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16-11-2017 NEC Improves Workplace Efficiency with AR Solution Utilizing Smart Glasses

Tokyo, November 7, 2017 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the development of an Augmented Reality (AR) solution to assist users with the selection of items through the use of smart...

06-10-2017 How effective are UVC LEDs?

Answered by the technical team at RayVio corporation. Ultraviolet (UV) light has been used for many years in industry and in health and hygiene regimes. A new generation of LEDs now looks set...

13-09-2017 Sweat-Powered Biofuel Cells Illuminate LEDs

A team of engineers from the University of California, San Diego have developed a material consisting of stretchable fuel cells that can successfully convert energy from sweat into power for...

13-09-2017 Blue-Light Hazard and LEDs: Fact or Fiction?

Little is certain about the health implications of long-term exposure to LED lighting, but the proliferation of phosphor-coated white LEDs in everyday applications has sparked a renewed interest...

08-09-2017 Light flicker ‘could prevent Alzheimer’s’

GROUND-BREAKING research appears to show that flickering light can retard or prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, challenges...

08-09-2017 EU funds hunt for invisible light switch

THE EUROPEAN Union has announced that it is funding the hunt for ‘an invisible light switch’. The move follows a growing belief among lighting engineers and forecasters that the light switch...

04-09-2017 The Revolution: the led light source that even leaves incandescent lamps in the shade

SunLike from Seoul Semiconductor is the response to the hitherto unanswered questions on the quality of artificial light. Seoul Semiconductor and Toshiba surprise the lighting world with a new...

28-08-2017 Advanced Heat-Conducting Plastics Could Usher in Lighter, Cheaper, and More Energy-Efficient Components

Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a new technique for creating plastics that are better at conducting heat. This technique changes the molecular makeup of the plastic,...

28-08-2017 Two-minute explainer: (In)visible random flicker

One of the yardsticks for good LED design is that the electronic circuitry should not produce any perceptible flicker. Flicker is potentially harmful to health and can trigger migraines and...

31-07-2017 Turkey Introduces New REACH-Like Regulations to Control Chemical Usage

Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urbanization has published legislation to restrict the use of chemical substances. Issued on June 23, 2017, under Number 30105 (Repeat) in the Resmi Gazete,...

31-07-2017 European Union organization says LEDs have no direct adverse health effect

The European Union Scientific Committee on Health, Environment and Emerging Risks published research stating that there is no health risk for healthy humans to be exposed to LEDs in the normal use...

10-07-2017 EU Commission Updates Standards List for ATEX Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published a list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements of its directive concerning equipment and...

21-06-2017 How LEDs are eliminating mistakes in the operating room (MAGAZINE)

Light, liver, and the pursuit of happiness: Surgeons in Scandinavia swear that Chromaviso's tunable color system helps them see better, improves results, and sends everyone home in a better frame...

16-06-2017 BABYLUX: the light that brightens the lives of premature babies

The Babylux project comes to an end with promosing results on diffuse optics monitoring of oxygenation levels and cerebral blood flow in premature babies. In January 2014 – ICFO and ICFO...

12-06-2017 Entrevista Fernando Mugarza, Médico y director de Comunicación del IDIS (Instituto para el desarrollo e integración de la Sanidad)