Led Luminaries
General ramblings

Amsterdam Arena show uses 1.5km of LED

Amsterdam Arena was transformed into a sea of white for the premiere of Sensation’s new show Source of Light recently, when 40,000 people gathered under a huge spherical centrepiece, including bespoke LED strips from SGM, writes Paul Milligan of our sister site AVinteractive.com.

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The glow of LED furniture

It was an email from the Chinese company Shenzhen Coolqing Technology. Check out these LED Chairs, or an LED Flowerpot (there are also ice buckes, cubes, and balls…

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LED overheating poll

The danger is that LED technology itself could become associated in the public mind with consequences such as these, resulting from bad practice. Time for a poll!

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The history of the LED

In conjunction with our 50th anniversary issue, Technology Editor Steve Bush has produced a history of the LED.

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SiL 2010 USA

Hi all I am off to the USA on Monday to be part of the Strategies and Light. We are part of the program as Jim will be doing a talk. Also, we have a stand so pop by if in the area.

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OLED RFID ID CARDS

Here’s one OLED product I hope we don’t see in the UK. Shown off by Samsung at CES, it’s the possible future of RF(ID) cards. The OLED screen displays a 360 degree rotating video of the owner’s head…

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Blue led - 20th anniversary of Cree's commercialisation

Thanks to Ginny from the Cree ‘Lighting the LED Revolution’ blog for flagging this one – the 20th anniversary of the commercialisation of a blue LED, following red and green LEDs and thus enabling a fuller colour spectrum, including white lighting…

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