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Fixture Makers Picking GE's Vio High-Power White LED

Fewer than 12 months after the introduction of GE's exclusive Vio(TM) High-Power White LED, five lighting fixture manufacturers are marketing and selling commercial and residential fixtures that incorporate the violet-based, chip-on-board LED package from Lumination, LLC, GE Consumer + Industrial's LED business.

22 Oct 2008

InGaAs Light Emitters Grown Using Advanced HVPE Processing Technology

TDI, an Oxford Instruments company, has recently advanced the Hydride Vapour Phase Epitaxy (HVPE) technology to the growth of InGaN. HVPE is best known for its capability to grow low defect, crack free, high quality quasi bulk GaN and AlN materials at a significantly high growth rate of up to 100 µm/hour.

22 Oct 2008

LED Engineering Kit Provides a Means of Gaining Practical Knowledge

The LED Engineering Kit, which OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is now offering for sale on the LED Light for You (LLFY) platform, provides a means of gaining practical knowledge of LED lighting. This kit is a powerful tool for anyone who wants to test LEDs, various accessories and applications.

22 Oct 2008

Design Enhancements Offer High Performance with Low Power Requirements

eMagin Corporation, a leader in OLED technology, will be demonstrating and taking orders for its SXGA OLED-XL microdisplay at the Night Vision Conference in booth #76 at the Olympia Conference Center in London through October 23, 2008. The company expects to begin shipping product samples in November 2008.

21 Oct 2008

Company to Accelerate Commercialization of Solid-State White OLED Lighting

Universal Display Corporation, an innovator behind today's and tomorrow's displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLED(TM) phosphorescent OLED technology, today announced that it has received two $750,000 United States Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contracts.

21 Oct 2008

Moritex's New PRELUDE LED Combines Performance and Ease of Integration with Machine Vision Systems

Moritex, a leading manufacturer of illumination systems and lenses for machine vision applications, has announced the introduction of its new PRELUDE LED lighting range.

21 Oct 2008

World's Thinnest Flexible Display Takes Scrolling to a Whole New Level

Imagine a miniature television or computer screen that scrolls out of a pen-sized carrying case. Flexible displays like this are almost on the edge of commercial reality, but several challenges still must be overcome in making high-performance thin films that bend but don't break.

20 Oct 2008

LEDs May Help Reduce Skin Wrinkles

Researchers in Germany are describing a potential alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles. Their study, scheduled for the November 5 issue of ACS' Crystal Growth + Design, a bi-monthly journal, reports that high intensity visible light from light emitting diodes (LEDs) applied daily for several weeks resulted in "rejuvenated skin, reduced wrinkle levels, juvenile complexion and lasting resilience."

20 Oct 2008

DRS Technologies Receives $33-Million Order for Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System Subassemblies

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received a follow-on order of $32.7 million for electro-optical subassemblies for the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3) program. This is the second order under a five-year contract with a projected minimum value of $100.8M over its term, awarded by the Raytheon Company, McKinney, Texas, the prime contractor and final integrator for the LRAS3 program.

16 Oct 2008

QLED Thermal Simulation Software Named Finalist in LED Journal's Innova Awards

Future Lighting Solutions announced today that its QLED thermal simulation software for solid-state lighting designers has been named a finalist in LED Journal's Innova Awards, designed to honor LED-related technology breakthroughs. QLED is nominated in the Product Development Excellence category, which recognizes the most innovative and cutting-edge products in the industry.

16 Oct 2008

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