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Could you imagine driving on glass road in future? This idea may sound crazy, but inventors are quite sure about it. They use a high-durability glass for road-paving which offers the same grip to vehicles as ordinary roads. Under the glass road, it will be equipped with LED lights, providing illumination for drivers at night. Solar-powered LED Glass Road Even more, the LED glass road could melt snow automatically because of its solar power system. The inventors said that the road is very eco-friendly. It's able to absorb solar energy. Solar LED Glass Road LED Lighting Glass Road It is said that this solar-powered LED glass road have been put in use in some areas for test. Inventors now are looking forward for more investment and fund for a large-scale practice. Perhaps sometime in future, we will drive or walk on this solar-powered LED glass road. Recommended News: " NI LED Parasol: No Darkness at Beach Night Any Longer " " Removable

Times Magazine reported last January, people now undergo a more serious sleeplessness problem than ever before. The annual sleep-related cost increases 8.8% every year since 2008; and it has been up to $32 billion USD in 2012. 73% American netizen searched online for health information, and 43% looked for sleep remedy. According to National Sleep Foundation, only 56% people in U.S. could sleep well on weekdays. Therefore, Saffron launched new smart LED bulb " Drift Light " on May 7th, claiming that the bulb could gradually dim off like sunset to promote people's sleep. Saffron Drift Light Gizmodo and CNET reported, Drift Light bulb is designed with a built-in "Midnight Mode". Double press the switch, the bulb will mimics evening sunset and slowly extinguished within 37 minutes. This LED bulb is designed to help people go back to the time when there is no invention of artificial light, and find the body's natural sleep patterns. The company said

CREE announced on May 6th that they will start selling TW Series LED bulbs in U.S. Home Depots. The company claims that this series of LED bulbs have 25 times service life than that of incandescent bulbs, and the CRI is up to 93. The higher the CRI, the more real and brighter the object color(closer to that under sunlight). Light source with over 90 CRI is usually the favorite of photographers, designers, and art lovers. Cree LED Lighting Bulb for Home Illumination Ceiling Lighting with 3 Cree TW Series Bulbs There're 2 types of Cree TW Series LED bulbs, 40W and 60W. The price is $13.97, and $15.97 respectively. Despite it's more expensive than incandescent bulbs, the company emphasized that TW series LED bulbs can save up to 78% energy, and work well for 10 years. New Cree TW Series LED Bulb Cree released "SmartCast technology" at March this year. Smart LED bulbs, compared with the traditional energy-saving fluorescent bulbs, save more than

Now China LED lights, cheap in price but nice in quality, enjoy a hot-selling in many South Korea's shopping malls and supermarkets. This situation triggers concerns of many Korean LED companies. Director from one LED lighting fixture company(Gyeonggi-do, Korea) said, the selling price of LED lights from small or medium manufacturers is about 7,000 won(about 42 RMB), while it costs less than 5,000 won to buy China LED lights in most giant supermarkets, like EMART and LOTTART. It's really hard for Korea small and medium companies to compete with such a low price. South Korea Lighting Show It's reported that some China LED lights in Korea market are now 50% off for promotions. In this situation, many Korea domestic lighting products will probably be withdrew if they could not get out of this dilemma. South Korea Festival Lighting Show Besides, some Korea supermarkets even undersell China LED lights with their own labels. It not only increases the profit o

Holland lighting giant Philips is closing its lighting fixture plant, Philip Canlyte in Cornwall. This plant, established in 1987, originates from Canlyte, brand of Canada lighting fixture company, Genlyte. After the acquisition of Philips in 2008, the plant's name was changed to Philips Canlyte. Philps Canlyte will be officially closed in 2015, before which the plant will gradually stop production of incandescent lights, and LED light line will be handed over to other North America Plants. Cornwall Philips Canlyte Plant It's said that about 190 Canlyte employees will lose their jobs. Philip's spokesman, Santina Giuliano, said employees were receiving details of their termination arrangements. Philips Canlyte Plant Now more and more companies involve in LED fixture production. Philips said, the changing of market needs is the main reason they close the plant. Recommended News: Philips Smart LED Bulb Supports iOS 8 " " NI LED Parasol:

It's reported that Apple has purchased LuxVue Company, creator of low-power micro-LED displays. This acquisition means that Apple's future products will be equipped with better and more energy-saving displays. It's not yet clear how much Apple spent on this purchase. LuxVue will be in charge of new GoogleGlass display technology. The company's display technology promises better display and less power than current OLED technology. Apple iWatch Display Apple iWatch LuxVue mainly engages in micro-LED technology development for future consume electronics that require significantly less power but offer amazing display effect. Many people think the reason why Apple purchases LuxVue is to support iWatch display work. The usual display technology is realised by arranging white light for each pixel and filtering other unwanted colors. However, LuxVue designs 6 lights in red, green,and blue(2 for each color) for each pixel, which greatly improves the bright

Car light is obviously indispensable to driving safety; however, there is nearly no unique or individualized design on car light development up till now. BMW plans to equipment OLED to cars, achieving a greater lighting effect. BMW applies different angle design to different OLED panels. All OLED lights are arranged in groups, and they could be controlled separately. This design is not only very stylish, but also effective in lighting, which ensures that the light is visible from every angle. BMW Car Light BMW OLED Car Light BMW said, OLED panel lights can create a pleasant and stylish lighting effect, and display light in various ways. OLED provides a more diverse design concept for the designers. BMW OLED Car Light Design BMW plans to apply OLED to the car design within three years. OLED flat panel will be used for the design first, and then flexible OLED design will be released for custom purposes. Recommended News: " NI LED Parasol: No Darkness

Recently, Britain's leading photographer, Caleb Charland, launched his new work "Back to Light", using fruits and vegetables as batteries to power up LED light. The photographs are amazing, demonstrating basic scientific principles with most common things around us. "Back to Light" is inspired by a classic school test, potato battery. "By inserting a galvanized nail into one side of a potato and a copper wire in the other side a small electrical current is generated. The utter simplicity of this electrical phenomenon is endlessly fascinating for me." Charland said.  The experimental subjects are not only potatoes, but also other kinds of fruits or vegetables. He once made a temporary battery with a lime, or supplied power via a pile of apples, or even powered up LED light by just an orange. Orange to Power up LED Light Lime Battery Lime Battery for Lighting Apple Battery to Power up LED Light Fruit battery in the picture is ac

Have you ever thought of having sunbath at home anytime of day or night? It's absolutely possible now. Paolo di Trapani, from Ys Boulia University, Italy, developed this new technology, "artificial daylight". This technology uses LED panel, and the light emits through transparent plastic panels. The major breakthrough is titania nanoparticles, which is invisible to eyes, are applied for this design. These particles are used for scattering light, which is similar to the principle of sunlight through the Earth's atmosphere. Some people might think it's "unnecessary" to do so; but this process is simulated Reylight scattering, thus make the light appears more "real". In fact, "natural light" helps relieve depression and reduce stress. But people seldom access to it. Therefore, this technology helps you to enjoy daylight at home anytime of day or night. Although currently there is no related products for sale, Paolo di

From wireless intelligent lighting system "hue" to the two well-known 3D-printed lighting products, Philips has been leading the lighting industry from traditional lighting to energy-efficient LED lighting. On Apr. 22nd, 2014, Philips announced its first quarter(from January to March ) earnings report. The report shows that Philips' first quarter revenue reduced by 4.8% to 5.02 billion euros, EBITA reduced by 21.9% to €314 million, and net profit was down 15% to 137 million euros. Sales of Philips Lighting sector in the first quarter reduced by 4.2% to 1.892 billion euros; EBITA slipped 6.1% to 138 million euros. LED product sales, increasing by 37%, accounts for 33% of Philips Lighting sector's sales, which is higher than last year, 23%. "Our first-quarter financial results reflect a challenging start to the year. Looking ahead, we remain very confident of achieving our 2016 mid-term financial targets." Frans van Houten, CEO said.

In many cities, traffic congestion is always a big problem for traffic police especially in rush hour. Many polices have to direct the traffic by traffic batons. But the fact is that it's difficult to attract drivers' attention, especially from a far distance, by traditional traffic baton; thus a new type of LED traffic baton which can show alert text information comes into being. As we mentioned, this LED traffic baton can display text information. When police swings the traffic baton, there will be "slow" or "fast" information showing in the air. This helps a lot with traffic dispersion. Recommended News: " Fruit Batteries to Power up LED Light " " LED Home Lighting Taking a Great Market Share in Japan 2015 " " LED Bulb Price Drops in March, 2014 " " UAE Women Invent Intelligent lighting System for Haze Days " " Commuter X4 LED Bike Light Included in British Inventors Project " &q

After the earthquake, Japan faces a rise of electricity bills because of power shortages. It puts a great emphasis on "energy saving" of its new energy strategy, and promotes energy-efficient products and energy-saving technologies. LED lighting is now the mainstream lighting in Japan due to "energy saving". Japan totally banned the use of incandescent in 2012. According to the data released by Japan JLMA, LED lighting accounted for 40% of lighting products in Japan market in 2012. In 2015, LED home lighting will take a great market share in Japan. Panasonic is going to adopt LED to all its residential lighting products in 2015. In 2013, 80% of Panasonic residential lighting products were LED lighting, and that of Toshiba's reached 70%. Recommended News: " Fruit Batteries to Power up LED Light " " LED Traffic Baton Able to Display Text Information " " LED Bulb Price Drops in March, 2014 " " UAE Women

LEDinside observed that 40W equivalent bulb price drops big in China, and 60W equivalent bulb price runs steady globally. In March, 2014, 40W equiv. LED bulb retail price declined globally by about 1.3% to $14.9. 60W equiv. LED bulbs retail price did not change too much, remaining at $20.8. In March, 40W equiv. LED bulb retail price dropped by 14.7% in China, and the existing products' prices fell. Take 7W bulb(450-500LM) from one China manufacturer for example, the price reduced from $4.3 to about $2.9. Also, 5W bulb(450LM, 30,000h service life) this month, the price dropped to $4 from $12.3. In addition, the exchange rate rise also led to a price reduction. Besides, 40W equiv. LED bulb retail price the United States also showed a significant decline, 7.6%, in March. The existing products' prices basically showed a steady a downward trend; some commodity's prices dropped more obviously, such as price of 6W CREE dimmable bulb fell to $ 4.97 in some areas of the Unit

United Arab Emirates Today reported on April 11 that 3 UAE women engineers recently invented a new type of road intelligent lighting system to prevent haze-day traffic accidents. These 3 women engineers all come from Fujairah, UAE. According to their vision, this intelligent lighting system will be installed on both sides of highway. The biggest advantage is that the system could automatically rate the haze, and the lights would power up for illumination accordingly. Intelligent Road Lighting System Demonstration Meanwhile, the system comes with a set of communication devices which will provide real-time traffic information to drivers, and also remind them to slow down. In addition, communication devices are connected with police department, keep the police well-informed of road visibility conditions, and reminding them to make contingency plans. According to three inventor's estimation that the minimum cost of this lighting system is about 70,000 dirhams per 100 ki

At Gadget Show Live 2014, a product named "Commuter X4", a combination of wearable LED taillight and shoulder straps, won the second place of British Inventors Project. For people who like riding at night, safety is absolutely the priority. You must be sure that vehicle drivers are able to see you before a bad accident happens. In this case, many manufacturers develop a variety of lighting, projection, or intelligent lighting products for cyclist. Commuter X4 is a new safety idea with a traditional style design. It's designed with 4 light-emitting straps and a big round LED light in between. Considering many cyclists need to wear backpacks, Commuter X4 is designed to be "wearable" to a 35-liter backpack. Recommended News: " LED Traffic Baton Able to Display Text Information " " LED Home Lighting Taking a Great Market Share in Japan 2015 " " LED Bulb Price Drops in March, 2014 " " UAE Women Inven