp. plc, GENERAL ELECTRIC, LG INNOTEK, Lumileds Holding BV, NICHIA Corp., OSRAM GmbH, and Signify Holding. are some of the major market participants.

Lamp plus mosquito killing design aesthetic way to stat itch-free

It’s safe to say that mosquitoes are probably one of the most disliked species of bugs in existence today. Mosquito spray and bug zappers stock the shelves of convenience and grocery stores during the warmer seasons, with the latter solution being the most popular option. After rendering their take on the bug zapper, PUURFUN LIN produced a mosquito killer lamp visual design that’s stylish in appearance and effective in purpose.

The finished design is sleek, contemporary, and suitable for either indoor or outdoor spaces. Inspired by expandable lanterns and handheld lamps, this take on the bug zapper is as chic as it is reliable and resembles a minuscule, cyborg, silent assassin. Doubling as a lamp, this device provides enough lighting for an evening spent outside on the porch or one spent inside, reading a book with the windows open. In addition to the design’s light features, it also zaps bugs. Mosquitoes are irresistibly attracted to the lamp’s ultraviolet light rays, which then brings them to the device’s killing snare. 

As the mosquitoes fly closer towards the ultraviolet light, a killing entrapment takes care of the pest so summer nights can carry on without worry. This portable mosquito killer lamp fits in nicely amongst other household objects as its shape, structure, and color scheme is subdued and unassuming, but attractive and minimal in its presentation. Being that this design is both a lamp and a mosquito trap, the final product is wireless and portable, making it easy to transfer from place to place.

Philips Hue outdoor power supply recalled

Philips has recalled power supply units included with six Philips Hue outdoor products sold between 2018 and 2020, which could short circuit and in “very rare cases” cause electrocution when touched.

The company says: 'After extensive testing, we’ve discovered that in very rare cases, some Philips Hue 40 Watt outdoor power supply units (PSU) may become damaged due to water leakage and pose a safety risk if touched in wet conditions. These PSUs were shipped with base packs of the following product families between 2018 and 2020.

To ensure that you feel safe when using Philips Hue products, we’re launching a replacement program for those with affected PSUs. To avoid any risks, we advise consumers in case of product failure to first switch off the power before touching the power supply unit.'

California LightWorks Introduces New Grow Light Technology

California LightWorks, a manufacturer of LED horticultural lighting, announced the introduction of MegaDrive, a new professional grow light system.

By removing LED drivers from individual light fixtures, the new MegaDrive eliminates the need for electrical power connections throughout the greenhouse or grow room while significantly reducing up-front costs.

As the indoor and greenhouse horticulture industries mature, lowering operating costs is becoming essential to ensuring profitability.  LED technology can significantly reduce operating costs through high efficiency, long fixture life and sunlight balancing.  However, LED technology adoption in the horticulture industry has been slow due to high up-front and installation costs.

China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair: A Grand Global Trade Feast Gathering 2,500 Lighting Brands

After one year of waiting and careful planning, the 25th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (GILF) will be held at Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, from October 22 to 26, 2020.

After the pandemic outbreak, the lighting market fell into a short low tide period before ushering at dawn. As increasing market demands emerge in the second half of the year, especially in the third quarter, the lighting fair held in October will surely elevate the peak season of the lighting industry to a new height.

Keeping a foothold on the source of an industrial cluster valued RMB 100 billion, the GILF makes full use of its advantages in locality, business climate and talents to deepen the modes of "cooperation between exhibition and lighting megastores", "network transportation" and "having exhibition halls in front and factories behind". Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, as the main venue, joins hands with 7 sub-venues (Lihe Lighting Expo Center, Huayi Plaza, Star Alliance, Lighting Era Center, Besun Lighting Plaza, Huayu Plaza and Streetlight City) to build the great GILF. The exhibition space of 8 venues reaches over 1,500,000 sqm, presenting 2,500 high-quality exhibitors. It collaborates with the B2B trading platform DENGGLE.COM to further integrate and consolidate GILF platforms and extend the chain of exhibition services.

Jackson awarded grant from State for trail lighting

Jackson City Council accepted a grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to provide lighting on part of MLK Equality Trail.

$300,000 from the DNR Trust Fund Grant will go towards installing lighting from W. Prospect Street to Weatherwax Drive in Summit Township. The grant adds to the $217,900 from city funds for the project, bringing a total of $517,900 for the project overall.

Cree is selling its LED business for up to $300M

Cree is disclosing it is selling off its LED business for as much as $300 million.

Just over a year ago, Cree sold its LED [light emitting diode] lighting business for $310 million.

The sale of the LED manufacturing business to SMART Global Holdings is part of CEO Gregg Lowe’s mission to remake Cree since taking over as its top executive three years ago.

Research on lighting system could help reduce deer collisions

Deer may be disoriented by vehicle headlights and do not immediately recognize cars, according to a new study. Thus, cars become something of a high speed predator that deer fail to flee from until it’s too late.

The new study focuses on a lighting system for the car that illuminates a larger portion of the vehicle’s front surface than standard headlights alone. In early work, researchers have found that the new lighting system takes advantage of the deer’s ‘flight behavior,’ or its natural instinct to avoid predators.

LEDs tailored at specific wavelengths reveal otherwise hidden or difficult to detect information

Ultraviolet (UV), red, green, and blue lighting can also often reveal more information than provided by white light.

LED lighting provides illumination across all these wavelengths and thus accommodates a wide range of inspection types. If samples present multiple types of defects, each most easily detected by a different wavelength than other defects, simultaneous use of multiple LEDs tuned to different wavelengths may prove useful.

Foodstuff and beverage packaging can cover a wide range of materials, types, and sizes, each of which may have optimal wavelengths of light for inspection applications.

Running Way More LED Strips On A Raspberry Pi With DMA

The Raspberry Pi is a powerful computer in a compact form factor. However, it lacks some of the IO capabilities you might find on a common microcontroller. This is most apparent when it comes to running addressable LED strings. Normally, this is done using the Pi’s PWM or audio output, and is limited to just a couple of short strings. However, Jeremy P Bentham has found a way to leverage the Pi’s hardware to overcome these limitations.

City of Newburgh to convert streetlights to LEDs

The City of Newburgh is in the discussion stage with the New York Power Authority about converting all its streetlights to LEDs.

It will cost approximately $1.3 million, but the city would pay it off over seven years with a savings of an estimated $314,000 a year once the loan from the Power Authority is paid off.

The new lights will reduce greenhouse gas, lower energy consumption, provide better lighting for motorists and pedestrians, and save taxpayer money.

Lextar Partners with X Display to Accelerate Micro LED Mass Production

Lextar and X Display Company (XDC) announced that they have entered into agreements, including Development and License Agreement and Services Agreement wherein Lextar has licensed XDC’s Intellectual Property, and both Lextar’s and XDC’s customers will be supplied Lextar’s high-performance MicroLEDs.

Lextar has invested in several of the next generation LED miniaturization projects for Micro LED products from chip, packaging, testing, assembly, module, circuit drives to sub-systems, and is working closely with partners like XDC.

XDC is a pioneer in the mass-transfer of Micro LEDs and has built a broad and foundational IP portfolio of over 400 patents.

Axus Technology and Compound Photonics Partner to Process Monolithic Micro LED Development

Axus Technology, a provider of CMP, wafer thinning and wafer polishing surface-processing solutions for semiconductor applications, announced the collaboration with Compound Photonics (CP, also known as CP Display), a microdisplay solutions developer for AR/MR.

The two parties will work to accelerate sub 5 µm pixel Micro LED development to the mass market.

Micro LED is continuing to emerge as the most potential display solution to meet the critical requirements of AR/MR applications. Innovations in manufacturing process are critical in enabling cost reductions and volume productions for AR/MR headset commercialization.

Lumitronix Partners with CHASM for Advanced, Flexible LED Lighting Solutions

CHASM Advanced Materials, inventor of AgeNT - announced that Lumitronix has joined CHASM’s Preferred Integration Partner (PIP) Program.

With a portfolio of countless advanced LED lighting products, Lumitronix serves over 3,000 clients offering lighting solutions.

AgeNT will be used as a transparent conductor to advance development of a new line of lighting solutions.

Since 2010, Lumitronix has produced LED modules developed in-house in a state-of-the-art production facility. These modules have been used  in a wide range of application and developed specifically to customer specifications.

Foxfury announces new Rugo lighting systems for DJI M210 and 300 drones

FoxFury Lighting Solutions (FoxFury) officially announces the addition of new and improved Rugo drone mounts for use on DJI Matrice and Inspire 2 drones.

These new mounts allow the waterproof, rechargeable Rugo lights to be used in low light inspections and meet global night flight requirements for anti-collision lighting.

The Rugo features a sliding Tri-lens, which allows the user to select a 25, 55, or 120-degree beam angle. This ability to adjust the beam angle enables the Rugo to be used in everything from up-close inspection to longer distance searches (up to 100ft away). The Rugo has adjustable brightness levels and is strobe-capable, which enables it to meet night flight requirements.  

When not used on the drone, the Rugo can also be used as a continuous light on a DSLR or action camera for documentation work.

More LED lights to be installed at city parks on Hawaii

The City and County of Honolulu launched a new initiative on Wednesday designed to ramp up efficiency efforts at parks and facilities across Oahu.

So far, some 53,000 street lights on Oahu have already been converted to LEDs. The new project is expected to create over 120 jobs and save the city up to $4 million a year in energy costs.

Norwood Village Green (Canada) lighting project completed

On Oct. 1 the Liotta Band Shell on the Norwood Village Green lighting project was completed with required electrical system upgrading by Watson Electric and the procurement, installation, and programming of the system by Syracuse Scenery and Lighting.

The system was expanded from 10 lighting instruments to 20. All lighting instruments are color changeable LED’s. The previous 10 lighting instruments were Spectra 100 Pars.

Razer’s credit card has an LED logo

Razer appears to be expanding ever so slightly out of the PC gaming accessories market, because they're now producing their very own credit card. It is pretty flashy too - literally, that is, because it actually features a glowing LED light.

Razer will begin rolling out the new credit card through their Razer Fintech technology arm, and right now it's only available for trial in Singapore, and for up to a very limited 1,337 people in total.

Voice controlled RGB Leds

This supersized light installation doesn’t use any exotic hardware you aren’t already familiar with. Fundamentally, what we’re looking at is a WiFi enabled Arduino MKR1000 driving strips of NeoPixel LEDs. It’s just on a far larger scale than we’re used to, with a massive 4 x 8 aluminum extrusion frame suspended over the living room.

SIGNAL Lighting Pays Homage To Light as Communication

Panter&Tourron and raawii have collaborated on their first lighting collection called SIGNAL. The series of monolithic ceramic lamps are the result of a long-standing friendship and the desire to create sincere pieces that are new contemporary classics. 

Defined by a circular opening on one side and a subtle dome on the other, SIGNAL is a portable beacon of light. Inspired by the shape of vintage pocket Morse lamps, it’s also an homage to the history of light used as communication. Featuring easy access to the light source itself, the lamp is proposed both in matte and glossy options, offering two different lighting effects. SIGNAL is available in two sizes and seven color options

Impurities Enhance Polymer LED efficiencies

New research published in EPJ B reveals that the higher-than-expected efficiency of PLEDs can be reached through interactions between triplet excitons, and impurities embedded in their polymer layers, LEDinside reports.

Polymer LEDs (PLEDs) are devices containing single layers of luminescent polymers, sandwiched between two metal electrodes. They produce light as the metal layers inject electrons and holes into the polymer, creating distortions which can combine to form two different types of electron-hole pair: either light-emitting ‘singlets,’ or a non-emitting ‘triplets.’

UV-C LED combo aims at pathogens on airport baggage trays

LED iBond, based near Copenhagen, recently announced that its affiliate LED Aviation is supplying Dutch baggage and package handling automation company Vanderlande with a UV-C-emitting LED disinfection system that Vanderlande will build into luggage tray conveyor systems for airport check-in points. LED iBond owns 41% of LED Aviation and is making the subsystem for Aviation, using iBond technology.

While the announcement did not claim that LED Aviation's UV-C system would kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 — it made no mention at all of the virus, the disease or the pandemic — one might imply that LED Aviation, iBond, and Vanderlande hope that the system does indeed snuff out SARS-CoV-2.

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The Amp Light, The Light Specifically Built for Webcams and Video Conferencing, Launches on Kickstarter

 

The Amp Light, the ultimate solution for optimal webcam and video conferencing lighting, today launched on Kickstarter.

The Amp Light is the first computer mountable edge-lit webcam light with a magnetic mounting system that sets up in seconds and eliminates suction cups, clips or clamps of any sort. The Amp Light’s edge-lit design produces an ultra-soft, perfectly diffused light.

The custom mounting system allows for a permanent desk setup or an on-the-go, low-profile light, perfect for proper webcam lighting as 89% of people today are using Zoom for work, while 63% are using it for conversations with friends and family.

SANDMARC Launches Prolight for Video Conference Lighting

SANDMARC, a brand specializing in photography gear for iPhone, DJI and GoPro cameras, launched Prolight - Video Conference Edition for home office remote working.

Premium video conference lighting for remote working, home office, or corporate calls to level up conference webcam calls and meetings on Zoom, Facetime, Microsoft Teams, YouTube vlogs, Skype and live streaming.

The Prolight provides a color temperate of 3000-6500k with a CRI of 95+, giving precise and adjustable warm-to-cool temperatures.

Our most powerful light with a brightness power of 1500 Lux. At maximum power the battery can last up to 100 minutes. Weighing less than 6 ounces, the small form factor makes the Prolight accessible for travel and using it in different desk setups.

LED-based UV irradiation safely prevents the loss of bone and muscle mass in mice

A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet (UV) irradiation using light emitting diodes (LEDs) safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and thereby prevents the loss of their bone and muscle

Decreased bone density (osteoporosis) and the loss of muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia) are age-related disorders. While there are some remedies for osteoporosis, there is no effective treatment for sarcopenia.

ALA Inducts Sy Gerber Into Lighting Hall of Fame

The American Lighting Association (ALA) recognizes the newest ALA Lighting Hall of Fame inductee, Sy Gerber of GM Lighting. The honor became official during the ALA Virtual Symposium in September. Members of the association celebrated Gerber virtually by viewing a special video tribute to the lighting veteran.

An iconic fixture in the industry, Gerber embodies the characteristics required of all ALA Lighting Hall of Fame members as a significant contributor to the association and entire lighting industry. One of Gerber's most noteworthy achievements is the development of critical safety standards for recessed lighting that were a result of his work with the federal government.

The driving force behind Gerber's success is his unwavering value system. He recently reflected on what personal characteristics are most important to him. "I wouldn't trade my honesty and integrity for anything in the world," he said.

UE’s new headphones use an app and LEDs to create a truly custom fit

Ultimate Ears recently announced the new $249 UE Fits, which promise to create a perfect mold of your ear during a fitting process that you execute using a phone app.

Once they’re nestled securely into the ear canal, users use an app to activate UE’s Lightform technology. The headphones themselves then emit a purple glow from integrated LED lights, which catalyze a reaction that causes the patented material to harden over the course of 60 seconds.

LED Lighting Company Energy Focus Hires First Legal Chief

Energy Focus has hired former engineer and in-house lawyer Jim Warren as the sustainable LED lighting company’s first general counsel, senior vice president, and corporate secretary.

Warren will oversee areas including corporate governance, securities, intellectual property, and commercial transactions, according to a company statement.

Warren told Bloomberg Law that his new position was created to expand the Ohio-based company’s executive team as it explores and advances human-centric lighting, or how light affects people.

GrowFlux partners with Icelandic greenhouse lighting startup ABC Lights

GrowFlux has recently partnered with Icelandic horticultural lighting firm ABC Lights to commercialize intelligent horticultural lighting systems for the Icelandic greenhouse market. GrowFlux will integrate it's IoT controls technology, GrowFlux Mesh wireless connectivity, into ABC Lights' high performance luminaires, enabling automated and software controlled smart greenhouse lighting.

Horticultural lighting represents one of the highest operating costs in a greenhouse, and intelligent control of horticultural lighting allows greenhouse growers to minimize the crop's energy footprint and enhance crop quality. The integration between the two companies will result in intelligent lighting systems optimized for Iceland's unique climate and energy resources.

Iceland's vast geothermal energy resource allows for year-round greenhouse cultivation to be far more competitive compared to other regions, since heating energy represents a significant operating cost. GrowFlux's intelligent controls will allow ABC Light's horticultural lighting systems to minimize the amount of grid sourced energy necessary to grow crops, further reducing the operating cost of these modern greenhouses.

Mini LED Market to Expand at a Stellar CAGR of 22.5% During 2020-2030

The mini LED market is projected to record at a dexterous CAGR of 22.5% through the period of forecasting between 2020 and 2030, according to new research.

The growth of the market is primarily attributed to the growing popularity of OLED TVs and preference towards smart screens with better performance and increased lifecycle. However, the market demand is hugely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, on account of diminished manufacturing by end-use sectors and a slump in demand from consumers.

In terms of regions, East Asia will lead the mini LEDs owing to the robust growth of the semiconductor industry in the region.

Green Light Helps to Ease Headaches

A new research conducted by the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that people who suffer from migraine may benefit from green light therapy.

During the study, patients were exposed to white light for one to two hours a day for 10 weeks. After a two-week break, they were exposed to green light for 10 weeks.

In the trial, green light is regarded as a drug by the researchers and they addressed how the right intensity, the right frequency, the right exposure time and the right exposure methods are all critical to the patients.

Angelpaw Launches World’s Only RFID Pet Tracking Platform

Angelpaw, a company that sells SaaS software that empowers pet crematoriums, veterinarians and pet parents, announced the world’s only Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) real-time pet tracking platform.

The Angelpaw RFID platform fully digitizes the entire pet cremation lifecycle for crematoriums, veterinarians, and pet parents to increase operational efficiencies and accuracy, reduce errors and processing times, and provide full transparency to all within the ecosystem.

Veterinarians no longer are required to print or write on paper tags. Veterinaries simply scan an Angelpaw UHF RFID plastic tag, the pet and pet parent data is instantly digitally stored onto the tag, drastically reducing errors and processing time.

Crematoriums automate data collection drastically reducing human effort and errors. Fixed overhead antennas, proximity and mobile handheld scanners detect and read tags not in line-of-sight, over 150 feet away, and within groups of tags simultaneously. Loading dock antennas automatically pre-check groups of pets within vans as they enter facilities. RFID tags within range are automatically updated with change order requests. Pre-established station handhelds and proximity scanners, scan pets into stations and out once services are performed with time and user stamps, offering huge operational efficiencies.

Toyoda Gosei to Launch SARS-CoV-2 Diminishing Deep UV LEDs in Water Purification System

Toyoda Gosei has conducted a viral inactivation experiment in which the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was irradiated using its deep UV LED technology.

The experiment was conducted jointly with the Biomedical Science Association, a certified NPO, and showed these deep UV LEDs can achieve a 99.999% disinfection rate within 5 seconds irradiation.

This deep UV LED will be used in water purification units for water recirculating WOSH portable washstands, which will be released by WOTA in November 2020.