L-Prize — Near a Winner? September 25, 2009
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Will this bulb win the L-Prize?
This NY Times article give Philips the pole position for this $10 million prize. Win or lose, it is great for LED lighting. (more…)
OLEDS in the New York Times September 7, 2009
Posted by ledguy in News, OLED, The Business.Tags: GE Lighting, LED, led lights, OLED, Organic LED, Osram, Philips, Philips Lighting, solid state lights, SSL lighting
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I haven’t written about Organic LEDs yet — from what I had read, they were pretty far off in the future. This New York Times article describes several innovative, exciting and exotic lights that can be created with OLEDs. If I were the product manager, I’d focus on a simple panel to replace the ubiquitous, standard 4-foot fluorescent tube fixture. (more…)
LED Bulb Sighting at Home Depot! September 6, 2009
Posted by ledguy in Products, Replacement bulbs, The Business.Tags: led lights, Luxeon, Philips, Philips Lighting, solid state lights, SSL lighting
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Philips LEDs at Home Depot
Nestled among the CFLs at Home Depot were 3 Philips LED bulbs of fairly mainstream sizes. IMHO, this is bad merchandising for these products which are not ready for mainstream markets. (more…)
