Royal Philips Sheds Old Businesses for New Directions
The Dutch industrial giant is moving away from home electronics and toward the next generation of light bulbs and hospital scanning and monitoring equipment.
TV’s Future Technology Available Now in Tiny Size
OLED-screen technology in a pocket-size picture viewer is available without taking out a second mortgage.
Fans of L.E.D.’s Say This Bulb’s Time Has Come
L.E.D.’s have replaced standard bulbs in many of the nation’s traffic lights. The bright, long-lasting bulbs are starting to show up in some high-profile places too.
THE VERRAZANO GOES GREEN
Photo of workers on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City replacing lights with light-emitting diode bulbs
Invent
Any number of ways to reduce your footprint.
Solid State Steps Out of the Shadows
New projects seek to lower the barriers to mass-market acceptance of organic L.E.D. displays and other solid-state technologies.
In Limited Release, a Small-Screen Newcomer With Big Promise and a High Price
The first television available United States to use organic light-emitting diodes, the Sony XEL-1 provides strong contrast, pure blacks and good detail in a screen that is thinner than the cord that powers it.
So Efficient, L.E.D.’s Are Now Fashion Plates, Too
No automaker introduces a new concept car, it seems, before dressing it up with light-emitting diodes.