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FIG. 1. Four Cordish Companies Live! restaurants have LED-based, direct-view video displays, including this 100-ft diagonal installation in Arlington, TX, that deliver surreal image quality called high dynamic range (HDR) that is due to fast pixel on-off transitions and exceptional contrast ratio. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of The Cordish Companies.)

Stunning LED displays with equally stunning prices have bright future (MAGAZINE)

As LED technology marches toward mini and then micro dimensions, we will see increased usage of self-emissive LED video displays indoors, writes MAURY WRIGHT. Already the technology is compelling, but the price remains extremely high.

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Virtual prototyping of LED products speeds development (MAGAZINE)

ANDRÁS POPPE, ROBIN BORNOFF, GUSZTAV HANTOS, and JANOS HEGEDUS describe a multidimensional modeling approach for LEDs and LED-based systems that can characterize a digital twin for virtual prototyping, which can accelerate SSL product development.

Outdoor lighting standards illuminate the road to smart cities (MAGAZINE)

DAN EVANS details technology and communications standards that have evolved to connect devices and lighting in smart-city networks, along with emerging standards that will support next-generation use cases.

Our SSL industry seems afraid of its own shadow (MAGAZINE)

MAURY WRIGHT observes some harsh truths about maintaining a healthy market and leveraging SSL business opportunities.

Employees at the Netscout Texas headquarters are working under human-centric lighting in what supplier Eureka Lighting calls an “employee-centric design,” which combines glare-minimizing features for eye comfort with acoustic muting capability to enable collaboration in a communal workspace. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Eureka Lighting.)

IT specialist Netscout adopts employee-centric SSL in new Texas office

Eureka Lighting supplied the LED-based luminaires that were critical in Netscout’s new Allen, TX facility encouraging teamwork and collaboration in open spaces.

LEDs Magazine launches first ever salary survey

LED and SSL sector participants are asked to complete the survey and respondents will get a detailed copy of the results.

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Signify will acquire the Eaton SSL business Cooper Lighting Solutions

The presumed spinout of Cooper Lighting Solutions into a publicly-traded company has been derailed with Signify agreeing to acquire the Cooper business directly from Eaton.

Photo credit: Image courtesy of Zumtobel; photography by Faruk Pinjo.

Pro sports SSL: Signify and Orange Velodrome, Zumtobel and Signal Iduna Park

LED-based lighting continues a march into pro sports venues with stadiums in Dortmund, Germany and Marseille, France getting lighting upgrades from Zumtobel and Signify, respectively.

Photo credit: Image courtesy of Lumileds.

Packaged LED news: Lumileds adds COB, Everlight targets auto, and Bridgelux

A narrow-band red phosphor yields excellent efficacy in a Lumileds COB LED while Everlight adds infrared and RGB LEDs for automotive applications and Bridgelux ships Thrive.

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Panelists plot the horticultural lighting evolution

A well-rounded panel discussion at the upcoming HortiCann Light + Tech conference will set up the plot line for the ongoing horticultural SSL story.

SSL business news: Eaton/Cooper and Telensa, DOE, and Tridonic in Beijing

Midnight has come and gone in Austria and Germany, and Osram has not changed hands. (Photo credit: Image by Steve Buissinne via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)

AMS falls short in bid to acquire Osram, for now

Our latest horticultural lighting updates lean heavily on UV and IR spectrum. (Photo credit: Image by the travelnook via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial/editorial purposes.)

Horticultural SSL news: Ceravision taps plasma, ProGrowTech adds fixtures

Osram LED downlights, in combination with natural daylight via skylights and windows, provides architectural illumination at Beijing Daxing. It’s not clear how much IoT the lighting delivers. (Photo credit: All images courtesy of Osram.)

Osram, still in lighting, illuminates new Beijing airport