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| Niles Creative Group creates world’s largest daylight-viewable 3D display with Barco 30 Dec |
| The Comcast Experience in Philadelphia is the world's largest indoor four millimeter LED display, comprised of 6,771 Barco NX-4 LED modules. For Comcast's 2009 Christmas Spectacular, the Niles Creative Group takes the 10-million pixel Barco LED wall into the next dimension, with the production of the world's first daylight-viewable 3D experience. |
| IFC provides sapphire maker Monocrystal with $10 M loan 29 Dec |
| Financing from the IFC will enable Monocrystal to expand its production capacity for large-diameter sapphire crystals used in LED manufacturing. |
| Toyoda Gosei and Sharp sign agreement on LED patents 28 Dec |
| Two Japan-based LED makers have cross-licensed each other's LED-related intellectual property. |
| So-Light Project brings together Germany’s OLED community 18 Dec |
| With total funding of EUR14.7 million, the So-Light project brings together eleven German companies and research institutes to work closely together on OLED lighting and displays. |
| Displaybank expects 26 million LED LCD TVs in 2010 18 Dec |
| Huge growth is expected in the market for LED-backlit LCD TVs, which will comprise 16% of the whole LCD TV market in 2010. |
| Climate Group launches international LightSavers program 16 Dec |
| Demonstration projects in several cities around the world will evaluate LED lighting while promoting market uptake and encouraging LED-friendly policies and financing. |
| Lynk Labs awarded second AC LED technology patent 15 Dec |
| The second approved patent for 2009 of the company's pending portfolio covers a range of AC LED technology including devices, light engines, power supplies and lighting systems. |
| Rambus acquires patents, technology from Global Lighting Technologies 14 Dec |
| A developer of LED backlighting technology has sold its portfolio to a technology licensing company. |
| Cree EasyWhite bins simplify LED design, improve color consistency 10 Dec |
| LED maker Cree has introduced EasyWhite™ bins, which it says both simplifies LED system design and improves LED-to-LED color consistency. |
| Osram LED chip plant in Penang now in operation 10 Dec |
| Described as the world's most modern LED chip plant, Osram Opto Semiconductors' new facility in Penang, Malaysia is now up and running. |
| Siemens lights up revolving LED Christmas star 09 Dec |
| A giant windmill has been turned into an art object with the additional of multiple LED fixtures glued to its rotor blades. |
| Osram Sylvania unveils LED design challenge winners 09 Dec |
| A design contest has encouraged Canadian manufacturers of lighting fixtures to design viable lighting solutions utilizing LEDs. |
| Best LED Video 2009 Competition 07 Dec |
| LEDs Magazine announces a competition to find the best LED-related video of the year. |
| Optoelectronics books published 05 Dec |
| Two new text-books discuss optoelectronic and photonic technologies, with specific sections on LEDs. |
| Energy Star proposes changes to lighting program 04 Dec |
| Following the agreement between EPA and DOE that puts EPA in charge of the Energy Star program, a proposal has been published covering the integration of the existing lighting performance specifications. |
| Cree achieves 186 lm/W LED, 98.3 lm/W LED streetlight 03 Dec |
| Cree has established impressive performance marks for high-power LEDs and, in collaboration with Liaoyuan Lighting, for LED streetlights. |
| Energy Star criteria published for replacement LED lamps 03 Dec |
| The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the publication of the final Energy Star criteria for Integrated LED Replacement Lamps. |
| CEE unveils SSL Position Paper for manufacturers 02 Dec |
| Representing energy-efficiency program administrators in the US and Canada, the CEE has identified the information and test data needed to evaluate LED-based products. |
| Philips introduces solar-powered LED football floodlights 01 Dec |
| LED lighting can bring the fun and enjoyment of sports to communities where a lack of electricity limits participation, says Philips.
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