About a dozen startups are working on LEDs and lighting control systems in Silicon Valley. They are looking at energy efficient ways to address the global lighting market which is worth about $100 billion per annum. The solutions range across reducing costs of the LED bulbs to complete precision controlled lighting systems...
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Nuru, a private lighting company has come up with a innovative method to light up villages in rural Rwanda. Their lighting system uses two LED light bulbs and can be recharged using a foot-pedal generator. Nuru has tied up with entrepreneurs in rural Rwanda who sell these lights, service them and also...
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The Chennai City Corporation has conducted successful trials for using LED lamps as streetlights. As a next step, they plan to replace around 2795 streetlights with solar powered LED lamps. The reduced power consumption is expected to bring down the annual energy bill by about Rs. 30 lakhs. Read details ...
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Are our watches set to be the fifth screen in our lives (first – movie, second – television, third – PC, fourth – mobile) ? The Meta Watch from Fossil certainly seems to be indicating in that direction. Based on MSP430 ultra-low-power microcontroller from Texas Instruments, these watches can show...
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In the next ten years, market leader Phillips expects 75 percent of its global sales to be in LEDs. Phillips is set to launch solar-powered LED lighting solutions including portable solutions. Though LED lights are at a comparatively high price point of around Rs. 600, the expectation is that the buyer can...
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