Heliospectra AB, an LED lighting manufacturer for greenhouse cultivation, and American Cannabis Company, Inc., a cannabis industry consultant and provider of products, have sold one of the largest LED cultivation installations in the world to a licensee in Las Vegas, Nevada. Phase I of this contract represents over $672,000 in …
LED Applications
Chinese Space Station to Use LED Lighting Exclusively
China is scheduled to complete a new space station known as the Tiangong programme in 2022. The Chinese space station will use LED lighting exclusively. All lighting for the space station will be LED-based including large and powerful spotlights that illuminate missions such as spacewalks and docking and the astronauts’ …
Enhancement Mode and Cascode Configuration GaN-on-Silicon Platforms
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany, has expanded its Gallium Nitride (GaN)-on-Silicon technology and product portfolio. The company now offers both cascade and enhancement mode configuration of GaN-based platforms. Infineon has optimized the GaN-on-Si for applications requiring superior energy efficiency and higher power density including Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) …
Integrated Endoscopy’s Single-Use Rigid Endoscope Reduces Infection Risks
Integrated Endoscopy, Inc. demonstrated its nuvis™ Single-Use Arthroscope at the 2015 AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) Surgical Conference and Expo, March 7–11, 2015, in Denver. The company claims that the device is the only single-use rigid endoscope commercially available in the United States. An endoscope is a slender and …
Portable Digital LED Display Screen Module from UBLEDs Becomes Innovative Product Award Finalist at TILS 2015
UBLeds’ new portable display screen emerged as a finalist at the Taiwan International Lighting Show 2015. The “Portable Digital LED Display Screen Module” integrates an LED and IC chip into single pixel packages on parallel ribbons of RGB LEDs. The company says that the design reduces the cost of assembling, …
Sensorex Launches UVT Monitor with Crystal IS UVC LEDs
Sensorex, a Garden Grove, California-based producer of sensors for water applications, has launched a new UVT Monitoring instrument. Sensorex evaluated Crystal IS UVC LEDs as a replacement light source for mercury-based lamps. Testing at Sensorex confirmed that longer lasting and brighter UVC LEDs were a significant contribution to the Sensorex …
Market for LED-based Agricultural Grow Lights to more than Quadruple Between 2014 and 2021, According to WinterGreen Research
WinterGreen Research has published a new study about the market for LED Agricultural Grow Lights between 2015 to 2021. The market research firm predicts that the market for LED Grow lights will more than quadruple from its current level of about $395 million in 2014 to $1.8 billion by 2021. …
Excelitas Technologies® Corp. Unveils New OmniCure® AC2 Series UV LED Curing Solutions
Excelitas Technologies Corp. of Waltham, Massachusetts USA, has launched its new OmniCure® AC2 Series UV LED Curing Systems. Excelitas says the compact addition to the AC Series of UV LED Curing solutions delivers outstanding irradiance from an LED system small enough for space constrained applications. The air-cooled product with a …
Party New York Unveils Disco Dog-a Smartphone Controlled LED Dog Vest
Party New York, a creative lab with designers and engineers create digital content for our big brand partners to promote their various products. The group challenged themselves to create a unique product of their own. The group created Disco Dog, the first smartphone-controlled LED Dog vest. The dog vest acts …
RayVio Closes $9.3 million Series B to Bring UV LED Solutions to Market
RayVio reports that the company has emerged from stealth mode and raised $9.3 million in Series B funding. New investors include Tolero Ventures, New Ground Ventures, Applied Ventures and Augment Ventures. Existing investors Capricorn Investment Group and DCM Ventures also contributed to the funding round. RayVio plans to use the …
