LEDSynergy News Archive - July 2008
LEDSynergy news achive for July 2008.
LED panels to add final touch to bridge
A new bridge across the Missouri river is to use colour LED panels to light up its two towers.The $22 million (£11 million) footbridge will connect the town of Omaha with Council Bluffs and is due to open in late September or early October, reports the Omaha World-Herald.A donation from the Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation will buy the LED panels,...
Thursday, 31st July 2008 - full story
Network CN focus on outdoor LED sign market
Network CN, a travel and media network company in Hong Kong, is hoping to expand across China using the outdoor LED sign market.The company's general manager, Stanley Chu, has been talking about their approach in an interview with Quamnet.Mr Chu said that they are concentrating on the outdoor LED sign market because, unlike the indoor LCD market, it is far...
Thursday, 31st July 2008 - full story
LIGHTSHIFT showcases LED signage
A market transformative forum called LIGHTSHIFT is to take place in Toronto on September 24th, and LED signage is at its heart.LIGHTSHIFT aims to introduce people to the technology and market of LED signage, as well as the energy savings involved.The forum will include various events, including a keynote presentation on the latest trends in lighted graphics...
Wednesday, 30th July 2008 - full story
Factory display using LEDs gets NY Times write-up
LEDs have received a write-up in the New York Times, with the newspaper mentioning a firm that used the technology for its factory display lighting.The company, Sentry Equipment Corporation, had opened a new factory and was considering how to light it.President of the company, Michael Farrell, found that LEDs were used in traffic lights, and he wondered if...
Tuesday, 29th July 2008 - full story
Esquire to feature electronic display on cover
The US magazine Esquire is to publish a special edition which will come complete with an electronic display on the front cover.Around 100,000 of the 720,000 magazines published will have the special front cover, which will flash the words 'The 21st Century Begins Now'.While the production cost is expected to be far higher than that of a normal edition, the...
Monday, 28th July 2008 - full story
Growth in LED market expected as uses expand beyond LED displays
LEDs are expected to be used more and more in the next few years, branching out from conventional uses like LED displays, according to a market research firm.The Darnell Group believe the LED market will go 'full circle', from the use of LED displays in handsets to their use in larger platforms.This should force the cost of LEDs down until they become...
Monday, 28th July 2008 - full story
LED display driver developer announces second quarter results
Leadis Technology, a developer of LED display drivers, has announced its results for the end of the second quarter of 2008.The company's revenue during this period was $5.9 million (£2.9 million) which did not reach its guidance of $7 million (£3.5 million) plus or minus ten per cent.Gross margin for the second quarter was zero per...
Friday, 25th July 2008 - full story
PAM's new LED display driver wins award
A new LED display driver by Power Analog Microelectonics (PAM) has won an award at the second National Solid State Lighting Innovation Contest in China.The PAM2842 is a high-voltage 30 watt LED display driver with integrated MOSFET, has an input voltage range from 5.5V to 40V and can support boost, buck, buck-boost and SEPIC topology.An efficiency of 95 per...
Thursday, 24th July 2008 - full story
North Walsham to get new hospital
Health chiefs have backed a new £8 million hospital for North Walsham in Norfolk.However, a timescale for the project is currently unclear as details have not yet been drawn up, reports EDP24.A new 24-bed complex is to be built for the former Rebecca House mental care unit and a new joint GP surgery is planned to replace the two existing...
Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 - full story
Expert offers advice on achieving white LED lighting potential
Lighting manufacturers have been given advice on how to fully utilise the potential that LED technology offers.Gavin Hesse, of Cypress Semiconductor, writes on Embedded.com that many in the lighting industry may be more used to dealing with traditional incandescent and fluorescent bulbs.As a result he thinks that many simply obtain enough white LEDs to...
Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 - full story
Solar-powered LEDs to Africa
A solar power company has announced that it is nearing the end of contract talks which will see it sell solar chargers alongside LED light bulbs and simple mobile phones.G24 Innovations (G24i) are looking to move into the developing world where there is big demand for both lighting and battery chargers, reports Reuters.The company is based in Cardiff and...
Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 - full story
OSRAM break white LED records
OSRAM development engineers have achieved new records for the brightness and efficiency of white LEDs in laboratory conditions.Testing using standard conditions, brightness peaked at 155lm and efficiency at 136lm/W using an operating current of 350mA.The records were achieved by improving the technologies used to manufacture the LEDs.These...
Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 - full story
Toshiba Matsushita to start producing organic LED displays
Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology has announced it is to start producing next-generation LED displays for mobile devices in the second half of 2009.A joint venture between Toshiba and Matsushita - the company behind Panasonic products - it says production will take place at its joint plant.A total of 15 billion Yen (£70 million) will be invested to...
Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 - full story
New cheaper technique in LED production
LEDs may become increasingly common in the future after researchers succeeded in using silicon instead of sapphire for their base.Silicon is a lot less expensive than sapphire and could make LEDs more affordable, increasing their usage.LEDs are far more efficient than incandescent bulbs but currently cost around 20 times more to make.The new...
Monday, 21st July 2008 - full story
Tasmanian cave gets LED lighting
One of the oldest tourist attractions in Australia has made use of LED lighting.The Gunns Plains Cave in Tasmania opened to visitors on January 6th 1909 and attracts around 10,000 people a year.Those people will now be welcomed with a better experience thanks to the new LED lighting system which was chosen for a variety of reasons.The 24 volt LED...
Friday, 18th July 2008 - full story
Electronic displays safe say Sioux Falls officials
Officials in Sioux Falls in the USA have said that electronic displays and LED signs are not a distraction to drivers.A report on ArgusLeader.com indicates that many people feel the electronic displays actually benefit the city.Since 2007 a partnership between the FBI and advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor has used the signs for public service...
Friday, 18th July 2008 - full story
LEDs taking over USA's street lamps
Cities across the USA are trying out new LED street lamps in an effort to reduce energy consumption.Four cities in New Jersey - Verona, Trenton, Elizabeth and Camden - are being used as test sites, where 24 LED street lamps will be installed free of charge.Over the next six months to a year tests will be carried out on factors like reliability and energy...
Thursday, 17th July 2008 - full story
Massive LED display in Times Square
Toshiba have unveiled a massive 51 sq ft, 1.6 million pixel LED display in Manhattan's Times Square.The company will use the board to advertise products like its Satellite notebooks and HDTVs and will appear in next year's Times Square New Year celebrations, providing high-profile brand promotion due to the massive television coverage."The goal of this sign...
Thursday, 17th July 2008 - full story
Abu Dhabi and Dubai to get outdoor LED signs
Outdoor LED signs are set to appear all over Abu Dhabi and Dubai over the next few years including the biggest outdoor screen in the Gulf, Europe and Africa, called 'the Opulence'.The outdoor LED signs will be used for advertising and are being chosen for their affordability and mobility, according to a report in The National newspaper.Abu Dhabi firm...
Thursday, 17th July 2008 - full story
OLLA continues under new name
The OLLA project is to continue under the new name of OLED100.eu from September until 2011.Coordinated by Patrick Key, its aim is to improve the size, efficiency and lifetime of organic LEDs (OLEDs).Specifically the project's targets are: a power efficiency of 100 lumens per watt; a lifetime extended by over 100,000 hours; an area expansion to one square...
Wednesday, 16th July 2008 - full story
LED display in fashion
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are now being used in fashion, after Couture Clubbing released its Heavenly Order range - where the dresses have a LED display.The dresses were designed by Amy Winters and Kseniya Zagorodnyuk who launched Couture Clubbing, with the LEDs being provided by Marl International.Perhaps the most striking was a dress featuring a helix...
Wednesday, 16th July 2008 - full story
Possible use of LEDs in dementia treatment
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) may be able to help with dementia after a helmet that uses the technology improved the condition of a patient.The helmet stimulates brain neurons via 700 infrared light-emitting diodes and was invented by Dr Gordon Dougal, a family doctor in County Durham.Clem Fennel, 57, from the USA, was the first patient, and can now do...
Tuesday, 15th July 2008 - full story
LEDs conquering the Far East
The energy-saving advantages of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are helping the technology take off in Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.In Japan, the Kokuyo Office System company revealed that its renovated headquarters would have LED lighting systems in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.LED lighting, along with the other measures, has led to a 44 per...
Tuesday, 15th July 2008 - full story
Wireless LED video boards
Texas Instruments has introduced a wireless remote control RGB light emitting diode (LED) design kit - which could offer exciting developments for producers of LED video boards.The platform is made up of the TPS62260LED board and the eZ430-RF2500 development tool, and Texas Instruments says it can be used for consumer, commercial, professional and architectural...
Monday, 14th July 2008 - full story
Japanese companies collaborate on OLED displays
A body of the Japanese government is to fund a five-year joint project between companies including Sony and Sharp to produce large scale organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels.Around $6 million will be put in by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) in the project's first year.Roughly the same amount is expected to be...
Thursday, 10th July 2008 - full story
Ancient sites embrace LED display
The past has embraced the future with news that some ancient buildings are now being lit up with LED displays.Piramide de los Cinco Pisos - the main temple in the Mayan archaeological site of Edzna in Mexico - is being illuminated with LED lights to create a light show that can draw attention to areas of interest discovered by archaeologist Antonio...
Thursday, 10th July 2008 - full story
LED display at Greenwich Docklands International Festival
The 2008 Greenwich & Docklands International Festival featured a performance that took advantage of an LED display at the London Piazza in the O2 Arena.Time Is Like Water Flowing, a performance that brought Chinese landscape painting to life, was aided by a 12 metre high LED display playing animations to contemplate the live performance going on in front of...
Wednesday, 9th July 2008 - full story
Montenegro festival uses LED display
A festival in Montenegro will make use of a transparent LED display to help dictate the atmosphere as required by each performer.The Live Fest runs from August 5th to the 7th and features international stars like Armand van Helden and Lenny Kravitz as well as some home-grown stars.There will be lights behind the transparent LED display which will show...
Wednesday, 9th July 2008 - full story
LED display lights up skyscraper lobby
A new 58-story skyscraper in Philadelphia features a massive LED screen that takes up the whole width of the building's lobby.At 83 by 25 feet the LED screen in the Comcast Center is apparently the largest 4 mm LED screen in the world.The screen has ten million-pixel high-definition video and plays scenes and images during the day of dancers, swimming fish...
Tuesday, 8th July 2008 - full story
Giant LED display lights up Idol final
The 31.7 million viewers who tuned in to the final of the seventh series of American Idol – the USA version of hit British programme Pop Idol – were treated to a spectacular LED display made up of 340 LED panels.Andy Walmsley, who had previously worked on Pop Idol, created the stage design in the Nokia theatre and the video display featured four strips...
Tuesday, 8th July 2008 - full story
LED displays provide consumers with lower costs
Computer manufacturers like Apple are moving to LED displays in a bid to lower their energy usage – both to increase laptop life and to help consumers save money, according to Reuters.The move comes as the price of oil hovers around $145 a barrel, driving up electricity costs and forcing consumers to have different criteria when buying products.South...
Monday, 7th July 2008 - full story
Chinese rush for LEDs for electronic signs
According to LEDinside's market sources, Taiwanese LED companies have been getting rush orders from LED sign manufactures in the Chinese mainland.The Chinese companies are said to be behind with orders for their electronic signs which need to be ready for the Beijing Olympics – just over a month away.LED chipmaker Epistar are said to be one such...
Monday, 7th July 2008 - full story
Contact lens brings new depths of miniaturisation to electronic displays
As if LED scoreboards weren't futuristic enough, an electrical engineer has come up with a LED contact lens which has the smallest electronic display ever.Babak Parviz, of the University of Washington, has created a prototype of the contact lens, which has a built-in antenna that can receive information and display it for the user to see without the need for any...
Thursday, 3rd July 2008 - full story
Atlanta gets USA's largest electronic display
The largest freeway-mounted electronic display in the USA was switched on in Atlanta yesterday morning – facing one of the USA's most heavily-used freeways.Over 341,000 vehicles pass the LED sign each day according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.The 3,500 square feet electronic sign is owned by Barry Real Estate, and the first companies to...
Tuesday, 1st July 2008 - full story
Radiohead hailed for shining a light with LEDs
An environmental group has hailed Radiohead for attempting to reduce the carbon footprint of their world tour by employing LED lighting solutions.The band, best known for their hit album OK Computer, have switched from traditional light sources to an energy efficient LED rig designed by i-Pix.Friends of the Earth spokeswoman Anna Mitchell hailed the move,...
Tuesday, 1st July 2008 - full story