Blue Light Exposure Reduces Blood Pressure and Increases Heart Rate, According to University Dusseldorf Medical Faculty
Members of the medical faculty at the University Dusseldorf investigated whether entire body exposure to visible blue light can decrease blood pressure the same way that UV light is known to do. They also looked at endothelial function (flow-mediated dilation). They exposed 14 healthy male subjects on 2 days to …
TOF Applications Enabled with Lumileds Luxeon IR LEDs Operating at up to 40 MHz
Engineers from Lumileds and Melexis have demonstrated the operation of Luxeon IR LEDs at up to 40MHz, enabling Time-of-Flight applications in 940nm and 850nm with a range of up to 3 meters. According to Lumileds, the inherent properties of the Luxeon IR LEDs produce the clean and repeatable response curve …
Plessey Purchases EVG Wafer Bonding System for MicroLED Array Fabrication
UK firm, Plessey Semiconductor reports that it has purchased a GEMINI wafer bonding system from EVG The company plans to use the system to scale up its fabrication of GaN-on-Si microLEDs. According to Plessey, the GEMINI® production wafer bonding system will perform bonding and alignment processes at Plessey’s fabrication facility in …
Osram Opto Launches New Pulsed Diode Laser for LiDAR
LiDAR or light imaging detection and ranging is an integral part of almost all driving assistance systems (other than one main exception, Tesla). Systems such as emergency braking and lane assist in semi-autonomous or autonomous vehicles employ LiDAR to calculate distances. A LiDAR system gives off very short laser light …
OLED Works Launches OLED Panel Platform on Flexible Glass
In a much anticipated and often discussed possibility in OLEDs, OLEDWorks LLC announced the availability of the Wave, which the company boasts is the first commercially available OLED (organic light-emitting diode) lighting platform on flexible glass. The appropriately named new product, the Wave, is part of OLEDWorks LumiCurve product family …
