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PolyOne Awarded for Innovation in LED Lighting Applications in ...
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that it has received the 2012 Ringier Technology Innovation Award for the ...
Has Lighting Design Turned Liquid?
Liquid Light, more than just a pretty lamp design, this poetic and practical design gives way to the hidden meaning behind light, via the designer Christina Ferraz. What makes a lamp? What makes a light? Are ...
The Inflatable Plastic Chandelier?
Chandelier and inflatable plastic? What a concept? Flexibility, transparency and the use of new technologies is what Puff Buff, a design studio from Warsaw, Poland's multi-disciplinary designs encompass. In ...
A Solar Lamp That Captures Ambient Light?
Some time ago, we brought you the Trap Light, a photoluminescent lamp that uses special light capturing substances to reproduce unused ambient light. Continuing with the work of designers Gionata Gatto & Mike ...
A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL (Part 3 of 3)
V. Sealing the Deal: Federal Standards In January 2012, a federal standard became effective that requires all light bulbs sold in the United States to be 28 percent more efficient than a normal incandescent ...
A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL (Part 2 of 3)
III. Bringing the Market to the Product At the same time the CFL was being developed into a marketable product, the energy efficiency industry was developing into a formidable market force. Many states had ...
A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL (Part 1 of 3)
This is the first in a three-part series of the behind-the-scenes story of the compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL). A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL, originally featured in the October 2012 issue ...
How to: Tips for Indoor Grow Lighting for Seedlings
The Lightpot Seed starting with grow lights is fun and economical. It allows you to choose from a wider variety of seeds, get a jump start on spring planting, and is less expensive than buying the seedlings ...
Photo: Courtesy The Vintage Technology Association Nick Holonyak was sure the LED would replace the incandescent light bulb when he presented it to GE executives 50 years ago. While the incandescent is ...
Office of Light Renovate Burberry and Victoria's Secret
Consultancy firm Office of Light have recently completed the lighting for newly opened fashion houses Burberry and Victoria's Secret. As Burberry opened its largest ever London store in Regent Street, ...
The Kelvin LED Task Lamp by Flos
The Kelvin LED Task Lamp from Flos was designed by Antonio Citterio. The Kelvin LED Task Lamp is characterized by its sleek, long and elegant lines. The warm, soft and comfortable light from the ...
LED Headlights Within The Year
See also: The blog LED Luminaries Standard cars will have LED headlights in the next 18 months, according to headlight maker Hella. "Expect a breakthrough into volume within the next year or one and a ...
Incandescent Bulbs Vs Fluorescent Bulbs: What's The Deal?
In the US, much of the legislation that was written in 2007 which would make the incandescent obsolete because they do not meet the energy efficiency standards was recently overturned in December 2011. What's ...
3 Bathroom Lighting Ideas for Beautiful Bathroom Design on ...
Bathroom Lighting Ideas with recessed lighting as accent lighting placed close to the mirror Are you looking for bathroom lighting ideas? Bathroom lighting ideas not only be able to be element decorating in ...
New LED Packaging Technology Improves Performance
Many researchers have reported improvements in LED technology by enhancing the properties of the LED itself. But the packaging that secures and protects the LED also impacts its overall performance. In a new ...
Conservation Award for Acropolis Laser Rejuvenation
Conservation award for Acropolis laser rejuvenation 04 Oct 2012 Custom system developed by scientists at IESL-FORTH in Crete picks up 2012 Keck Award. The International Institute for Conservation of ...
If you had wandered into a home anytime before the 1980s you would have found that almost all would have featured wallpaper as a prominent part of their interior design. From the 1980s onwards however, ...
Types Of Lighting Supplies To Choose From
Lighting supplies do not have to be extremely expensive. You can still buy the perfect solution for your business at a very reasonable price. Cutting down cost is possible if you find a lighting wholesaler that ...
The Skygarden Pendant by Flos was designed by Marcel Wanders.With a skeleton of die cast aluminum,the FLOS Skygarden Pendant is a solid and practical ceiling lamp. The outer most ...
Leds Magazine - Lednovation Introduces 75w- and 100w-Equivalent ...
LEDnovation introduces 75W-and 100W-equivalent A-lamps,warm-on-dim BR30 28 Sep 2012 LEDnovation has developed a 100W-equivalent A-lamp that produces 1600 lm and uses 19W,while its new 75-equivalent A-lamp uses ...
