Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting in the United States. This new generation lighting technology uses LEDs instead of incandescent filaments or fluorescent tubes to produce illumination that cuts energy consumption significantly.

Matsushita -which owns the Panasonic name brand- indicated to a Japanese business daily newspaper that it plans to beat competitors to the punch, by mass producing a 37-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) television within the next three years.

Reports have Japan's Matsushita aiming to mass-produce 37-inch OLED televisions within three years, potentially jump-starting the OLED market.

Taiwan home appliances maker Tatung Co. (2371.TW) said Tuesday it will set up a joint venture with GE Equity to sell consumer electronics in the North American market.

Texas-based United Supermarkets, LLC, has retrofitted low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in all of its 47 stores with a GE ecomagination product - a LED solution from Lumination, a GE Consumer & Industrial business.

Luminus and TI have created lamp-free projectors, and Osram Opto and Design Dash Ltd. have developed image projection and IR technology for reconfigurable tactile displays.

Toshiba plans to stop production of filament lamps in 2010 and move towards eco-friendly lighting

For the past 18 months, MVIS management has been promising to deliver a projector that will ultimately fit inside a cell phone. Texas Instruments just beat Microvision to the market (by at least 6 months). While one can debate whether or not there will ever be a market for a mobile projector with less than 500 lumens (low-end business projectors produce 1,000 lumens), one cannot argue the quality differences between Texas Instruments/Optoma's product and that of Microvision's 'Show'.

Start-up d.light design, which aims for no less than to eliminate kerosene around the world within a decade, is launching three off-grid lighting products for developing regions.

he LED module BACKlight Protect is the ideal solution for permanent and luminous lettering and light boxes in outdoor applications.

Lightfair 2008 demonstrated it is still a key event in the lighting calendar, while north of the border the IES Toronto Section has launched Lighting Canada 2008, writes Brian Owen.

Carmanah Technologies Corporation is providing solar-powered LED airfield lights for a United States Air Force installation in the Middle East.

A ceiling-mounted LED fixture illuminated a Mercedes event in Stuggart, while LDDE's "chandelier" made up of Swarovski crystals brightened an exhibition in Milan.

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced its MAX17061 8-string white-LED driver with an integrated MOSFET switch.

Pacific Park in Santa Monica, CA, introduced an all-new $1.5 million, 130-ft Pacific Wheel ferris wheel featuring more than 160,000 energy-efficient LED lights that will provide energy savings and complement its solar-power program.

STMicroelectronics has introduced three monolithic step-up converters for LED backlights and lighting, providing 30mA or 85mA current sources for six rows of up to 10 white LEDs. The LED7706, LED7707 and mobile-optimised PM6600 include on-chip MOSFETs to reduce part count, and operate up to 1 MHz to minimise filter components.

Device uses an internal-switch current-mode step-up controller to drive the LED array, which can be configured for up to eight parallel strings with ten LEDs per string.