LED lighting

Cree’s new LED light bulb is the best thing since the invention of the light bulb

By / March 6, 2013 / News / , / 8 Comments

The title of this article is Cree‘s slogan for their newly released LED light bulbs.  These bulbs look like the normal incandescent bulbs we’re used to seeing, so your light fixtures will look like they have normal bulbs in them.  Cree says their “innovative bulb is illuminated by Cree LED Filament Tower™ Technology and provides …

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Give the Gift of Light with LuminAID

By / October 15, 2012 / News / , , , / 5 Comments

The LuminAID is an ingenious portable LED light that was designed by architecture graduate students Anna Stork and Andrea Sreshta as a product to assist post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.  Simply leave it laying in the sun to charge up the internal battery (rechargeable up to 500 times), inflate the bag, and the LuminAID can provide …

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INSTEON Ships World’s First Remote Control Networked LED Bulb

By / July 7, 2012 / Uncategorized / , , , , , / 3 Comments

How many WiFi enabled devices other than your computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets do you have in your home? I have more than the average person. In addition to my 5 computing devices (iMac, Macbook Air, MBP, iPad and iPhone), I have a Boxee Box, Roku and 4 WiFi cameras setup. When I saw the …

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Reduce Your Lighting Costs with Samsung LED Bulbs

By / November 2, 2011 / News / , / 10 Comments

Samsung has introduced three new LED light bulbs that will help you in your efforts to reduce your daily energy consumption.  There are three different styles with different light output available.  Costs vary from about $17 to about $60 per bulb, depending on style.  Each bulb promises to deliver 20X the lifespan of a halogen …

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NuGreen LED Desk Lamp from NewerTechnology Review

By / April 1, 2011 / Reviews / , / 2 Comments

We’ve all heard by now that replacing standard incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs can save us money in the long run.  They use less energy to produce the same amount of light, and they produce less heat doing it.  Compact fluorescent bulbs can be big and bulky and not fit into every lamp and …

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Energy Efficient Flexible Neck LED Desk Lamp from NewerTechnology

By / February 16, 2011 / News / , , / 1 Comment

The NuGreen LED Desk Lamp from NewerTechnology adds some “green” style to your desk.  The lamp is made from aluminum and has 50 cool-white LEDs that simulate daylight.  The LEDs use only 3.6W of power, and they provide about 45,000 hours of light – 22 times more than a traditional light bulb.  The NuGreen lamp …

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IR Wireless Motion Detection Auto LED Light Review

By / November 10, 2010 / Reviews / , , / 1 Comment

Got a dark cabinet or kitchen sink counter?  Me too.  Maybe trying to catch a mouse scrounging around at 3AM?   Me too. Wish that you had a light for your scary closet that would work like your refrigerator light and are too much of a total klutz to wire up a real light?  Me too. …

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MEDEA Spirits – Booze with a message

By / October 8, 2010 / News / , , / 3 Comments

We know LEDs are great for flashlights, status lights for your smartphones, and a bunch of other uses, but raise your hand if you ever thought to use LEDs on a bottle of vodka. Anyone? Anyone? MEDEA Spirits must be the only one with a vision because they recently announced the world’s first LED programmable …

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No more squinting at restaurant menus with the UltraOptix

By / August 2, 2010 / News / , , , / 2 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I hate it when I go to a restaurant that is so dark that I can’t read the items on the menu. I found something that might help. It’s the UltraOptix. It is an LED lighted 2X magnifying lens with a 6X portion that is small and thin enough …

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Get in the Mood with a 16 Million Color Lamp

By / March 14, 2010 / News / , , / Leave a Comment

The Philips 818566 LivingColors LED lamp produces 16,777,216 different colors of accent light. The lamp’s four LEDs (two red, one blue, and one green) can generate 256 different hues, 256 levels of saturation, 256 brightness settings and up to 120 lumens. By using the small remote’s touch-sensitive color wheel, you can wash a wall, corner, …

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Camp with confidence with the AltusLumen LightGear Gre

By / February 3, 2010 / News / , , , / Leave a Comment

AltusLumen has just launched their latest LED product: the LightGear Gre. It’s an 18-in-1 LED light with built-in survival tools that make it handy for campers, hikers, travelers and other outdoor enthusiasts. The flashlight has 4 LEDs that output 80 lux. The tools include an aluminum whistle, a storage compartment for storing items like needles …

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