LED lamp and luminaire specialist folds its Microlights unit, readies a new “Lighting 3.0” entity to leverage Gooee IoT technology.

Battery backup for luminaires will combine with new capabilities in the LightRules software management platform, allowing companies to install a single lighting system in industrial and warehouse settings with requisite emergency-lighting support.

Osram Opto Semiconductors’ new Duris S 5 Color LEDs target tunable SSL products while Everlight Electronics’ 5630 white packaged LEDs break the 200-lm/W efficacy level and are intended for general lighting.

An announcement by the companies is expected next week, and should include Power over Ethernet.

Ivy League school updates its 250,000-square-foot athletic facility with 839 Hubbell SSL fixtures and deploys the company’s wiSCAPE network control system.

EcoSense Lighting has acquired Journée Lighting, while MaxLite has filed a patent infringement suit against ATG Electronics, and Boston University has won an IP action against several Taiwan players in the LED and SSL sectors.

Former vice president of the Watson cloud computing services group will lead the digital charge at GE’s Current.

The two companies confirm their Power over Ethernet collaboration. Philips also strikes IoT deals with SAP, Bosch.

Biometric identification, color projectors, and TVs with a richer color gamut are the targets of new packaged LED technology from Osram Opto Semiconductors.

The ‘Light-Scene Engine’ supports a mix of 16 million colors for variable color schemes and features wireless controls.