A couple of interesting LED technologies on the editorial radar this week. A UK team has now managed to increase Li-fi transmission speed to 10 Gbps, can this be the next big trend for industry non-lighting applications? We can only wait and see. Breakthroughs in quantum dot technology and phosphor have also taken place this week manufacturers just might be able to benefit and implement better cost control from these newer technologies. For more info, please see list below:
Editor’s Picks
- LEDinside: LED Display Industry's Transforming Business Models in Turbulent Times
- Price Pressure Pushes LED Package Manufacturers Move Towards EMCs
- Corning Believes Still Early for Sapphire Substrate To Be Adopted in Smartphone Displays
- UC Santa Barbara Breakthrough Phosphor Research Improves SSL Efficiency
- Nanoscale Engineering Boosts Performance of Quantum Dot LEDs
- DOE Publishes Report on Color Stability of LED Lighting Products
- LEDforum 2013 Sheds Light on Industry Trends
What’s Trending?
- DOE Publishes Report on Color Stability of LED Lighting Products
- Corning Believes Still Early for Sapphire Substrate To Be Adopted in Smartphone Displays
- Roadblocks for Chinese LED Manufacturers to Overcome
- HK Int’l Lighting Fair Focuses on Sophisticated LEDs
Technology Breakthroughs
- UC Santa Barbara Breakthrough Phosphor Research Improves SSL Efficiency
- Nanoscale Engineering Boosts Performance of Quantum Dot LEDs
- UK Researchers Bump Up Li-Fi Data Transfer Speeds
Industry News
- Philips Lumileds Plans to Introduce Flip-Chip Technology into Mid-Powered LEDs - LEDforum 2013
- Soraa CTO Refutes Claims that Company GaN-on-GaN MR16 Emits UV Rays
- LG Display Rumored to Become OLED Supplier for Apple iWatch
- Cree Becomes Zacks Bear of the Day
- TSMC and Xiamen Topstar Enter Strategic Cooperation Applying Package-Free PoD Modules
- High Power Lighting Sues Lustrous for Alleged Trade Secret Violation
- Laster Increases Funds Following Soaring Shipment Demands
- Silver Spring Networks to Connect Copenhagen Street Lights Smartly
- French OLED Lighting Company Makes American Debut
- Rubicon Technology, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results of Operations
- Ledtech 3Q Revenue Reaches All Time High
- Elec-Tech 3Q Financial Report Shows Drop in Stock Price
- Soraa Appoints Lighting Luminary Jeffery Parker As CEO
New Products
- Toshiba Launches Next Generation GaN-on-Si White LEDs
- Rubicon Technology Launches First Commercial Line of Large Diameter Patterned Sapphire Substrates for the LED Industry
- Tridonic Releases New Laser LED Module
- Philips Lighting Luminarie Takes LED Accent Lighting to a New Level
- Osram Multi Chipled Provides High Quality Glasses Free 3D LED Displays
- Panasonic Solar LED Lanterns Provide Light for Areas Without Electricity
- Everlight Showcases New Series of LED Products in 2013 Hong Kong International Lighting Fair
- Hubbell Industrial Lighting Introduces New LED Highbay
- LG Unveils World's First "Real" Curved Smartphone
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