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Perfect restaurant ambience created with lighting technology
To create the ideal ambience for restaurants and other hospitality venues there is the lighting technology, LUXEON LEDs with AtmoSphere Technology, by Lumileds, to make customers feel cozy, comfortable...
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Cheaper headlights available through LED driver
An automotive LED driver that enables smaller and more cost-effective headlight systems, has been introduced by Cypress Semiconductor. The S6BL112A automotive-grade LED driver is the industry’s first...
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LED indicator features UV-stabilizer to prevent discoloration
A watertight series has been added to Dialight’s next gen high-intensity LED panel mount indicators lineup. The watertight 656 series ½” indicators incorporate the latest LED technology to deliver...
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LED indicators improve reliability of equipment
With an innovative reflector that maximizes light output and distribution, rugged 5mm LED indicators have been released by VCC. The robust L65 series LED indicator has a recessed design that offers a...
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LED technology accentuates freshness of fruit and veggies
Lumileds has revealed its FreshFocus Technology for produce, LEDs to showcase fruit and vegetables in their freshest and most appealing state. FreshFocus Technology is part of the LUXEON Stylist...
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There’s something fishy about these LEDs
FreshFocus Technology LEDs show food items in their most appetizing light; for red meat, marbled meat and fish. FreshFocus Technology is part of the LUXEON Stylist series, Lumileds transformative line...
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Molecular luminescence gets the green light
Glow-in-the-dark stickers, weird deep-sea fish, LED lightbulbs — all have forms of luminescence. In other words, instead of just reflecting light, they make their own. Now a team of scientists from the...
View ArticleDesign suite provides multi-disciplinary simulations
Synopsys has announced the latest release of RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite, software for the design of photonic devices and components used in optical communications, optoelectronics and...
View ArticleFirst intra-ocular-adjustable thermal sensor introduced
PDR Americas has introduced the EMS industry’s first intra-ocular-adjustable ‘read zone’ thermal sensor for high-end rework. The rework-specific temperature sensor has been specifically engineered for...
View ArticleHackers have a light bulb moment
The IoT, its proponents argue, offers many benefits: energy efficiency, technology so convenient it can anticipate what you want, even reduced congestion on the roads. Now here’s the bad news: Putting...
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Imaging technique creates higher-resolution images
Developed by scientists at MIT, Harvard University, and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a new imaging technique aims to illuminate cellular structures in deep tissue and other dense and opaque...
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Capacitive touch sensor display simplifies device design
A capacitive touch sensor display that provides a more intuitive interface to ease and accelerate user interactions has been developed by VCC. The LED-based CTH series capacitive touch sensor display...
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Horticultural lighting solutions to suit plant requirements
LED Engin, a multi-award winning manufacturer of high flux density LED products, has announced the market’s most comprehensive range of high-power color and white LED emitters for horticultural...
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Soft robot picks ripest tomato with human touch
Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. A Cornell University group has devised a way for a soft robot to feel its...
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Lighting division lineup expanded with SMD terminal block connectors
New Yorker Electronics has added the RoHS-compliant Excel Cell Electronic (ECE) EBTL40 series of Terminal Block Connectors to its Lighting Division. The ETBL40 series features SMD terminals with low...
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LED street lighting has negative impact on wildlife
According to new research by the University of Exeter, LED street lighting can be tailored to reduce its impacts on the environment. The UK-based study found predatory spiders and beetles were drawn to...
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Learning to play with LEDs
How would you feel about learning to play guitar through fiber-optic LED lights? Sounds cool doesn’t it, well now with Fret Zeppelin this is a reality. Instead of relying on an instructor or a...
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LED screens to improve with Scotch tape?
A new bilayer material, with each layer measuring less than one nanometer in thickness, that someday could lead to more efficient and versatile light emission was published in a cover story appearing...
View ArticleConstant voltage solution enables wide range dimming in LED lighting
Two new QR PSR PWM controllers for LED lighting with Power Factor Control (PFC) function have been announced by ON Semiconductor. The dimmable NCL30386 and the non-dimmable NCL30388 provide options for...
View ArticleLedtech introduces full range of refrigerator LED lighting products
Ledtech UK, the UK arm of one the world’s largest capacity LED manufacturers, has announced a full range of LED lighting products for the retail refrigerator/chiller display cabinet market. Comprising...
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