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NEWS ABOUT: LEDs

LEDs stories: 9 news summaries

 Race for Better Light Bulb 
 Heats Up 

Philips bids for US government's $10M 'L Prize'

Sep 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch electronics giant Philips has created an LED light bulb that, if it lives up to its billing, could claim the US government’s coveted “L Prize.” More important, the new bulb could inherit the 60-watt bulb’s throne. The Energy Department is offering $10 million—and a... More »

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compact fluorescent bulbs • electronics • Netherlands • light bulb • US government • Philips • LEDs • fluorescent light bulbs • low-energy light bulbs • Energy Dept.

 Barcode of Future Is Tiny, Shiny 

MIT researchers design an alternative with 'Bokodes'

Jul 27, 09 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - MIT researchers have designed a possible replacement for the conventional barcode, the BBC reports. Called Bokodes, the tags are made up of a powered light-emitting diode, a mask and a lens, and can store much more information than the black-and-white stripe variety. More, the scientists say, the Bokodes can be... More »

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cell phones • business • LEDs • information technology • bar codes • bar code readers • mobile phones • Google Street View • Bokode

LED Spells End of Disposable Light Bulbs

Long-lived fixtures could cut energy use
in half in 20 years

May 30, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rapid advance of light-emitting diode technology is blazing the way to greener lighting, the New York Times reports. LED lighting, once used only in the likes of traffic lights and scoreboards, is now being adopted by a growing number of cities and businesses. Experts say the lights, which last... More »

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technology • LEDs • lighting • lightbulbs

Venture Capitalists See
the Eco-Friendly Light

LED and other cleaner, efficient options attracted $100M in first quarter of '08

May 7, 08 8:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Venture capitalists are swarming around firms developing LED (light-emitting diode) and similar lighting technologies beyond their current applications in calculators and cell phones, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Investors see new sources, using one-sixth of the power of incandescent bulbs, as environmentally friendly replacements for indoor and outdoor lighting. More »

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electricity • venture capital • green technology • LEDs • incandescent bulbs • energy saving • electrical circuits

One if by Land, LED if by Sea...

Paul Revere's famous church stops living in the past, installs eco- friendly light bulbs

Mar 3, 08 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The green bulbs are coming, the green bulbs are coming! That’s the appropriate contemporary cry for a Paul Revere impersonator, who might still be able to use the Old North Church’s lanterns to warn of a British invasion—but would have to settle for LEDs. The Boston landmark... More »

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Boston • LEDs • Old North Church • Paul Revere • eco friendliness • Revolutionary War • North End

Electronics Giants Join Forces

Panasonic, Hitachi, and Canon announce tie-up

Dec 26, 07 7:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Hitachi, Canon, and Panasonic have announced plans to work to together in moving flat-panel display technology forward, PC World reports. Competition is heating up in the industry, and the companies hope the alliance will accelerate development time. The firms will work together on LCD displays and organic light emitting diode... More »

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Japan • electronics • Canon • flat screen TVs • Sharp • Panasonic • LCD • LEDs • Hitachi

What's the Next Bright
Idea for Light Bulbs?

Two next-generation contenders emerge

Dec 22, 07 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Retailers will be banned from selling inefficient incandescent bulbs in 2012, but manufacturers say their bright idea about compact fluorescents came years ago and the industry was heading in that direction anyway. In fact, the coming years will see a wave of more efficient light sources—not only flourescents, but... More »

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Congress • compact fluorescent bulbs • General Electric • Environmental Protection Agency • LEDs • incandescent bulbs • Osram Sylvania • light bulbs • EnergyStar

LEDs Light Up Europe,
As Bulb Makers Switch

An Italian village goes LED, and Philips makes a multi-billion bet

Dec 1, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Europe is going low-e with LEDs, presaging a trend about to spread worldwide. The Italian village Torraca, for example, just switched all of its streetlights for light-emitting diode fixtures, and Dutch electronics giant Philips has snapped up an American firm in a plan to push similar changes in the states.... More »

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Philips • interior design • LEDs • lighting • lightbulbs • incandescent bulbs

  Africa: Let There Be Light

World Bank initiative aims to bring electric power to 250 million Africans

Nov 16, 07 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Even after decades of development, most African communities have no electrical power and still go dark when the sun goes down. Only 5% of Ugandans, 6% of the Congolese population and 15% of Kenyans have electricity. Now the World Bank has launched an initiative to light the homes of 250... More »

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Africa • World Bank • South Africa • electricity • Lighting Africa • International Finance Corporation • LEDs • Econometrix

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