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Cree LED lighting components get littler

LED lighting company Cree, active in the LED City movement, has shrunk the size of its LED chips with two new components: the XLamp XE-E and XP-C LED series. Both products are roughly 80 percent smaller than Cree's predecessor products, measuring 3.45 millimeters square by 2 millimeters...

Tags: Cree, LED Lighting, Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Towards low-cost LED lighting

Towards low-cost LED lightingA terrific ideaThis is a great advance and I hope the technology proves practical. Now if Americans will just get their heads on straight and build about 50 nukes and shut down all oil and gas-fired power plants, The USA will no longer be held hostage...

Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED lighting

Discussion threads 2008-07-20

Towards low-cost LED lighting

You all know that incandescent bulbs are pretty inefficient, converting only 10% of electricity into light -- and 90% into heat. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, could soon replace incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs in our homes. They are more efficient and environmentally friendly. But LED lights are currently too expensive...

Tags: Purdue University, Silicon, LED Lighting, Light-emitting Diode, Silicon Substrate, Engineering, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-20

Additional Resources

Messing around with the DROID camera

What? No photos from the track? Droid DoesRE: Messing around with the DROID cameraI have a Droid and I did notice the camera quality was off. I turned the flash LED off and that helped a little on the glare issues. Of course some lighting conditions make a flash LED...

Tags: Engineering, DROID camera, Droid Does, camera

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Alienware M15x (Intel Core i7 720QM, 250GB HDD, 3GB)

Keeping the same revised look and feel as the recent 17-inch M17x version, the Alienware M15x is an imposing black slab of computing power that's thicker and heavier than most 17-inch laptops. We love having high-end options such as Intel's uberpowerful Core i7-920XM CPU, and it's a plus that...

Tags: Alienware, Alienware M15x

Product reviews 2009-11-13

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

One-Touch Bright Video Flashlight plus Emergency Lights 1.2.0.42 (Mobile)

The brightest, most focused light possible on a BlackBerry comes from the video camera light.You can activate this light just by using the video camera, but it normally shuts off after a brief timeout period if you're not recording.Video Flashlight activates the video camera with one click and keeps the...

Tags: Video Recorder, Recorder, Mobile, Light, Video, lsPhone, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Apple tablet gets manufacturing partner

If it's LED backlit LCD, they're going to run into problems...If it's LED backlit LCD, they're going to run into problems. The entire point of eInk is that it's the closest thing we have to "digital paper." It's easy on the eyes, which makes for easy reading. ...

Tags: Notebooks, tablet, Apple Tablet, Apple Inc., eInk, manufacturing, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

(A greener home, room by room)

If you really want to go green ...Your house will need additional power wiring. One is to distribute low voltage DC power for LED lighting. A big snafu no one has really addressed with LED lighting is surge supression. I bought two AC powered LED lamps a few years back,...

Tags: Engineering, DC Power, motor

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

ViewSonic VX2433wm

The ViewSonic VX2433wm is a typical Twisted Nematic monitor with DVI and HDMI connections and built-in speakers. It also has several useful color temperature options, but its performance in games and movies is marred by its relatively low brightness level. For about $200, the monitor is a good...

Tags: Monitors & displays, panel depth, ViewSonic Corp., monitor, OSD, ViewSonic VX2433wm

Product reviews 2009-09-28

ArKaos MediaMaster 1.1 (Windows)

Multi-threaded Engine: Built on ArKaos' latest generation of technology, MediaMaster's multi-threaded engine delivers blistering performance, by taking advantage of multi-core machines. A straightforward interface displaying all layer's parameters simultaneously, as well as all layers preview, gives lighting designers improved visibility of their shows and the best ergonomics possible. With MediaMaster's...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Multi-core, Arkaos, MediaMaster, Audio Visualizer, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-09-21

More electronics salespeople recommend Samsung, not Sony LCD HDTVs

If you're wondering why Sony is losing share in the HDTV market—that is, aside from its high prices—here's one possibility. According to a new study by J.D. Power and Associates, salespeople at electronics retailers are increasingly recommending Samsung sets, while they're less likely to recommend Sonys. In fact, Samsung LCDs...

Tags: Sony Corp., Plasma, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Electronics, LCD, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-09-14

ArKaos MediaMaster 1.1 (Mac)

ArKaos MediaMaster brings uncompromised control to 8 layers of high definition video to the lighting design industry. With its state-of-the-art video mixing engine, support for high resolution output, LED panel integration and full DMX support, it proves you don't need to ruin yourself to integrate video performances to your light...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Performance, Video, Arkaos, Corporate Communications, Performance Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Toshiba 55SV670U

At the high end of the LCD TV cost spectrum sits models equipped with LED backlighting. Whether edge-lit or local dimming, these sets command a price premium and deliver somewhat better energy efficiency and markedly better black level performance than standard LCD TVs. But with black levels on par with...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Toshiba SV670U, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Toshiba 46SV670U

At the high end of the LCD TV cost spectrum sits models equipped with LED backlighting. Whether edge-lit or local dimming, these sets command a price premium and deliver somewhat better energy efficiency and markedly better black level performance than standard LCD TVs. But with black levels on par with...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Toshiba SV670U, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-08-27

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

How will Silverlight light up Microsoft's Web-based Office apps?

minor typo"But a the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall" should be "But as the Office Web Apps team has been saying since last fall"Feel free to delete this. :-)I expect the web based Office...to go the way of so many more of their web services....

Tags: cloud computing, Office 2010, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Office Web Apps, Office Web, Office Apps, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Disco Nightclub And Lounge Controller 2.0 (Windows)

The first Lighting control software designed specifically for Nightclub and Lounge Control. With features like Audio Detect, Auto Pilot, and Wizards, this software makes it easy to control lighting in the nightclub and lounge markets. Version 2.0 features better LED Matrix management, More user Friendly features and bug Fixes. ...

Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Mega Systems, Engineering, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-30

Toshiba Satellite M505-S4940

Editor's note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores. Positioned as a midrange affordable laptop in the budget area of our back-to-school retail roundup, the Toshiba Satellite M505-S4940 is...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Toshiba Satellite, processor, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-24

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