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Nexxus Lighting Closes Acquisition of Lumificient Corp.
At LightFair, Nexxus plans to introduce new products utilizing technologies developed by Lumificient.

Nexxus Lighting Inc. has closed the previously announced acquisition of solid-state LED lighting manufacturer Lumificient Technologies. The newly acquired company will be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexxus Lighting and will continue to operate out of its manufacturing facility in Maple Grove, MN. Nexxus believes that the strength of Lumificient’s intellectual property, combined with the potential to build on its own IP with expanded R&D capa . . .  » MORE
   

Outdoor LCD Display
Suncutter LCD introduces its 46-in. model.

Suncutter Inc. (Columbus, OH), which provides outdoor LCD displays that are truly visible in direct sunlight, is announcing its Consumer/Prosumer 46-in. LCD outdoor display.  The company says the display is "a true, backyard television, or for your front yard, if you like to show off." The sleek design includes a front bezel for use in homes and businesses. Also, the product is designed to include protection against possible vandal . . .  » MORE
    Outdoor LCD Display



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Opto Tech Provides LED Facade for MGM Grand Macau
The centerpiece is a 1,408 x 768 pixel, 180°, curved, 16mm SMD videoscreen.

Opto Tech Corp. of Taiwan provided the façade for the recently opened MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Macau. The company describes the screen as the world's first true outdoor, 16mm, SMD LED display. The centerpiece of the display is a 1,408 x 768 pixel, 180°, curved, 16mm, SMD video screen, flanked by smaller, 16mm, SMD LED display panels and vertical LED tubes. The display, which is used for promotional videos and event previews, c . . .  » MORE
    Opto Tech Provides LED Facade for MGM Grand Macau

Don’t Burst These Bubbles
Cree and Apco contribute to an olympian effort in Beijing.

Beijing’s National Aquatics Centre, the swimming and diving venue for the 2008 Summer Olympics, showcases myriad sign technologies. Approximately 440,000 Cree (Durham, NC) XLamp LEDs are embedded in the 80,000-sq.-ft. structure, known as the Water Cube, to create dramatic, aquatic effects. Combined with lighting controls provided by Grandar Landscape Lighting and Technology Group (the primary contractor for the lighting project), the LEDs w . . .  » MORE
    Don’t Burst These Bubbles

Is Your Digital Sign Green?
Why is the same LED that's touted for its environmental friendliness a "green" threat?

Last week, I heard, for the first time, that a city government had questioned LED signs’ “green” compliance – not their color, but their potential, environmental impact. Specifically, the issue related to a complete life cycle – what happens to the display after it’s completed its useful life. How ironic. The “green” community touts these same LEDs as the incandescent lamp’s future replacement . . .  » MORE
    Is Your Digital Sign Green?




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