Tag: low energy
CES 2011 – Video of Casio's Low Energy Bluetooth Watch
We wrote about the Casio watch yesterday here. Suffice to say that it is only a prototype and will start working with phones probably not until next year. It is a nice idea though and one day all watches…
Super-efficient LED lighting now a real possibility within five years
The quest for cheaper, more environmentally-friendly lighting has taken another leap forward with scientists’ new-found ability to produce much cheaper LEDs.
The New Scientist article goes into quite significant detail about how the process was achieved in order to avoid the LEDs cracking during the manufacturing process (due to the high heat required to grow them) so I won’t attempt to look clever here by regurgitating it.
Suffice it to say, the “new” LEDs can be produced for around a tenner per 150,000 units…
Greenpeace launches range of dimmable energy-efficient lightbulbs
As part of the 100% Design London exhibition, Greenpeace unveiled what it claims to be the world's first dimmable low-energy light bulbs. They commissioned designer Jason Bruges to create an "interactive garden of light", which responded to human movement via…
