Read more LEDs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17115/leds.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:03:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70305/race-for-better-light-bulb-heats-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDutch 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 pile of juicy government...http://www.newser.com/story/70305/race-for-better-light-bulb-heats-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 10:08:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65419/barcode-of-future-is-tiny-shiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMIT 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...http://www.newser.com/story/65419/barcode-of-future-is-tiny-shiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 17:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60517/led-spells-end-of-disposable-light-bulbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/60517/led-spells-end-of-disposable-light-bulbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 7:55:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26801/venture-capitalists-see-the-eco-friendly-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVenture 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.http://www.newser.com/story/26801/venture-capitalists-see-the-eco-friendly-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 May 2008 20:38:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20632/one-if-by-land-led-if-by-sea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 has ditched...http://www.newser.com/story/20632/one-if-by-land-led-if-by-sea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 20:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14924/electronics-giants-join-forces.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHitachi, 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...http://www.newser.com/story/14924/electronics-giants-join-forces.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Dec 2007 7:08:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14723/whats-the-next-bright-idea-for-light-bulbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetailers 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...http://www.newser.com/story/14723/whats-the-next-bright-idea-for-light-bulbs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Dec 2007 16:50:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13045/leds-light-up-europe-as-bulb-makers-switch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEurope 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....http://www.newser.com/story/13045/leds-light-up-europe-as-bulb-makers-switch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Dec 2007 14:10:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/11855/africa-let-there-be-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven 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...http://www.newser.com/story/11855/africa-let-there-be-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Nov 2007 2:50:00 CST