Research & Development

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Blogs

UV still on the hitlist of August content

Sept. 4, 2020
The dogs days of August show that readers are still chasing down the ultraviolet germicide topic.
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Lighting for Health & Wellbeing

LRC to move the bulk of its SSL research to Rutgers and Figueiro’s new Center

Sept. 3, 2020
Mariana Figueiro had announced several months back that she would be moving to Rutgers to lead a new Center for Healthy Aging, and now it appears that most of the Lighting Research...
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LEDs & SSL Design

University of California expands its LED lamp patent infringement action

Sept. 2, 2020
The latest in legal action brought by Nixon Peabody now targets manufacturers and retailers offering LED-based filament technology originally developed by researchers from UC ...
The US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) dove into the reporting accuracy of commercially-available connected devices capable of self-reporting energy usage. The study showed variations across devices (not shown) and test conditions (shown). The results and technical recommendations in the report could assist stakeholders in specification and standards development. (Image credit: Illustration courtesy of PNNL.)
Connected SSL & Controls

DOE PNNL studies how advanced SSL might self-report energy consumption (UPDATED)

Aug. 21, 2020
Static expectations of energy usage can virtually eliminate the chance that technologies such as tunable lighting get installed, but energy usage reporting could change that.
GE researcher Dr. James Murphy said during a SID Display Week Business Conference keynote that new 3-D printing technologies “will pave the way for our narrowband red and green phosphors to be used in next generation micro and mini LED displays.” (Photo credit: Image courtesy of GE Licensing.)
LEDs & SSL Design

GE updates line phosphor technology for mini/micro LED displays

Aug. 18, 2020
A combination of narrowband phosphor and inkjet printing technology could yield monolithic micro LED displays with native blue emitters and phosphor-converted red and green sub...