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Aco Eyeleds System Merges Sustainable Function with Stylish Design

Lighting Science (LSG), a global developer and integrator of intelligent and efficient light-emitting diode (LED) solutions, and the ACO Group, the worldwide leader in water drain systems and intelligent water drainage, today announced the global availability of the ACO Eyeleds solution for illuminating outdoor spaces. The new drainage solution will incorporate attractive and sustainable LED lighting technology as a permanent part of track drainage grates, which provide natural locations for pathway illumination.

29 Oct 2008

Our Remarkable Ability to See and Understand Three-Dimensional Structure of Objects

A team of Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists has discovered patterns of brain activity that may underlie our remarkable ability to see and understand the three-dimensional structure of objects.

27 Oct 2008

Green Dopant Material Enables Low-Power, Full-Color, Long-Life OLED Displays

Eastman Kodak Company, a pioneer in organic light emitting diode technology (OLED), today announced the introduction of a highly efficient OLED material that will enable low-power, full-color displays with outstanding lifetimes.

24 Oct 2008

Cree Anounces the Release of New-Generation High-Brightness Oval LEDS

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces the release of its new-generation high-brightness 4-mm and 5-mm oval LEDS in blue, green and red. These new oval LEDs feature optically-matched radiation patterns in blue, green and red, resulting in superior image quality for digital billboard and full-color sign applications.

23 Oct 2008

Significant Supplier in the Fast Emerging Flexible Display and OLED Markets

NexTech Solutions, Inc. and FAS Holdings Group, LLC, jointly doing business as "NexTechFAS," are pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the 4th Global Plastic Electronics Conference and Showcase in Berlin Germany from October 27- 29, 2008. During the conference, they will be featuring their Advantage Series extrusion deposition (ED) system and the NexTStar automated optical inspection (AOI) tool.

23 Oct 2008

Web-Based EDA Tools Simplify and Speed Development of SSL General Lighting Solutions

Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions have introduced the first comprehensive suite of online Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools designed to speed the prototyping and development of solid-state lighting solutions for general lighting applications such as task lamps, recessed downlights, outdoor lighting and shop lighting.

22 Oct 2008

New Radiation-hardened Detectors Provide High-Speed Real-time Industrial Inspection

PerkinElmer Optoelectronics, a global technology leader in digital imaging, specialty lighting and optical detection technologies, today announced it will showcase its new high-speed, high-throughput, digital x-ray detectors at the 17th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing (WCNDT) at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai, China.

22 Oct 2008

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

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

du to Deploy Corning ULL Optical Fiber as Foundation of Pan-Emirates High-Capacity Network

Corning Incorporated announced today that du, the United Arab Emirates's (UAE) new integrated telecommunications service provider, will deploy Corning® SMF-28® ULL optical fiber as the foundation of its Pan-Emirates, high-capacity network. du is the first telecom operator in the Middle East to deploy this sophisticated fiber.

22 Oct 2008