University celebrates 50th anniversary of the LED invention - When you consider that the LED is still slowly making its way into the homes and lives of Americans everywhere it’s hard to believe that the technology is 50 years old. But it’s a fact and that fact was recently celebrated at the University of Illinois at their LED 50th Anniversary Symposium.
The Symposium featured, among many notable speakers, LED inventor Nick Holonyak. Professor H… Read more
Blue Cross Will Light Up ‘Olde English D’ For World Series - Although sadly the Detroit Tigers lost the 2012 World Series the pride that the city and the state have in their team has been on display for years at the Blue Cross/Blue Shield building on Lafayette Avenue near I-375 in downtown Detroit. They have had, on the front of the 9 story building, an old English ‘D’ for Detroit Tigers that has been lighting up the night since the Tiger’s unbel… Read more
30th Dec 2012
Energy efficient LED to light rural homes - In India, where nearly 400 million homes do not have any type of electricity connection and thus no lights whatsoever besides candles and lamps, the Indian government has decided to finally re-launch its most ambitious (yet earlier abandoned) national program in 2013 to provide subsidized electricity, and thus light, through a decentralized system of renewable energy sources that they say will be provid… Read more
28th Dec 2012
Everyday solutions Putting ducks in a row - Innovative and energy conserving lighting design isn’t just for street lights and office buildings. In Eden Prairie, Minnesota duck hunter and duck decoy collector Jim Cook was searching for a lighting solution that would put his duck collection in a good light, so to speak, and so he hired the team of architect Paul Hannan from SALA Architects, Minneapolis www.salaarc.com and interior designers Maure… Read more