On the heels of Android support, the smart lamp pioneer now lets users change lighting schemes by talking to Amazon’s Echo system.
DOE updates LED MR16 lamp report, adds to white-tunable data
The US Department of Energy has released a new Caliper Snapshot Report covering SSL industry progress in LED-based MR16 lamps, and the agency has published an addendum to its tunable white lighting report.
Philips teams with Cisco and Dutch energy utility Alliander on smart lighting project (UPDATED)
Outdoor scheme near Amsterdam Arena is an early example of cross-industry IoT collaboration. More connected lighting developments expected as soon as next week.
SIL STRIKING POINT: Solid-state lighting is contributing to US carbon emission reduction
Strategies in Light speaker Prajit Ghosh discusses the US carbon-emission reduction goals of the recently proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) and how efficient LED-based solid-state lighting is already contributing to meeting those goals.
Nikkiso delivers 50-mW deep UV LEDs with 10,000-hour lifetime
Applications ranging from curing to disinfection and sterilization will benefit from new UV LEDs in the 265–300-nm band.
GKD wraps Cleveland art institute in LED mesh display
A transparent façade-based LED mesh display screen leverages SSL technology to display the works of Cleveland Institute of Art students in static and moving images.
Cisco marches into connected lighting with new partners and new PoE installations (UPDATED)
The networking giant’s Philips alliance for connected lighting was just a start now that it has announced 15 new collaborators, including Cree. LEDs in the “digital ceiling” are key to its huge Internet of Things push.
No light switches at Cisco's own Berlin smart building, where you can't miss the IoT
With 10,000 sensors and 100 people at Cisco’s innovation center, the networking giant practices what it preaches when it comes to IoT and connected lighting.
Strategies in Light and The LED Show exhibitors bring latest LED technologies to light
Strategies in Light and The LED Show, co-located from Mar. 1-3, 2016, will bring LED and solid-state lighting industry professionals and companies to the Santa Clara Convention Center en masse, providing opportunities for inter-business networking as well as a peek at the latest technologies, products, and other developments for LED-centric applications.
SIL STRIKING POINT: Designers can develop ‘delicious illumination’ concepts with LED lighting
The LED Show chair James Highgate and speakers Randall Whitehead and Clifton Lemon discuss how to achieve balance between smart and beautiful LED lighting schemes in home and garden applications.