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New LED streetlamp design could virtually eliminate light pollution

New LED streetlamp design could virtually eliminate light pollution
  • Posted April 25, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Researchers from Mexico and Taiwan have co-developed a new design for streetlamps that will greatly reduce the amount of light pollution they emit. Existing solutions waste as much as 20 percent of their light by shining onto nearby objects or…

Philips unveils multi-color, smartphone-controlled LED lightbulbs

Philips unveils multi-color, smartphone-controlled LED lightbulbs
  • Posted October 29, 2012, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • Philips is jumping into the smartphone-controlled LED lighting market with a new system dubbed hue. Initially available through Apple Stores only, hue light bulbs screw into a regular ES fitting and otherwise work like a standard light bulb, but they…

GreenWave Reality Wi-Fi enabled LED light bulb kit now shipping

GreenWave Reality Wi-Fi enabled LED light bulb kit now shipping
  • Posted October 22, 2012, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • Greenwave Reality has released a Wi-Fi controlled LED lighting kit that aims to give users complete control over their light sources while at home and away. It’s not the first Wi-Fi bulb we’ve come across but it is one of…

Tech deals: 23" HP W2371d 1080p LED monitor for $150

Tech deals: 23" HP W2371d 1080p LED monitor for $150
  • Posted October 1, 2012, 2:03 PM by Julio Franco | Filed in Tech Deals
  • HP is offering 23" W2371d 1080p LED-backlit LCD Monitor on sale for $149.99 with free shipping. The price is discounted instantly by $50 which is the lowest price we could find currently and $10 cheaper than our last mention. If you opt for dual monitors you can save an additional $10.

Samsung bringing transparent displays to market in September

Samsung bringing transparent displays to market in September
  • Posted August 27, 2012, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware With Video
  • Samsung has announced two new displays that will be introduced to the general public at IFA 2012 starting later this week. The UD22B and the NL22B were both quietly introduced at InfoComm 2012 earlier this year but as they will…

Nook Simple Touch gets integrated LEDs for night time reading

Nook Simple Touch gets integrated LEDs for night time reading
  • Posted April 13, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing With Video
  • Although the E Ink Pearl display used by Kindle and Nook devices provides an excellent contrast ratio and power consumption, it doesn't have any integrated backlighting, making it difficult or impossible to view content in dark environments. Reading the Kindle…

NetLED: Japan's cloud-based, smartphone-controlled lighting system

NetLED: Japan
  • Posted January 20, 2012, 10:31 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News
  • Japanese citizens who are conscious about the environment and have more money than reason can look forward to the latest in lighting technology: the cloud-based NetLED system. Launching this upcoming February in the land of the rising sun, the system…

Scientists build 800Mbps wireless network with just LEDs

Scientists build 800Mbps wireless network with just LEDs
  • Posted August 2, 2011, 5:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware
  • Scientists working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (Heinrich Hertz Institute) in Berlin, Germany have successfully developed a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) capable of speeds up to 800Mbps. They used it to send full HD movies to notebooks, smartphones,…

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