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More and more businesses and organisations are beginning to choose LED displays for large outdoor signage, advertising and entertainment, with firms from London to Hong Kong investing in the technology. Last week it was revealed that two enormous LED displays will take pride of place, towering over the A4 as it passes by Hammersmith via…

Technology experts working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a brand new LED-based display solution which will allow for the creation of enormous three dimensional images in the night sky. The appropriately named Project FlyFire will employ miniature helicopter drones, each with an LED lighting solution installed. Each drone will…

The Strategies in Light event, which is the premier conference for the LED industry, concluded last week. During one of the event’s many sessions, LED expert Bob Steele made some predictions for the market in 2010. Mr Steele spoke extensively about the high-brightness LEDs that are being developed and said that the market as a…

Thousands of Chinese citizens were treated to a light show like no other on New Year’s Eve when the China New Media Corporation unveiled its mega-LED screen to count down the seconds until 2010 began. China New Media Corporation owns the biggest external advertising system in the Chinese city of Dalian and it is quickly…

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have just signed a deal with Fusion IP that will result in the creation of an entirely new business, called Seren Photonics. The new firm aims to bring an exciting new LED technology to the fast growing marketplace. At the heart of Seren Photonics’ business will be an invention…

LED displays manufacturer Sentina has come out with a new range of LED signage which is intended to appeal to small business owners and those looking for a novel and practical way in which to communicate information. The Sentina uSign range is being marketed as a technically advanced solution for those looking to save money…

In a move towards energy efficiency and the demonstrable use of progressive technology, the famous Gillette sign which sits atop a manufacturing plant owned by Proctor and Gamble in the USA has had the fluorescent neon lighting which previously powered it exchanged in favour of thousands of LEDs. The frame of the sign has been…

After experiencing a recession related downturn in the first half of 2009, a new report generated in Taiwan suggests that the global LED industry experienced considerable growth later in the year, managing to offset the impact of the earlier stagnation. The Photonics Industry and Technology Development Association (PIDA) called a meeting with the press recently…

The former CEO of storage manufacturer Seagate has take a position to head up the LED lighting firm Bridgelux. Bill Watkins left his former company last year and it was confirmed in the middle of last week that he would be joining a growing number of ex-Silicon Valley CEOs who have decided to work at…