Do it your self is a popular industry. With magazines like MAKE publishing a variety of new todo projects and showcase user submissions there are a wide variety of interesting projects available out there. The small size, and ease of working with the material makes LED lighting a popular resource for projects. These projects can [...]

In the beginning, there were incandescent bulbs. They were cheap, easy to obtain, dimmable, and cast a warm tone. Affordable lighting for the masses, these bulbs created light by heating a metal filament wire to the point it glowed. Of all the energy spent to heat the filament, only between 5 and 10 % of it is [...]

If you’re seeking a simple explanation of  electronics and LEDs, check out this Gizmodo University lesson, complete with videos, diagrams, and illustrations. It never hurts to bolster your LED knowledge…

A new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. predicts that the growing demand for LEDs will propel the global market to $14.8 billion by 2015. Current wide-scale uses of LEDs include indoor and outdoor lighting, computers, televisions, cell phones, signs and displays, and indicator lights. In 2009, cell phones constituted the largest end-use for LEDs, [...]

What would happen to America if all its citizens replaced their older, less-efficient lighting with LEDs? Well, the country would probably save $120 million in energy. That’s over 1,400 terawatt hours of electricity and equivalent to the output of 24 power plants. Wow. Read up on the DOE’s report on LED lighting at SmartPlanet. Or [...]

We’ve got a pretty new PAR light we’re releasing today. It’s a 6 Watt PAR 38 that puts out around 600 lumens. We’ll have a spec sheet for you up on our site soon.  Yay! Our pretty new PAR

A new report by researchers the University of Pittsburgh provides more impetus to ditch those unsightly, flickering, orange high pressure sodium streetlights in favor of LEDs. Researchers examined the entire lifecycle from production to disposal of high pressure sodium (HPS), metal halide, induction, and LED streetlights and found that the comparatively low overall environmental impact [...]

Incandescent bulbs are facing extinction. In the US, they’ll start disappearing between 2012 and 2014. Certainly, LEDs are lined up to replace this dying breed, but the face of lighting may change dramatically over the next few years. Forget traditional overhead fixtures and wall sconces; instead, imagine glowing walls that emit a soft, natural-looking light. [...]

By now, you’ve probably heard the buzz about LED Christmas lights. For a few dollars more than incandescent string lights, they greatly reduce the risk of fire, increase twofold (or more) the longevity of your holiday lighting, and cut the energy use of your seasonal decorations by as much as 90%. Given all of their [...]

International plastics manufacturer DSM Engineering Plastics is ready to introduce to the market its carbon-neutral engineering plastic, EcoPaXX. Because 70% of the polymer used for EcoPaXX is derived from castor oil, production of the plastic produces net zero carbon: the amount of CO2 released during the manufacturing process is entirely offset by the absorption of [...]