T-Ink is a New York City startup that specializes in conductive inks. According to their description: T-INK, Inc. is a privately held innovative technology company that utilizes proprietary “thinking inks” to enhance products through the creation of unlimited applications in … Continue reading t-ink
At the expo floor for Strategies in Light Europe, I met representatives from DuPont that were showcasing DuPont’s innovations in conductive ink for printed and flexible electronics. Some really amazing stuff they were showing, including conductive inks in silver, copper, … Continue reading DuPont conductive ink for printed electronics
As part of last week’s Strategies in Light Europe conference, Ingo Maurer opened their Munich studio to the public. Ingo Maurer was apparently in NYC, but still his showroom gallery is a really cool place…good vibes. Seems like it is an old manufacturing facility … Continue reading ingo maurer gallery in Munich
CNC wire- and pipe-bending equipment is often used in steel fabrication like rebar cages. But a design shop called Pensa has launched a Kickstarter program to bring this sort of automated fabrication down to a smaller “tabletop” scale. They already … Continue reading tabletop wire bender
I continue to be fascinated by the potential of electrically-conductive inks for architectural applications. The ability to radically simplify low-voltage DC-based lighting and sensing systems by integrating printed electrical traces directly into architectural materials offers a innovation path towards … Continue reading bare conductive
Earlier this summer, the US Department of Energy’s SSL program selected Cooper Lighting (now part of Eaton) as the recipient of $2.4m for their interesting R+D program proposal. Cooper’s press release is useless, but here is the text from the DOE’s announcement: Recipient: Eaton Corporation Title: Print-Based Manufacturing of Integrated, Low Cost, High Performance SSL Luminaires Summary: The objective of this project is to develop manufacturing process innovation that allows for LED package, chip, or chip array placement directly on a fixture or heatsink. The approach includes the placement of integrated power electronics. Flexible manufacturing for planar, non-planar and recessed … Continue reading DOE R+D funding: Cooper Lighting wants to print their LED fixtures
Philips Lighting not only illuminated the entire art collection with LED lighting, we also illuminated the whole exterior of the building with LED. And the Rijksmuseum is no small building — looming over the Amsterdam horizon with unparalleled majesty on … Continue reading rijksmuseum: exterior lighting
A colleague of mine (thanks JM!) forwarded this interesting UK-based startup called Isotera, which is developing a “contactless” wiring system for architectural LED lighting. Here’s Isotera’s own system description: “Using ultra-efficient and reliable bulk power conversion by a single Power … Continue reading inductive power for LED systems
Via Inhabitat, this interesting pendant concept caught my eye, from Dutch design firm MOOOI. I really like the organic, biomimetic feeling of the product, made possible by the use of lots and lots of LED’s married directly to diffusers. According … Continue reading moooi’s heracleum
The allure of integrating lighting into decorative wall surfaces continues to stimulate designers. Two design firms, Ingo Maurer and Meystyle, offer creative techniques for integrating LEDs into wallpaper installations. Via Inhabitat, London-based Meystyle is led by two sisters who do … Continue reading LED wallpaper
Via Gizmodo, a cool little design company called Emerging Objects that is exploring alternative natural materials such as wood pulp, clay, and salt for use in 3D printing technologies. Continue reading emerging objects
Via Inhabitat: Internally luminous “green walls” made of recycled plastic by Taipei-based company Miniwiz. From the Inhabitat post: Taipei-based Miniwiz just unveiled a brand new system that transforms old bottles into gorgeous glowing green walls! Dubbed Verti-Cult, the system is made from 100% … Continue reading verti-cult by miniwiz
Via Kickstarter, an interesting Austin-based startup company called Ube that is developing WIFI-enabled dimmers, outlets, plug adapters and of course, the corresponding control apps for mobile devices. The team behind this looks to have quite a bit of experience in … Continue reading ube
I really do like the concept behind Philips MyBuddy bedside lamp for children. Not so sure it would work with my kids…they take after my wife’s insufferable morning grumpiness…but I’ll try it anyway… Continue reading philips mybuddy
PyraSied is a local Dutch company that specializes in plastics and acrylics. I recently saw a sample of their PyraLED PMMA (acrylic) diffusion sheet and was supremely impressed by its diffusion properties while maintaining decent transmission. Specifically the PyraLED 3 in 10mm … Continue reading pyrasied acrylics
If you follow Philips Lighting at all, yesterday and today you have been bombarded by the launch of the new Hue wireless RGB Edison-lamps. The real story here is the first big launch of connected lights, another step towards an … Continue reading philips hue
Another hint at what Cooledge Lighting is developing, courtesy a recent job posting from Edison Report. Of course, TIR delivered a whole lot of hype during its day but not many (if any?) Lexel units…maybe this time will be different… “A revolutionary approach to the exploding solid state lighting space with the industry’s first LED lighting sheet. Cooledge Lighting is preparing the commercial launch of our proprietary flexible lighting sheet to target the US$100B global lighting market. Our innovative contribution to the emerging LED space eliminates many of the constraints and challenges that existing LED systems impose. Cooledge’s LED lighting … Continue reading cooledge lighting job posting
Lamellux is a French manufacturer and fabricator of very unique and highly creative laminates. They have combined classic wood laminates with acrylics and other resins to create a very interesting interplay of luminosity with traditional wood textures. Continue reading lamellux
Cut Laser Cut is a London-based laser-cutting fabricator with a terrific website. They have tons of creative examples of laser-cutting projects, plus an outstanding materials library to help select what you need. Lots of good stuff on their site! Not … Continue reading cutlasercut
The online lighting retailer Lamps Plus has a very impressive service for customizing lamp shades. As a secondary business that uses the same technology and supply chain, they offer customized art prints. Not only can you mix and match a … Continue reading lamps plus
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