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January 2014
How to Buy a New Energy-Efficient Light Bulb
You may have heard by now: the classic incandescent light bulb is on its way out . Because incandescent light bulbs are some of the least ef...
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Clay Center curator has bright idea with LEDs in gallery
The Clay Center is putting lots of work into its art gallery, but curator Arif Khan hopes no one will notice. Workers started last week rep...
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Could BeeWi Smart Color LEDs be the Hue competitor we've been waiting for?
Lighting that changes color on demand is nothing new, and if you've read our review of the Philips Hue Starter Kit, then you know that w...
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High-tech LEDs turning NYC skyline into a lightshow
The city’s skyline is becoming a rainbow of dancing colors as more tall towers add programmable LEDs to their tops and antennas. What was o...
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Yakima to replace 4,000 streetlights with LEDs
Yakima is finding a new way to shine the light. Thousands of streetlights are on tap to be replaced. The plan is to switch older bulbs to L...
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Congress offers glimmer of hope for incandescent lightbulb
The House's passage of a $1.1 trillion spending bill Wednesday that dictates the budgets for all federal agencies may be a desperately n...
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Monument to Thomas Edison switching from incandescent to LED bulbs
This summer, when the monument to Thomas Alva Edison on Christie Street reopens after two years of renovations, a small but symbolically si...
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LEDs: Light Pollution Solution or Night Sky Nemesis?
You may have noticed a change underway in your city lighting. High pressure sodium lights, with their familiar orange glow, are quickly bein...
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End of incandescent bulb presents big opportunity for Cree
The curtain is coming down on the iconic, standard incandescent bulb. And that can do nothing but help brighten the future for local LED des...
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Art world adjusts to lighting switch from incandescents to LEDs
Barbara Jones decided to put the new LED lights to the test . When officials at the Westmoreland Museum of Art debated replacing its halogen...
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Power mini-LEDs
Vishay Intertechnology announces the release of a new series of power MiniLEDs in ultra-compact 2.3 mm by 1.3 mm by 1.4 SMD packages. Utili...
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Separating Myth From Fact on CFL and LED Light Bulbs: Five Concerns Addressed
A recent post on the U.S. phase-out of 40- and 60-watt low-efficiency incandescent light bulbs, which became official January 1, elicited a ...
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Going Online with LEDs and the First Li-Fi Smartphone
For a few years now, engineers and scientists have tinkered with an alternative to wi-fi that utilizes not radio waves, but light: specifica...
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NPPD offering incentives for LED bulbs
In an effort to promote green energy and save consumers money, Nebraska Public Power District has launched a campaign to help its residenti...
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Lighthouse LED Video Displays Powered by Cree High-Brightness LEDs
Since the launch of its Impact series of LED video display panels—featuring Cree high-brightness SMD (Surface-mount diode) LEDs—Lighthouse h...
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Innovative Philips SlimStyle LED bulb goes on sale for $9.97
Innovation is alive and well in the LED lightbulb industry. SWITCH, for example, is making LED bulbs that are filled with liquid to help dis...
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SemiLEDs C35 LEDs Create Stunning Accents in Twenty First Light's Hotel Alpha Project
The tourist hotel complex (THC) Alpha in Moscow recently received a dramatic new façade wall-wash from Twenty First Light ltd, a Russian man...
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Liberty Mutual switches to LEDs at its local facility
Two months after Rockingham Electric loaned Liberty Mutual six LEDs to illuminate the parking lot at its Borthwick Avenue campus, Liberty M...
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Edison's light bulbs do a slow fade
Let's go back for a moment to 2011. Under an energy conservation plan signed by President Bush, old filament bulbs were being phased out...
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It's lights out for the incandescent lightbulb
The New Year may look a lot like the old, but not in the lightbulb aisle. As of January 1st the most popular bulb, the 60-watt incandescent,...
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Skating on Light
Glo-Blades are a new skating accessory that easily attach to both inline and ice skates and brightly illuminate the surface beneath the skat...
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Big Nanny Government Strikes Again
If you like your light bulb, you can keep your light bulb. Actually, just like Barack Obama’s promise regarding health insurance, this one’s...
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The incandescent light bulb isn't dead
Perhaps you’ve heard the news: the incandescent light bulb is dead . "When the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, the year ends — and so doe...
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Use LEDs to show when traffic light is about to change
While it is true that red-light cameras increase, not reduce, intersection accidents, there is a device that would reduce them: Add a verti...
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Why people still use inefficient incandescent light bulbs
In 2014, you can say goodbye to the standard incandescent light bulb. Starting Jan. 1, the United States will no longer manufacture or impo...
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Cree To Retain Its Growth Momentum In 2014
Historically, Cree has operated in volatile markets , as has been clear over the past couple of years. In 2012, a surplus in the LED market...
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We test the new products to find out who has the bright stuff
Some months into the new year, you will notice a big change in the lighting aisle of your local retailer or big-box store. The supply of 40...
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