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Circadian lighting gets front and center
In case you hadn’t noticed…there is a conference coming up that is consuming a lot of our focus. But for very good reasons, we focus today’s blog on why the circadian lighting panels are a critical part of this year’s Strategies in Light program.
Jan 17th, 2020
Osram’s new Oslon Square Hyper Red packaged LED is capable of 4.6-µmol/J efficacy for horticultural lighting applications. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Osram Opto Semiconductors.)
Osram announces packaged LEDs for horticulture and auto headlamps
Jan 17th, 2020
The larger of the three Oledcomm disks is the transmitter, designed to mount on a ceiling and attach to Ethernet cable. The smaller two are dongles, which attach to a laptop via USB cable, to deliver Li-Fi. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Oledcomm.)
French Li-Fi vendor unveils faster transmitters and broader coverage
Jan 16th, 2020
New Acuity Brands president and CEO Neil Ashe comes from a deep digital background in IT and IoT businesses. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Acuity Brands.)
Acuity Brands introduces Neil Ashe as president and CEO, ending Nagel era
Jan 15th, 2020
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Nichia showcases LEDs with ‘Light so Good’
Jan 14th, 2020
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Catch this bird before it flies off for good!
Jan 13th, 2020
AMS is confident that shareholders will vote for a new rights issue to help it refinance its acquisition of Osram. (Photo credit: Image by Shahid Abdullah via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.)
AMS confident in new rights issue it needs to pay back loan for Osram purchase
Jan 13th, 2020
Adding to the connected home lighting products at CES, GE Lighting launched hybrid Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connected lighting and controls options, along with plans to enable third parties to deliver C by Ge-compatible products. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of GE Lighting.)
GE Lighting and LIFX add to Wi-Fi-based SSL portfolios at CES
Jan 13th, 2020
Fresh color LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors break new barriers in ANSI lumen output for LED projector applications. (Photo credit: Osram Opto Semiconductors.)
Osram breaks ANSI projector brightness barrier with new Ostar color LEDs at CES
Jan 10th, 2020
RANDY REID. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of LumEfficient.)
Business talks will solidify SSL action plans at Strategies in Light
Jan 9th, 2020
New Hue outdoor luminaires will help you get caught up in a light triangle. (Photo credit: Image courtesy of Signify.)
Signify pumps up Hue with more voice controls, outdoor products, and enhanced ‘zones’
Jan 8th, 2020
The chairs are moving around in the executive suite at Signify headquarters. Stéphane Rougeot is stepping down as CFO for personal reasons. René van Schooten will temporarily replace him, returning to the role he previously held, while also relinquishing responsibility for the Home business group. (Photo credit: Image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.)
Signify shuffling CFO and head of Hue
Jan 8th, 2020
New smart devices from Signify’s brand WiZ Connected work together to simplify smart home lighting and reduce energy consumption. (Photo courtesy of WiZ Connected.)
Signify’s WiZ Connected expands Wi-Fi networked-SSL portfolio at CES
Sensors, a dedicated remote, and an energy-use optimization app join the Wi-Fi-centric WiZ Connected portfolio, complementing previously-announced LED lamps and a WiFi Smart Plug.
Jan 7th, 2020
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2020 Sapphire Awards Illumineer finalists break barriers across specialties
One these Illumineer of the Year finalists will be lauded for seeking new levels of innovation in advancing novel, quality LED or SSL technology.
Jan 7th, 2020
Shuji Nakamura’s company SLD Laser believes a laser is not just for lighting and is going to CES to prove it. [Photo credit: Image courtesy of Mark Halper.]
Laser light pioneer now moving in on Li-Fi
SLD Laser, founded by LED legend Shuji Nakamura, headed off to CES to show lasers as a data communications and sensing technology.
Jan 6th, 2020
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LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards program announces sixth year’s finalists (UPDATED)
The shortlist of products across 17 LED and SSL categories shows that the industry is serious about honing its collective craft.
Jan 6th, 2020
AMS got what it was looking for in gaining control of Osram, but now it has the stress of paying for it. (Photo credit: Image by Steve Buisinne via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.)
With its Osram acquisition complete, ams now mulls how to pay for it
The Austrian sensor company will urgently ask its shareholders for approval to sell new equity and use the proceeds to finance the acquisition, as it comes up short in its bid to gain full cash control.
Jan 3rd, 2020
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Strategies in Light slates scenario planning for take-home tactics
Workshop leader CLIFTON STANLEY LEMON and his colleagues prepare for active building of strategic scenarios for lighting with participants at Strategies in Light 2020.
Dec 31st, 2019
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Light chat proves to be quality time
When our chief editor Maury Wright hung out with the hosts of a lighting podcast, there was plenty of talk about approaches to reach the next level of success in the SSL industry.
Dec 27th, 2019
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Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike Series Natural Spectrum LEDs Selected for WalaLight’s Healthy Circadian Rhythm LED Lighting Systems
Dec 23rd, 2019
The CEA “orchestrator” mediates the clashes and gets light signals to play nice together. (Image credit: Concept graphic by Gerd Altmann via Pixabay; used under free license for commercial or noncommercial purposes.)
France tackles Li-Fi’s interference zone
National energy and tech agency CEA is heading to CES to show off a technology that stops light from clashing with light and will allow Li-Fi users to wander.
Dec 23rd, 2019
Cmeadows Lites Blog
Industry insights prove we already know where to go next
No bold predictions here — rather some introspection from those inside the LED and lighting sector that may help to renew industry optimism in 2020.
Dec 18th, 2019
A single LED luminaire style provides projector, spotlight, and wall-wash effects in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, where Zumtobel considered and handled challenges such as tight beam distributions, high ceilings, and art preservation with its custom SSL fixture. (Photo credit: Image by Faruk Pinjo, courtesy of Zumtobel.)
Zumtobel lights Spanish Guggenheim museum with multifunction LED luminaire
One basic SSL design serves in wall-wash to spotlight to projector roles in the relighting of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, delivering light quality and energy efficiency while protecting the precious works.
Dec 19th, 2019
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Top 20 reveals 2019 as a business re-building year
If there was a moment when we thought it might be a quiet year as 2018 closed, it quickly passed when many companies made big changes in 2019 — as reported in our top articles.
Dec 16th, 2019
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Current names Manish Bhandari CEO, shows new Arize SSL fixture
GE Current and private-equity parent American Industrial Partners went outside the organizations to hire new Current CEO Manish Bhandari from Emerson, and Current showed new Arize horticultural luminaires at MJBizCon.
Dec 16th, 2019
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Top 5 of 2019: A blog about blogs
In taking stock of our year’s content, the top blogs proved that emerging SSL applications and provocative questions piqued reader interest.
Dec 13th, 2019