Advances at Oregon State University in manufacturing technology for “quantum dots” may soon lead to a new generation of LED lighting that produces a more user-friendly white light, while usi... Read more
What if the light in the room could sense you waving your hand as you enter? And what if it responded by introducing minute light changes that instructed your smart coffee machine to switch... Read more
Less blue light may mean fewer mosquitoes—and fewer infections. Insects are attracted to light, but not to all types of light equally. It happens that when you put out different parts of the... Read more
ETH researchers led by Professor Martin Fussenegger have developed the first gene network to be operated via brainwaves. Depending on the user’s thoughts, it can produce various amounts of a... Read more
Sisoft Company in Mexico has developed a technology that can illuminate a large work space, an auditorium or an office, while providing full mobile internet to every device that comes into t... Read more
LEDs are durable and save energy. Now researchers have found a way to make LED lamps even more compact while supplying more light than commercially available models. The key to success: tran... Read more
Can generate speeds as fast as 3.25 gigabytes per second (Gbps) Shanghai’s Fudan University has made a breakthrough with the development of “Li-Fi” technology, in which a o... Read more
LED light bulbs can be brighter and more energy efficient than ever, thanks to a high performance LED driver newly developed by researchers from the Department of Electronic and Information... Read more
A new technique for depositing silver onto clothing fibres could open up huge opportunities in wearable electronics. Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s Nati... Read more
Color, control and function are all being reassessed, and new players have emerged like a wave of Silicon Valley start-ups. AFTER the joy of the birth itself, parenthood sometimes brings the... Read more
Cree’s new light costs just $10, will last for years and lower your electricity bill, and is basically indistinguishable from your old, energy sucking bulbs. Until recently, options for non-... Read more
Renowned innovator and futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that within 20 years we will have our energy problem licked. It’s solved. We just don’t know it yet. As he told Lauren Fenny of PBS: “... Read more
The technology also has a simple structure and features a high degree of luminous efficiency A research team at Taiwan’s National Defense University has recently been using nano-carbon... Read more
Imitates the sun’s soothing effect on our biological clocks. With the invention of the electric light bulb, humans were able to extend the day, accessing hours that were usually surrendered... Read more
Hopes to hit the market with a low US$10 price tag Although we have entered 2012 approximately 1.5 billion people around the globe remain without access to a stable or safe source of... Read more
