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Philadelphia's Center City District Unveils Architectural Facade Lighting Along the Avenue of the Arts
Recently Center City District threw the switch on a celebratory
holiday gift for the City of Philadelphia, illuminating the historic
façades along the Avenue of the Arts. Color changing LED
lighting, provided by Philips, transformed the streetscape into a
multi-color canvas for the holidays and city-wide celebration. |
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Lighting Science Welcomes the New Year with a Bigger and Brighter Ball in 4.3
Billion Colors
Lighting Science Group Corp., a developer and integrator of
intelligent and efficient LED solutions, has designed, developed
and produced an integrated lighting system for the 2009
Time Square New Year's Eve Ball. The Ball, which boasts a
system comprised of 672 LED modules, was installed on Nov.
26, 2008 in Times Square, N.Y. where it will continue to remain
year round. |
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Brooks & Dunn Electrify Stages Across the Nation with Daktronics Modular Displays
One of country
music’s most electrifying
acts received a
high-tech boost this
spring as Brooks &
Dunn, in partnership
with Media Visions,
Inc., added a trio of
Daktronics LED video
displays, comprised of
75 PST-12HD modular
LED panels, to their
onstage set for the
group’s 2008 Cowboy
Town tour. The year-long
event began in mid-February with the new stage design making its first appearance on May 9
at a show in Virginia Beach, Va. at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. |
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Mayan Archeological Zone Rejuvenated with SSL
Among many things, the Maya civilization is noted for its spectacular art
and monumental architecture. The archaeological site of Edzná, in the
Mexican state of Campeche, combines remarkable architecture with a newer
form of art, illuminating the building with colorful light shows made possibly
by Philips LED solutions and technologies. |
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Boston’s Historic Old North Church Embraces Philips LED Technology
Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions,
the new entity formed by Philips’
acquisition of Color Kinetics, has
completed an interior lighting makeover of a
historic landmark, Boston’s Old North
Church, which was pivotal to Paul Revere’s
famous midnight ride and a beacon during the
American Revolution. The Old North Church
uniquely combines the best of 18th century
architecture with cutting-edge LED
technology, demonstrating the ease with which
solid-state lighting adapts to even the oldest of existing lighting environments. |
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LED-Based Direct Replacement for
Conventional Street Lights
After four years of extensive research and
development, Remco Solid State Lighting, Inc.,
a Canada-based SSL Solutions Company, has
recently patented power efficient light engine
and prototyped an LED Street Light for an
equivalent LED replacement of the conventional
cobra head street light. |
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Revolution in Exterior Car Lighting: The First SUV with
LED Headlights
Osram LEDs are shining on a new era in
automotive lighting. The Cadillac Escalade
Platinum is the first SUV in the world to offer
LED headlights as standard equipment.
Osram LEDs power all functions in the
headlights supplied by Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.,
a manufacturer in automotive lighting innovation,
including low beam, high-beam, daytime running
lights, position lights and side marker lights. The
Escalade Platinum, Cadillac's luxurious sport
utility vehicle will be launched in 2008. |
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Osram Golden Dragon and Dragonchain LED Modules Give Abominable Glare to Yeti's Stare
The 57-story exteriors of two Times Square buildings were transformed into a snow-covered Mount Everest. A rumbling avalanche was added, as were flying acrobatic climbers and a hair-raising roar. Most importantly, the piercing “You lookin’ at ME?” glare of the Yeti, fierce guardian of the Himalayan Mountains, was brought to life by the glowing red eyes from Osram Sylvania and Osram Opto Semiconductors. |
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Target Interactive Breezeway at Rockefeller Center
High atop New York’s Rockefeller Center is a unique, interactive space that takes the capabilities of intelligent LED lighting to new creative heights.
Conceptualized by Electroland of Los Angeles, the Target Interactive Breezeway is an imaginatively lit passage that connects the Center’s top floor observation decks. Its intention is to engage visitors as they pass through by tracing their movement with intelligently controlled light. |
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LED Daytime Running Light for the Audi R8
The Advanced Power TopLED from Osram Opto Semiconductors has graduated to the new sports car with the four rings, the Audi R8. The headlights now feature LEDs with the tiny light sources emphasizing the sleek curves. The LEDs provide high-visibility daytime running light without placing an appreciable load on fuel consumption. |
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Nation's First "LED City"
Cree, Inc. and the City of Raleigh, N.C., the anchor city in a rapidly growing metro area, have launched a joint, city-wide initiative to test, deploy and promote LED technology focused on a variety of general lighting applications. The “LED City” initiative is designed to create a “living laboratory” to deliver the economic, environmental and usage benefits of LED lighting to the residents of Raleigh. |
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