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  • Mar. 7, 2013
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    Machine Design

    LED bulb makers go after consumers

    LED lights, once practical mostly for businesses that could justify their high cost, are increasingly seen as a consumer item....More
  • Mar. 6, 2013
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    Machine Design

    New LED is the brightest

    The MK-R LED from Cree Inc. produces a light intensity of 200 lm/W...More
  • Jan. 28, 2013
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    Machine Design

    LED room lights will double as "Li-Fi" wireless nodes

    Researchers aim to turn ordinary LED room lights into nodes that beam wireless info to PCs, laptops, and other electronic appliances....More
  • Sep. 20, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Gauging LED lifetime in optocouplers

    In LEDs heat and high currents hasten the dimming process which can lead to unreliable operation in LED-powered optocouplers. Some simple and straight-forward analysis will keep their light shining bright....More
  • Aug. 20, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Sticky tape helps make flexible batteries

    To make a 10-µm thick flexible battery, researchers deposit battery materials onto a brittle mica substrate and then use sticky tape to peel the mica substrate away layer by layer....More
  • Jun. 15, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Will the U. S. be an LED Assembly Mecca?

    Most light-emitting diodes are made in Asia, but future generations of LED manufacturing equipment could still be marked “Made in the U. S. A.”...More
  • Jun. 14, 2012
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    Machine Design

    GaN substrates bring brighter LEDs

    The surest way to make lightemitting diodes that are efficient and bright is to fabricate them on a substrate made of the same material as the LED itself...More
  • Mar. 8, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Emergency lighting relies on durable insulation

    By its very nature, emergency and exit lighting must be durable and dependable, so these were key concerns for Barron Lighting Group...More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Your next table lamp could be a laser

    Combine blue, red, green, and yellow laser light and you will get white light, but perhaps a white light you wouldn’t want illuminating your living room...More
  • May 4, 2010
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    Machine Design

    Industrial LED Indicators

    Jeff Leuwerke from Banner Engineering looks at the styles and advantages of LED indicator lights in the work place. 2:35...More
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