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| LEC Lyon lights historic Nîmes conurbation roadways with LEDs 14 May |
| SSL fixtures installed in roadway curbs and adjustable LED spotlights for pedestrian and vehicular tunnels preserve the historic look of Nîmes while providing effective route markers and ambiance. |
| Osram leads research on LED-based adaptive headlamps for autos 14 May |
| Adaptive SSL implementations will be capable of varying the range of headlights based on vehicle speed or widening the beam to illuminate sidewalks in city driving. |
| Verbatim launches MR16 LED lamp based on RGB phosphor mix 14 May |
| A violet LED combined with red, green, and blue phosphors yields a lamp that Verbatim says will render fine details and color nuances in objects better than other white-LED approaches. |
| Philips Lumileds adds mid- and low-power LEDs 10 May |
| Lumileds targets reduction in LED component count for lamps with mid-power devices that integrate two emitters. |
| DOE awards four SBIR grants for OLED projects in FY13 SSL program 07 May |
| Litecontrol, Plextronics, InnoSys, and Universal Display win funding for various OLED research projects as the DOE seeks to push the SSL technology toward broader commercialization. |
| LED component news: Everlight, Samsung, Lumileds, and LG Innotek 07 May |
| Everlight Electronics has expanded its mid-power LED family with new components targeting retrofit lamps and light bars, while Philips Lumileds, LG Innotek, and Samsung made new LED announcements at LFI. |
| DOE research projects potential LED energy savings 06 May |
| LED-based lighting is saving 71 trillion BTUs across ten identified applications, but those savings could increase more than 50 fold with a complete transition to SSL. |
| Lightfair Innovation Awards recognize LEDs and other SSL enablers 01 May |
| Cooledge and Dow Corning took top spots in the Lightfair Innovation Awards for SSL enabling technologies, winning both individual categories against stiff competition and gaining special recognition from the judges. |
