Tag: LED

Business & Innovation

foretelling a massive industry shakeout?

Brad Koerner

I’ve heard rumors that my former employer, Micron Technologies, is finally killing its floundering LED lighting ambitions, at least at the fixture level.  Micron has a long, sad history of starting “hobby businesses” in an attempt to diversify outside of its core memory-chip business; Micron already killed its foray into PV Solar, which actually had far more traction then the LED group.   Micron is clearly at fault for its own failure to achieve any meaningful traction in the hot LED market over the course of four years.  But I think it is a great example of what you will see over the … Continue reading foretelling a massive industry shakeout?

Future Lighting

the art of dynamic lighting

Brad Koerner

For several years now, it has been apparent to industry insiders that, essentially, all light sources in the near future will transition to LED or OLED.  So the question needs to be asked:  When energy efficiency becomes irrelevant (because every light source has a very high level of efficacy as a standard feature), how will designers continue to conserve energy? The answer, I think, will be a shifting of focus for lighting designers from selecting light sources to scripting lighting control systems; designers will need to engage the art of dynamic controls. Accompanying this shift will be the transition of … Continue reading the art of dynamic lighting