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- Smart backup battery pack for iPhone 3G
- One of the biggest drawbacks of the 3G radio and GPS receiver in the new iPhone is the tax that it takes on the battery. Most people using the new iPhone have noted that it can be difficult making it through a full day on a...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Light-emitting Diode, Battery, Backup, Apple iPhone 3G, Engineering, 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- 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
- IMHO, PhlatLight LEDs from Luminus are pretty phat
- LED screens in notebooks are becoming fairly common, if not standard, not just because of the energy issues but because people are craving smaller, lighter laptops. But what about an LED in your HDTV? Enter Luminus Devices of Billerica, Mass., which has developed an LED chip...
- Tags: Home Theater, DLP, Light-emitting Diode, Luminus Technology, Engineering, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Lyrebird (exe)
- Lyrebird is a common LED information publishing software, it can help you easily edit and distribute medias to all types of synchronous and asynchronous LED controllers. It will manage various of devices with the same interface, which will help user edit and playback the media information easily. This system also...
- Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Shanghai Polar Vision, Lyrebird, Engineering
- Software downloads 2008-05-28
- Photos: Furnishings with a future
- The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a showcase for modern design, attracted its fair share of tech-oriented, futuristic, and energy-saving devices.The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, which took place last week in New York, is a showcase for modern design. More than 600 exhibitors displayed contemporary furniture, flooring, lighting, and wall coverings....
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Showcase, Lamp, Photograph, Seat, LED Light, That', Engineering, Construction, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-27
- LED Tester (Windows) (zip)
- LED Tester Windows is a free LED screen test software. It could help you test and debug the LED screen conveniently. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Microsoft Windows, Shanghai Polar Vision, Engineering
- Software downloads 2008-05-27
- LED Tester (Linux) (gz)
- LED Tester Linux is a free LED screen test software. It could help you test and debug the LED screen conveniently. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Shanghai Polar Vision, Engineering, Linux, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-05-27
- Rumor Mill: What's just around the bend from Apple
- It time for a Friday rumor roundup and if it seems like most of the rumors are iPhone-related, that's because they are. Today I'll start off with a couple that aren't iPhone rumors. LED Screens in all MacBooks by 2009 Word is that Apple will start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Light-emitting Diode, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., LED Screens, 3G, Engineering, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Cree's LED lights for the rest of us
- Cree's LED lights for the rest of usThese are greatI'm in the process of installing these in my home and they are great. I've been a fan of LED lighting for many years, but none to date have been anything more than a proof-of-concept. These are different. ...
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, Cree, LED Lights
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Photos: Maker Faire unboxed
- Weekend event celebrates the do-it-yourselfer ethos with fire, paint, BBs, wire, shadows, and tongue-in-cheek engineering. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com, Light-emitting Diode, Coil, Engineering, Internet, Ethos
- Image galleries 2008-05-06
- Leading with LED
- Leading with LEDHUH?Are you talking about light-bright?http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2008-04-26
- Leading with LED
- Some random smatterings of information to report today, related to the adoption of LED technology. First off, the folks that gave away all those LED holiday lights at the end of last year are saying thanks with a $1,000 donation to a non-profit organization with a mission...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-04-26
- Photos: LEDs in your contact lenses
- It's still just a prototype at the University of Washington, but eventually electronic circuitry could create virtual displays before your very eyes. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, University Of Washington, Photograph, Engineering, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-01-22
- New LED information resource
- New LED information resourceLED's are the path of future lightingthat and bio-luminescence. Currently the LED technology is exploding, the little power miser lights are getting brighter and a broader color range. There are currently bulbs for indoor use, while very expensive AND limited currently in application, they are moving forward....
- Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- New LED information resource
- OK, so it was something like 65 degrees here in Northern New Jersey which, aside from being weird, made me want to go out and play in the dirt and get my plants ready for the spring. Anyway, if any of you are also feeling the...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-01-08
- Automotive LEDs to be worth $1 bln by 2014
- Expanding use of LEDs into automotive LCD backlighting and exteriors lighting - most recently, fully LED-based front headlights. Major LED vendors, including Nichia, OSRAM and Lumileds are currently working with automotive partners to gain a major share of a market that will be worth $1 bln by 2014, Strategy Analytics...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, Engineering, site admin
- Blog posts 2007-12-31
- Photos: Oh Christmas tree, oh LED tree
- More than ever, consumers and others are turning to diode tech to save energy in their holiday displays. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Diode, Light-emitting Diode, Photograph, Tree, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-12-24
- LED Binary Clock (zip)
- LED Binary Clock is a free binary clock showing the time in LEDs Horizontally or Vertically multialarm is also supported. LED Binary Clock is a binary clock showing the time in LEDs Horizontally or Vertically, it also has a multi-alarm allowing you to set many reminders if you...
- Tags: Light-emitting Diode, LED Binary Clock, Engineering
- Software downloads 2007-11-28
- HolidayLEDs offers to recycle old-fangled light strands
- HolidayLEDs offers to recycle old-fangled light strandsChristmas LEDs--An idea whose time has comeWe replaced all of our outside lights with LEDs this year. Just a little thing you can do for the environment and your electric bill. An added benefit is that my PC doesn't reboot when I plug...
- Tags: Engineering, benefit, light-emitting diode, HolidayLEDs
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
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