This week Zigbee announced a new wireless standard for smart devices, while Hubbell Building Automation becomes the latest member to join TALQ Conortium. In the field of new applications, University of Washington has also come up with the first LED embedded contact lens. LEDinside team also wraps up our latest findings in Thailand. For more please see below:

Editor Recommendations

1. Zigbee Releases New Wireless Standard for Devices
2. Leading Thai LED Manufacturers R&D Target Package and Chip Technology
3. Thailand’s Anemic Economy to Slowdown LED Industry Growth in 2015
4. University of Washington Develops LED Contact Lenses
5. Hubbell Building Automation Becomes New TALQ Consortium Member
6. La Lumiere Closes $20 Million Series B Financing
7. Wireless Powered LED Chiristmas Light
8. Swedish LED to fight Ebola
9. LED Grow Lights for Agriculture Market 2014 to 2020 Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts
10. UK County Concerned about LED Streetlight Upgrades

What’s Trending

1. Toyota Vehicles to Feature Next-Generation LED Array Lighting from 2015
2. Seeing Red with PFS Phosphor
3. EU’s Extended Halogen Lifetime Proposal Dims LED Lighting Surge
4. DOE Issues SSL Commercial Building Technology Request for Information

Industry News

1. Revolution Lighting Technologies Announces Proposed Offering of Common Stock
2. NORESCO Selected for $43 Million Energy Infrastructure Project at U.S. Army's Fort Jackson Training Center
3. Access Fixtures LED Revenue Growth Exceeds 100 Percent in 2014
4. LIGHTEXPO Africa 2015 - Investment, Expansion & Growth Opportunities

New Products

1. Philips Traditional HID Outdoor Lamps
2. Soraa Launches New Full Visible Spectrum GU10 LED Lamps
3. PRG Launches Next Generation LED Stage Lights
4. High Power LED Light Engines for Large FOV Fluorescence Imaging Systems
5. Green Creative releases DLC qualified T8 BYP LED tube with wide beam design
6. Microsemi Introduces Outdoor Lightning Protection Device for Ethernet Solutions
7. ALT Orion series Recessed Lights Evolves to High CRI
8. GlacialTech Launches Bay Light Heatsink Range for 100W - 250W LEDs
9. Full Spectrum Solutions Offers New LED Lamp for Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder
10. Access Fixtures Launches Wildlife-friendly LED Amber Garage Lighters

Interesting Applications

• Nexus 6 Has Hidden LED Indicator Light Features
• Grow Your Garden Indoor with ROOT?

Lighting Projects

1. Versatile performance for National Development Bank
2. GE Lighting Gives a New Life to Building 328 Office
3. Panasonic's 'Cut Out the Darkness' Project to Continue and Create 'Zoo of Light'
4. Art Meets Engineering: Yale University’s LuxED LED Lighting Collaboration
5. Telensa Street Light Controls Selected by Ringway for Hertfordshire County Council’s £6.5m A-road Upgrade