Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Is the LED revolution coming?
- Is the LED revolution coming?Not so fastLED's are a great technology, however they are still very expensive to implement. I spent approximately $250 in bulbs (from www.thebulb.com) for CFL's to convert my entire home [and thats with the Energy Star discount code]. Grand total of bulbs? About 40. Now I...
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, bulb, LED Bulb
- Discussion threads 2008-12-22
Additional Resources
- Deck the halls with LED
- Sounds OKSounds like a reasonable idea although the cost of LED lights is quite high ($30?).lehnerus2000$30 for LED lights?We buy sets here for $15... and considering that the power consumption is so much lower that they quite literally pay for themselves in the savings on my electric bill, they're worth...
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- BestFLASH (for 4.7+) (Mobile)
- Useful and fun multifunction light using video light, screen and LED, with separate Quick Light icon for one-touch stay-on video light on device software 4.7+, or one-touch max screen+LED on pre-4.7. - Flashlight (any-color dimmable LED+screen, one-touch switch to cam light when configured in 4.7+, requires menu selection in addition...
- Tags: Screen, Mobile, Gesture, Light-emitting Diode, lsPhone, Controls, Engineering, Corporate Communications, Keyboards, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2009-10-02
- BestFLASH (for 4.2.1-4.6.x) (Mobile)
- Useful and fun multifunction light using video light, screen and LED, with separate Quick Light icon for one-touch stay-on video light on device software 4.7+, or one-touch max screen+LED on pre-4.7. - Flashlight (any-color dimmable LED+screen, one-touch switch to cam light when configured in 4.7+, requires menu selection in addition...
- Tags: Screen, Mobile, Gesture, Light-emitting Diode, lsPhone, Controls, Engineering, Corporate Communications, Keyboards, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2009-10-02
- Emergency Lights 1.2.0.42 (Mobile)
- Emergency Light is a pair of emergency flasher lights:1. The general emergency flasher alternates red and white on the screen + LED at maximum brightness.2. The distress signal flashes the Morse Code SOS on the screen + LED at maximum brightness, alternating with a long red flash.Flashing can be "soft"...
- Tags: Mobile, Light-emitting Diode, lsPhone, Engineering
- Software downloads 2009-10-02
- Gadget Gal's daily deals: Samsung camcorder, Sony VAIO laptop, 3M mini projector
- A Samsung hi-def camcorder, a 3M pico projector, and a Sony VAIO netbook-style laptop. Here are your daily deals for Tuesday, August 18, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Get the Samsung HMX-R10 High Definition Camcorder in silver or black for $399.96, down from $499.99. The camcorder...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 3M Co., Camcorder, Laptop Computer, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Remodelled house generates more energy than it uses
- It is AMAZING how much CFLs save ....Not just in raw wattage consumption, but on reducing the heat load on air conditioning.It adds up to BIG BUCKS every month!LEDs the next big thingCFLs require about 1/3rd of the energy to produce a given light output, when compared to incandescents.LED bulbs,...
- Tags: Engineering, CFL, light-emitting diode, mercury
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Mitsubishi WD-82737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Mitsubishi WD-73737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Mitsubishi WD-60737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- Mitsubishi WD-65737
- Photo gallery: Mitsubishi WD-737 seriesIf the heyday of the gigantic-screen rear-projection HDTV is over, somebody needs to tell Mitsubishi. The company is the sole remaining proprietor pushing out 60-inch-plus TVs too thick to hang on the wall and too inexpensive to merit a cameo on MTV's "Cribs." Its...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsubishi WD-737, TV
- Product reviews 2009-07-07
- LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?
- LEDs get royal treatment, will they save the planet?We have mostly CFLs in our house.They are very bright for the wattage the use. They also have different spectrum values. But the mercury is a nasty drawback. I hope the LEDs will have a similar selection of the...
- Tags: Engineering, receptical, light-emitting diode, CFL
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- Weekend stuff: learning with Suw via Twitter
- I often hear how Twitter is the magic bullet to so many things and as a hardcore enterprisey type and despite my personal Twitt-addiction, I'd usually say: 'Pft.' Today taught me a couple of things that may yet change my mind. Suw Charman-Anderson, a UK colleague randomly...
- Tags: Twitter, Suw Charman-Anderson, Vinnie, Social Networking, Branding, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- The CFL kerfuffle
- The CFL kerfuffleThe NY Times deserves to go bankruptThat kind of shoddy journalism makes me glad they will eventually go out of business. Personally, I have swapped about 80% of the bulbs in my home with CFLs. One 6 pack of GE bulbs worked for about an hour in my...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, CFL
- Discussion threads 2009-03-29
- Not only green, efficient, but now cheaper
- Not only green, efficient, but now cheaperNice, I use leds in my treehouseThey fit in MR-16 compatible fixtures wired to regular wall switches.They're wired to my 6v dc batteries to make 12v and last for days without running the generator -which sips gas at a cost of about 200 per...
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- Apple's 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?
- Apple's 8 hour battery: breakthrough or bungle?i think i'm going to get one of thesei have owned laptops before and never bought a 2nd battery... honestly, my laptops have been plugged in 80% of the time anyway. but with an 8 hour battery I may change my habits.RE: Apple's 8...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, Apple Inc., laptop computer, Apple MacBook, Wintel
- Discussion threads 2009-01-14
- Needed: a truly green source of light (besides the sun). Any bright ideas?
- Fossil fuel prices are dropping so all the folks who rushed into the alternative energy branch of greentech are going to be slogging up a steep and slippery slope for some time. But can't somebody come up with a good idea for artificial lighting that is both more efficient...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Fossil Fuel Price, CFL, MERCURY, Worldwatch, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Interesting facts about the new MacBooks
- Some quick observations about the new MacBooks culled from around the Web: The MacBook no longer has a Firewire port. Target Disk Mode is gone too it died with Firewire. A new version of Migration Assistant (1.2.2...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., MBP, Hard Drive Swap, Serial ATA Controller, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"
- A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...
- Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Canada adds another city to LED City list
- Canada adds another city to LED City listIt is laudible, but what's the cost?I tend not to believe their web page (no information, you have to call). Just doing some searching on the web, LED lights appear to be more more than 20X more expensive than traditional. With...
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED City
- Discussion threads 2008-09-06
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
SmartPlanet
-
Thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large.
Visit SmartPlanet
- More from IBM
-
-
Innovate your business' process model, play against the market, compete against others on our scoreboards and WIN!
Try INNOV8 2.0: A BPM Simulator
-
Enabling Real-World Business Transformation through IBM Service Management
Read the EMA Analyst Report
White Papers and Webcasts
Read about top issues IT decision-makers face every day, plus get cost-effective solutions to real-life IT problems.
A simplified IT environment isn't just less complex. It's also more reliable. Standardize on a single Linux platform with SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell, and get the world's most interoperable Linux
If Linux is going to power your mission-critical applications, you'd better have the best support known to business. Novell was rated the top provider of Linux technical support.
