Researchers at MIT have developed an adhesive bandage with a sticky gel-like material that can incorporate temperature sensors, LED lights, and other electronics. It can also incorporate minuscule drug-delivering reservoirs and channels. The researchers created a “smart wound dressing” that responds to changes in temperature by releasing medicine. It also …
LED biomedical applications
Osram Opto Semiconductors Introduces new Lower Profile Infrared LEDs for Biometric Identification
Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the new Oslux SFH 4786S infrared LED (IRED). According to the company, the new IRED that measures just 1.6mm high enables less complex and lower profile iris recognition systems. The new IRED is about one-third thinner than its predecessor and its emission is slightly angled, …
Vishay Introduces Ceramic-based High-Power UV LED to Replace Mercury Lamps
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. of Malvern, Pennsylvania USA introduced a new ceramic-based, high-power UV LED with silicone lens. Vishay designed the new UV LED to offer a reliable and energy efficient replacement for mercury lamps.The VLMU5200-385-140 comes in a 5.2 mm by 5.2 mm by 3.1 mm surface-mount package for industrial, …
Illumitex Introduces LED Grow Light Fixture with Wide Light Distribution
LED grow light designer and manufacturer Illumitex based in Austin, Texas USA, announced the launch of PowerHarvest W, an LED fixture that casts a wide-distribution light beam. Illumitex designs and builds made‐in‐the‐USA LED light fixtures for controlled environment agriculture and greenhouses. The fixtures offer energy‐efficient LED lighting that the company …
Crystal IS Expands Optan Line of Deep UV LEDs
Crystal IS has added to its line of Optan deep UV LEDs. The new deep UV LED comes in a TO-39 package with a flat window. Like the company’s recently launched Optan ball lens (BL) and surface mount devices (SMD), the latest UVC LED is based on native Aluminum Nitride …
Watersprint and Seoul Viosys Have Jointly Developed a Water Purifying System with UV-LED Technology
South Korean company, Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. and Swedish water treatment specialist Watersprint Inc. have collaborated to create a water purification system that employs UV-LED technology that Seoul Viosys calls Violeds. The companies have produced the system that can sterilize contaminated water so that it is suitable for drinking. Watersprint’s …
Heliospectra Gets $229,000 Order from European Grower for LED-based LightBar
Heliospectra AB of Gothenburg, Sweden, a maker of LED-based greenhouse cultivation technology, has received an order valued at just over SEK1.8 million (USD 229,000). The large European greenhouse grower who made the order also participated in Heliospectra’s research and development of the new LED grow light, the Heliospectra LightBar. Installation …
Global Water Technologies Signs MOU to Help AquaSense Commercialize UV LED-based Water Disinfection Products
Global Water Technologies based in Indianapolis, Indiana USA, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AquiSense Technologies. AquiSense Technologies is a Kentucky company that is launching a UV-C LED production product for water disinfection at Aquatech Amsterdam at RAI Amsterdam, The Netherlands (3-6 November). Global Water Technologies is an …
Researchers Demonstrate Method of Stimulating Muscles Directly with LED Light
Researchers at Dalhousie Medical School and the Brain Repair Centre claim to have found a method that allows them to bypass the nervous system to stimulate muscles. The researchers intends to use light to stimulate the muscles directly to address muscle-wasting and paralysis caused from nerve injuries and neurodegenerative diseases. …
Illumitex to Offer On- and Off-Site Consulting Services for Horticultural Operations
Illumitex Inc., a producer of LED lighting for horticulture, reported that the company has launched a new consulting division. The company’s LED lighting technology can provide the sole source of light for indoor horticulture operations and offers active photosynthetic radiation for horticulture. The consulting division intends to help indoor growers become …
