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Web-based tutorials, on-call experts and an interactive community forum give Elemental LED an educational edge over the competition. Emeryville, CA (Vocus) October 18, 2010 Elemental LED, a San Francisco based LED lighting company, offers superior products, resources and support for under cabinet LED lighting installations. By implementing a multi-faceted customer support program that include online, phone and in-person interface options, Elemental LED makes it easy to choose and install...

MONTREAL, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine a building in which sunlight could be captured and utilized in the most unexpected and never-before-seen places. Imagine the "World's First Green Olympics." Imagine employees who are happier, more productive, healthier and less prone to accidents. All are reality, thanks to Solatube International's tubular Daylighting Devices, which use state-of-the-art design to provide superior performance and efficiency to every daylighting application...

Osaka, Aug 19, 2010 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation is following up its LED lamps with another mainstay of residential lighting by introducing six models of industry-first(1) LED ceiling lights into the Japanese market.Using Sharp's proprietary light diffusion technology, these ceiling lights achieve a thin design that is 43 mm at the thickest part and just 8 mm at the thinnest.Three of the models, the DL-C501V/C301V/C302V, allow the use of a remote...

WASHINGTON and COOPERSBURG, Pa., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- In a special donation ceremony today, Joel Spira, inventor and developer of the solid-state electronic "dimming device" and chairman and founder of Pennsylvania-based Lutron Electronics, will donate materials related to the company's 50-year history to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The donation includes an early version of the original solid-state (devices using transistors) Capri dimmer manufactured by...

DALLAS, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced a complete LED lighting driver reference board in collaboration with Lemnis Lighting to help address three important issues: cost, dimming and efficacy. The TPS92010 LED-lamp Reference Board applies TI's semiconductor technology for general LED lighting and Lemnis Lighting's expertise in dimmable lighting applications. The board can help speed adoption of energy-saving retrofit LED light bulbs....

MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Leviton Manufacturing is launching at the 2010 International Builders' Show® the industry's first slide dimmer specifically designed for use with a wide variety of dimmable CFL bulbs. The Leviton Decora® CFL Slide Dimmer optimizes the performance of dimmable CFL bulbs and works with the widest range of dimmable CFL bulbs available. In auto mode, the dimmer detects whether the bulb is an incandescent or a dimmable CFL, determines high- and...

Thin, Low-Cost, 5x3-Inch Module Ideal for ADA-Compliant Wall Fixtures; One-Fourth the Power of Standard Incandescents SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- OptoElectronix today announced a unique LED-based lighting module that enables luminaire manufacturers to accelerate adoption of SSL (solid state lighting) for commercial lighting fixtures. It delivers the same light output as a 60-watt incandescent bulb at just one-fourth the power and has a 50,000-hour life. (Logo:...

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- NXP Semiconductors announces the following TechOnline Webinar: What: NXP Semiconductors Webinar When: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 11:00am EDT (8:00am PDT, 16:00 GMT) Where: http://seminar2.techonline.com/registration/distrib.cgi?s=1362&d=2958 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Rebecca Samuel, Media Relations, NXP Semiconductors, +1...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- APPLIED POWER ELECTRONICS CONFERENCE -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today introduced a new constant-current controller that enables off-line, uniform, flicker-free dimming of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a conventional TRIode for Alternating Current (TRIAC) forward or reverse phase-control wall dimmer. The LM3445 TRIAC dimmable LED driver enables a full 100:1 range of dimming capability and can maintain...

New Year's Eve is marked by constant celebration and time spent with friends, but if you find yourself straining to hear, it's your brain - not your ears - that could be to blame. Scientists are now learning why and how age affects the brain's dimmer switch for controlling the level of input from your ears. Researchers say if you have trouble understanding conversation in a noisy room, you're experiencing what's sometimes called the cocktail party problem.It's just one of the first signs of...