With its investment in the California-based UV-C LED specialist Bolb Inc., Osram is further expanding its technological know-how of disinfection applications with UV-C light. The future cooperation between the two companies in the field of research will accelerate the industrialization of highly efficient and high-performance UV-C LEDs.

The zoo in Copenhagen is one of the oldest in Europe and has been home to a pair of pandas gifted by China since 2019, following a visit by the queen of Denmark to China in 2014. The area covers around 2,500 m² and has vegetation and spaces where the animals can seek refuge while, all around their space, visitors can watch them by walking on two ramps.

Up to now, the infrared lasers used for this purpose have deviations in wavelength stability of up to 40 nanometers as temperature in the component rises. As a result, the LiDAR system’s “vision” was a bit blurred. A novel chip design from Osram now reduces the wavelength shift to just 10 nanometers, enabling much clearer and sharper images of the surroundings.

The compact high-power LED Osconiq C 2424 from Osram Opto Semiconductors offers a broad color temperature range from cool to warm white and various CRIs, enabling a large variety of different luminaire designs. In addition, it is the only CSP LED with an integrated ESD available in the market, that protects the LED from any electrostatic damage.

Osram is among the top 25 of the world’s 100 most sustainable companies for the second year in a row. With this award, the Canadian research company Corporate Knights confirms the sustainability performance of the Munich-based high-tech company once again.

Nichia, the world’s largest LED Manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LEDs, announces a new dual function LED that provides both white light and high doses of energy geared for inactivation of various prevalent bacteria.

Biomimicry (emulating designs and ideas found in nature), which is a design approach used by many companies today, really works. According to the research result published in the journal Nano Letters, Korean scientists have significantly improved OLED performance by imitating the nanostructures of fireflies.

SolidWorks is computer-aided solid modeling software commonly used by designers, draftsmen, mechanical engineers, and construction planners. The cheapest one is the Standard package and approximately $4,000 is required to purchase this package. What is the best free alternative that SolidWorks users can easily get used to?

UV-C light – the effect of which has been known for over a century – has been proven to be a key to clean air indoors. The invisible, ultraviolet light destroys viruses and bacteria with a reliability of 99.9 percent. Osram now brings the proven UV-C technology with two flexible products to mobile applications.

UV-C light can eliminate 99.9 percent of viruses and bacteria on surfaces, in the air and in drinking water. As one of the world’s leading manufacturers, Osram Opto Semiconductors now enables particularly small and robust disinfection applications with its LEDs, while also driving the industrialization of these special light sources forward.

AutoCAD is the program that engineers, architects, and project professionals often use to create 2D drawings. To use the AutoCAD application, a subscription fee of approximately $1,700 is required each year. What is the best free alternative that AutoCAD users can easily get used to?

Moreover, as the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the food supply chain starts to surface, capital expenditure (CAPEX) for indoor agricultural infrastructure has once again shown an upward momentum due to the rising demand for equipment replacement and procurement, resulting in a rapid growth in enterprise orders for horticultural LED.

After Philips and GE, Cree has also announced its permanent parting with LED and the lighting industry. Cree announced on October 20th that the company has reached a final agreement with SMART Global Holdings, Inc., and plans to sell its LED department (Cree LED) to SMART for US$300 million.

LoRaWAN is a global standard for low power wide area IoT networks. The LoRaWAN protocol is the standard network protocol that offers long range (several kilometers) bidirectional communication with very low power consumption. The communication range varies depending on the obstacles between the devices and environmental conditions.

US-based commercial lighting manufacturer Regency Lighting has published a comprehensive guide with information about ultraviolet (UV) lights used for disinfection. The guide includes the efficiency of UV lights, dose requirements, advantages and disadvantages, product types and application examples.

The developer of the Matrix Office Park – a LEED-Gold standard development in Zagreb’s central business district – wanted a distinctive and low-energy exterior lighting for the twin buildings at the heart of the development. It challenged independent lighting design studio Skira to come up with a creative concept that had a simple installation yet minimised the number and the complexity of fittings.

Thinking of upgrading your lighting? Don’t do anything until you’ve checked out the 10 mistakes that most people make with new LED lighting.

The market demands for disinfection have climbed significantly this year with the outbreak of COVID-19, leading to greater attention to UVC LED. In addition to surface and air disinfection, water purification is one of the major focuses of UVC LED manufacturers and home appliance brands.

Lighting control technologies continue to develop as wired and wireless communication protocols are developed. In lighting control systems, each device has the ability to communicate with each other and react to certain commands. Communication between devices can be provided both wired and wireless.

LED filament bulbs are more expensive than standard LED bulbs and generally have a shorter lifetime (around 15,000 hours). Nevertheless, it can be said that it is the right choice for chandeliers due to their classic and stylish appearance.