Marl's Project Sparkle sees LEDs light Alnwick Garden
UK LED lighting firm Marl International has finished the £100,000 first phase of project Sparkle: feature lighting at the Alnwick Garden visitor attraction in Northumberland.
Displays
LED panel enables decoding of invisible images
Soon you could have access to secret information just by waving your hand, writes Sandrine Ceurstemont, editor, New Scientist TV. New digital signage allows you to decode invisible images by quickly moving your fingers in front of the screen.
Electronics Weekly - LED Lighting Guides
Here in one neat package is our collection of key LED lighting articles, covering white LEDs, coloured LEDs, OLEDs, LED Optics and Lighting LEDs…
AMOLED TVs stand out but at a price - IHS
Global shipments of TVs based on active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) technology are expected to reach 2.1 million units in 2015, up from just 34,000 in 2012, according to market analyst IHS iSuppli.
CES: Sony shows 55in, full HD "Crystal LED" self-emitting display
Sony has developed a self-emitting display technology, dubbed Crystal LED Display, which it demosntrated in a full HD, 55-inch prototype model at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, writes Richard Wilson.
Flexible OLEDs - The state of play
Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung’s Galaxy and HTC’s Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies?
LED backlight design for large displays
LEDs use a DC supply, making them simpler to drive, there is no inverter, which improves efficiency, and their power consumption varies nearly linearly with brightness, simplifying power management. As a result the majority of small to medium displays are now fitted with them, writes Mike Caddy, displays product manager RS Components.
XMOS powers LED cube art
Time for some culture. Check out this “Swarm Light” art installation, based on the dynamic display of LED cubes, courtsesy of some XMOS processors.