IKEA Stops Selling Incandescent Bulbs and moves to Energy Efficiant LED Bulbs

IKEA has pulled the plug. Incandescent lights are out. Ahead of the upcoming legislation – The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that will phase out all incandescent light bulbs by 2012-2014 - IKEA has now made these lights a thing of the past and is the first major retailer to stop the sale of incandescent lights.

Philips Lumileds Leads LED Industry With Mass Production on 150mm Wafers

SAN JOSE, Calif. & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Philips Lumileds is the first power LED manufacturer in mass production on 150 mm wafers and is now producing millions of GaN based LEDs weekly on the larger substrates. Lumileds has the most advanced LED manufacturing and operations environment and capability in the world. The company continues to lead the industry in never before possible lumen-per-dollar and lumen-per-watt performance in lighting applications and in the drive to increased adoption of solid-state lighting solutions.

“We expect that the pace of LED adoption will require all other manufacturers to follow our lead and adopt similar strategies. Their challenge will be to achieve the high yields and quality levels that we have already demonstrated.”

LED Tattoo/Watch that keeps real time?

Subdermal Implant Electric Watch Tattoo: Internal Geekery

We thought that the wristwatch piercing was pretty damn intense, but anything implanted completely under your skin has got to win in the extreme category. The Subdermal Implant Watch Tattoo, also called an “electric tattoo” is a special LED screen which is implanted under your skin.

Powered by your own kinetic energy, the electric tattoo watch illuminates when you turn your wrist towards your face. And since it’s powered by your own body movements, no batteries are necessary.