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Kinetic power switches lights on wirelessly

A Canada-based subsidiary of Philips has developed an innovative system that uses photovoltaics and kinetic energy to wirelessly switch lights

Dan Ilett · 1 min read

'Killer' waves could lead to better lights

Researchers studying rogue light waves — the electromagnetic equivalent of giant freak waves that form in the world’s oceans — say

Dan Ilett · 1 min read

Super-efficient light bulb could last 60 years

Researchers at the University of Cambridge say they have developed a new type of LED light bulb that could slash

Dan Ilett · 1 min read

Five sweet eco-lighting innovations

Creating a better light offers a plethora of promises: freedom from soot and dark for the world’s poor, lower

Dan Ilett · 1 min read

Wafer maker CrystalQ gets funding boost for LEDs

Wafers: is there anything they can’t do? Hold KitKats together, form that basis of an oft-quoted Monty Python joke,

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$13m research brings newspaper printing to OLEDs

What do you like on your rolls? Cheese? Ham? Or, if you’re Lady Penelope, Royce? What about OLEDs, the

Dan Ilett · 2 min read