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Market Intelligence for Lighting Developers
February 2020
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Coronavirus Impacts Lighting Industry
 DS: The manufacturing implications of Coronavirus worry the lighting industry.
Coronavirus and China Manufacturing: Why The Risk Is Far Larger Than Just Wuhan’s Factories
Source: Forbes.com / Willy Shih
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DS: A survey of 6,600 Chinese LED manufacturers finds only 50-70% of workers will have returned by 2/17.
Industry Survey: 72% Chinese LED Companies Say It’s Unlikely to Profit Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
Source: ledinside.com
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DS: Check out my latest article about rechargeable portable lanterns in enLIGHTenment Magazine.
Bright Future for Portable Lanterns
Source: enlightenmentmag.com / David Shiller
 A category that harkens back to the days of oil lamps and candles has been reborn thanks to advanced rechargeable batteries, solar power, LEDs, and a range of consumer electronic features.
Portable lanterns may conjure up images of camping or developing nations without electricity, but think again. This category has gone highly decorative, extremely functional, and even high-end. Believe it or not, there are highly decorative portable lanterns selling online for $600 each.
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DS: Big congratulations to two of our clients for great showings at the Sapphire Awards.
 1. eLumigen won the SSL Lamp & Retrofit Designs category, beating out Signify and Soraa. Amazing!
2. Espen Technology was a finalist for Smart and Connected SSL Systems.
View all of the Sapphire Award winners here.
DS: Philips Hue can allow hackers into your computer.
A Vulnerability Lets Hackers Gain Entry to People's Computers Using Philips Hue Smart Bulbs - Here's How to Protect Against It
Source: businessinsider.com / Aaron Holmes
 Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability affecting connected home devices that allows hackers to take control of peoples' computers by attacking their smart devices.
The vulnerability affects any connected devices that use a network called the Zigbee protocol, including Philips Hue Smart Light Bulbs and Amazon Echo, according to a new report from security firm Check Point.
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DS: Congrats to our associate, Juan Carlos Blacker, and industry ally, Joe Pater of Rebate Bus, for landing their own podcast about utility rebates. They’re two of the top rebate experts I know!
Get A Grip On Lighting Podcast
Source: linkedin.com
 Congrats to Joe Pater and Juan Carlos Blacker on the premiere of their own rebate-specific series. Look out for two episodes per month going forward.
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DS: LFI fights back against exhibitors who break the rules.
LightFair and the F.B.I.
Source: edisonreport.com
 LightFair management is serious about protecting LightFair from unscrupulous companies. Last August, EdisonReport exclusively published that 28 importers had been banned from the 2020 show. That number is now up to 40. LightFair rejected 119 exhibitor applications in 2019. As of this date, they have already rejected 145 applications for new exhibitors with four more months left to go. In addition, LightFair also rejects attendee applications and has rejected visa applications for some people trying to visit the show. EdisonReport has always complained about companies that exhibit at hotel suites during LightFair, as they pull our customers off the showroom floor. Rejecting visa applications is a small but important step in policing this activity.
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DS: Osram releases 3W blue laser and claim 3X white light luminance versus comparable LEDs.
Take the Stage: Blue High-Power Laser from Osram Provides Breathtaking Moments at Events
Source: osram.com
 Rock and pop shows today are about much more than music. The entertainment factor, including numerous show elements, is becoming more and more important in concerts in big stadiums and event halls across the world. State-of-the-art stage lighting plays an essential role in these shows...A new blue high-power laser is now expanding the range of options available to manufacturers of show lasers and stage spotlights.
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DS: Congrats to former client, SLD Laser.
TDK Ventures Invests in GaN Laser Light Firm SLD Laser
Source: semiconductor-today.com
 Electronics company TDK Corp of Tokyo, Japan says that subsidiary TDK Ventures Inc has added to its growing portfolio of companies by investing in SLD Laser of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA (a spin-off from LED lighting firm Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA that is commercializing visible laser light sources for automotive, mobility, medical, LiFi communication, sensing, specialty lighting and consumer applications).
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DS: European researchers awarded multi-million dollar grant to develop fluorescent proteins to replace phosphor downconverters.
Bio-Inspired LEDs Leverage Fluorescent Proteins
Source: eenewseurope.com / Julien Happich
 What if bacteria could produce cheaper, sustainable, and safer colour filters for LEDs? Asks Rubén D. Costa, Head of the Hybrid Optoelectronic Materials & Devices Lab at IMDEA Materiales, coordinator of the ENABLED project (Engineering of Artificial fluorescent proteins for Biological Light Emitting Diodes).
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DS: This really interesting study finds deep fat tissues in mice require light for proper metabolic functions - especially 480nm blue. This could one day lead to light therapy for human obesity, diabetes, etc. Or you can go outside...
Fat Cells Can Sense Sunlight — Not Getting Enough Increases Metabolic Syndrome Risk
Source: phys.org / Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
 Yes, fat cells deep under your skin can sense light. And when bodies do not get enough exposure to the right kinds of light, fat cells behave differently.
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DS: Los Alamos National Lab has created colloidal quantum dot LEDs that can also be lasers.
LEDs Engineered With Colloidal Quantum Dots Can Function As Lasers
Source: scitechdaily.com
 Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum dot LED that also operates as an optically pumped laser.
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DS: Here's a great list of the ways that Bluetooth beacons can add value to connected lighting.
What Bluetooth Beacons Bring to the Future of Connected Lighting
Source: lightingdesignandspecification.ca / Peter Duine
 Analysts predict the smart lighting market will grow more than 21% a year between 2018 and 2023. Much of this growth will be driven by wireless installations – and the exciting new applications they support. That’s why we’re putting Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology in our connected components, enabling every fixture to communicate wirelessly with nearby Bluetooth-enabled smartphones.
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DS: IALD and IWBI launch new lighting manufacturer guidelines for circadian lighting, glare, color rendering and flicker.
IALD Launches New Guidelines for Manufacturers Working with WELL
Source: sustainabilityhq.com
 The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), the leading global association of lighting designers, in collaboration with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), has launched guidelines for lighting manufacturers to help lighting designers more easily determine if their designs meet the WELL Building Standard criteria. The WELL v2 pilot is the latest version of the WELL Building Standard, a rating system that focuses exclusively on the way that buildings and everything in them—including lighting—can improve our comfort and enhance our health and wellness.
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DS: Smart lighting and IoT increase value prop but make it harder to find the decision maker.
Smart Lighting/IoT: Finding the Customer
Source: lightingcontrolsassociation.org
 In a recent issue of LD+A, consultant Rich Schuett talks about how the proliferation of intelligent lighting and the Internet of Things has broadened lighting’s value proposition, but also made targeting the right decision-maker more complex.
Look at lighting controls, indoor and outdoor data, power over Ethernet, and lighting as a service, he outlines the key opportunities and challenges.
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DS: Blue-light circadian entrainment shows promise in healing concussions.
Blue-light Study Shows Promise in Healing Mild TBI
Source: ledsmagazine.com / Carrie Meadows
 In the journal Neurobiology of Disease, a team of scientists from the University of Arizona’s Department of Psychiatry has published findings that indicate circadian entrainment via blue-light emitting devices can advance recovery from mTBI by improving sleep, thus allowing the brain to repair itself more efficiently.
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