The ability of LED lights to be small or large and designed in a multitude of colours has resulted in a growing number of diverse ways to use them.

Night-Lights for Magazine Newsstands

Some magazine and print publications have turned to LED technology to augment the visibility and appeal of their products. Just as a flashing neon sign on the Las Vegas strip tries desperately to grab the attention of passers-by, print media is attempting to use the same method to drum up magazine sales.

LED lights are small enough, light enough and cool enough to be well-suited to this advertising medium and their usage in this field can only get bigger and brighter.

Twinkling Taps

Bathroom and kitchen taps can be fitted with LED faucets. These new LED gadgets can turn hand-washing and dishwashing experiences into veritable dazzling splashes of colour visuals.

A massive plus to the new LED tap lights is the ability to turn red when the water is running hot and blue when cold. No more unexpected shots of cold or hot water.

Spinning Wheels Sparkle With Colour

Normal reflectors have met their match in the new LED wheel lights that provide that splash of colour. The reflectors are light enough to attach to spokes, without interfering too much with the cycling experience. The added visibility that a multi-coloured wheel-spinning experience delivers provides for added safety.

They are dazzling and sparkly and add pizzazz to the bike-riding experience – one of the essential requirements of any novelty item.

Throw Away Your LED Lights

Throw away LED lights or “throwies” are great novelty LED light gadgets. Constructed of an LED light attached to a coin battery, with electrical tape, they are a great new way to instant illumination. The plethora of colours available allow for great design concepts and mood lighting.

With a very low manufacturing cost at just one dollar, this is truly a throw away item that has a multitude of inventive uses.

Surf the Night Away

Surfers have always been stymied by the restriction that nighttime darkness places on the ability to surf. Enter the surfboard, equipped with LED-embedded side-fins. The fins are made with see-through Perspex glass, so it is easy to keep sight of the surfboard even in the dead of night.

Finally, Light Gets Bottled

Inventors have created another novel use for LED lights. They have invented a display container that allows the user to display up to six messages up to 255 characters in length.

Clever and crazy, this product is water and freezer proof and lasts for a year or longer.

Up, Up and Away

Last but not least is the very fun and creative use for LED technology involving balloons. The environmentally aware LED powered air-quality balloons, measure the levels of pollution in the air and change colour depending on the amount of diesel and exhaust fumes in the air. Brains and beauty in one – courtesy of LED lighting technology.

Heat wastage has been a major thorn in the side for LED development and light bulb life longevity. The more powerful and brighter an LED light the more heat wastage occurs and the shorter the lifespan.

Recent developments have opened the path to more efficient and brighter LED lights that are more suited to indoor living rooms than giant billboard TV displays.

Cutting-edge Technology Makes All Things Possible

Finally technology has caught up with all the hype surrounding long life LEDs by fine-tuning a system that cools the LED bulb from within.

In the past, LED lights requiring more than 1500 lumen in brightness resulted in large amount of wasted heat, which in turn resulted on a shorter lifespan. In order to justify the higher price tag for an LED light bulb than that of its traditional counterparts, manufacturers would push the longevity benefits. However this justification did not translate well into brighter and more powerful LED lights, which gave off much more heat and lasted a lot less than projected.

One of the major developers and manufacturers in the lighting industry created a system that actively cooled the bulb from within. This cutting-edge new technology, called “synthetic jet” cooling allows for hot air to be pulled from the LED light chamber.

LEDs “Synthetic Jet” Cooling System

LED light bulbs are built with this new technology to manage its heat wastage and as a result they are even more efficient and last even longer.

Basically there exists a small chamber inside the LED light bulb. From with in this chamber a small diaphragm spins to create a very, very fast and tumultuous flow of air. This whirlwind of airflow pulls air in its trail, thereby increasing the total flow of air out of the bulb as much as five hundred percent.

The resulting performance enhancements for the LED light bulb are unmatched. The increased in thermal efficiency is a direct result of the “synthetic jet” technology enabling the removal of more heat with less air.

Previous LED lighting cooling systems included moving parts common to fans and blowers. With no such parts in this new system, the LED cooling system is far more reliable.

The “synthetic jet” system requires a fraction of the energy that conventional fan cooling systems require, but are able to do the same job using a lot less power.

Another great bonus for users of the new LED “synthetic jet” cooling system is huge reduction in noise. Without the encumbrances of frictional moving parts and with lower airflow requirements, LED cooling systems can be designed to run silently using this technology.

The Future Can Only Get Brighter

The “synthetic jet” technology has opened the door to brighter LED lights that are living up to their promise of being longer-lasting, more energy efficient and more environmentally-friendly.

The days of bright, omni-directional LED lights are here. The LED light bulb is now poised to go up against compact fluorescent and halogen lights in the general, every day lighting category.

LED light bulbs are known for their high endurance levels. In 2012 this revolutionary type of lighting product is set to smash all previous records for longevity, with the offering of a LED bulb that can keep going for more than twenty years.

This is very exciting news for consumers, who are always on the hunt for great technological ideas that are also environmentally- friendly.

Retail Buyers Have Nothing to Lose

The new LED light bulbs are being brought to market by massive mover and shakers in the electrical lighting distribution and manufacturing markets. American- based company GE (General Electric) alongside some other big names are all set to release this giant of the light bulb industry, later on this year.

The new invention comes with the usual higher price tag than more conventional lighting products, such as incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. However a huge energy savings offsets this downside.

The longer-lasting LED bulbs will retail for around twenty dollars initially, which is distinctly more expensive than traditional lighting alternatives. That said the sixty-watt equivalent version of the long-lasting LED light bulb consumes less than 20% of the energy of an incandescent bulb – whilst producing the same amount of light.

The Benefits Still Loom Large

LEDs have been on the market for a very long time but, generally, their use was restricted to indicators and standby lights.

However the generally accepted fact that LED lights last up to one hundred times longer than incandescent lamps and approximately seven times longer than CFLs (compact fluorescent lights), encouraged technological developments to make this type of lighting more commercially and economically viable.

It is also well known that LED technology is far more energy efficient than that of incandescent bulbs – consuming up to ninety-percent less electricity overall.

With the longer life spans, huge energy saving costs and lower maintenance costs, the fact that LED light bulbs cost more to manufacture is less of a drawback.

Where Will the LED Light Bulb be in Twenty Years?

A massive challenge that all light emitting products face – including the LED light bulb – is heat wastage. In the case of LED technology, the wasted heat is a lot less than conventional bulbs.

Manufacturers have created several ways to combat this “hole” in the efficiency of LED bulbs and look to reduce this waste heat even further in upcoming years.

The competition has heated up in this market. Even with technological advances that allow for omni-directional LED lights, its counterparts are stepping up to the challenge and producing competing products. Omni-directional CFLs and halogen lights cost less than LEDs and compact fluorescents are almost as energy efficient.

Meeting the Challenges From the Competition

In order to meet the challenges of it’s competitors, LED light bulbs have to become cheaper to manufacture and even more energy-efficient. The longer-lasting feature is one that will be extremely hard for its challengers to beat, however many consumers will want to mitigate that positive with a small increase in price.

The gaping chasm that exists today between LED lighting costs and that of CFLs or incandescent lights is still proving to be a huge stumbling block for many consumers to resolve.

The distinct advantages that LED lights have over other conventional lighting sources should make it the first choice for household use. Reducing manufacturing costs will go a long way to making this lighting choice much more appealing.

Just How Much Better are LED Lights?

The list below represents a fraction of the advantages that LED light have over more conventional lighting solutions, such as fluorescent or incandescent lights.

·         No Toxic Chemicals

The manufacturing process for fluorescent bulbs involves the use of toxic mercury products. The production of LED lights does not include the usage of any harmful products.

·         Long Lasting

LED bulbs have a huge jump on the competition in this category. They on average last up to ten times as long as fluorescents bulbs and twice as much as the traditional incandescent lights.

·         Higher Efficiency

LEDs consume 66% less electricity than conventional incandescent light bulbs and only a fraction of the energy that fluorescent lighting uses.

·         Hardy Construction

LED lights are constructed in such a way to reduce the likelihood of breakage or damage.

·         Cool to the Touch

Heat is the enemy of the incandescent bulb. LED light bulbs generate a very low amount of heat. This makes them well suited for use in warmer environments – especially in regards to reducing air-conditioning costs.

How Can Manufacturers Make LED’s More Affordable?

In order to make LED lights more affordable and therefore more appealing to consumers – both commercially and in the home.

• Thermal Management

High-powered LED lights can emit a lot of heat. Only about 30% of the electricity becomes light, with the remaining 70% as heat. Manufacturers need to develop better ways to dissipate the heat, which, if left untreated, will lower the efficiency of the LED bulb, and render it unstable.

• Dimmer Controls

Fitting bulbs with dimmer control capabilities is a great way for manufacturers to increase the efficiency of the LED lights and reduce costs.

• Central Packaging

Central packaging costs involve: packaging, warehousing, assembling and distributing. Speedy development in LED technology has significantly increased the production levels and demand for LED lights.

However a cost-efficient packaging process has not matched this increase. Manufacturers can do a lot to reduce the costs associated with this part of the production process.

• Beam Control

Fine-tuning the current technology to allow for secondary optics to control the way that light from an LED bulb is shaped will increase focus.

Getting consumers to see the huge benefits of using LED light bulbs over traditional lighting hinges substantially on pricing. Both scientists and manufacturers can work together to balance the technological side of the LED development process with  actual production methods. This union will undoubtedly produce a much more cost-efficient LED light bulb for use in the home.

The previous high cost associated with LED technology also restricted its use in car design to those manufacturers at the premium end of the market. However in recent years things have changed dramatically. The manufacturing cost of LED lights has dropped significantly. This has allowed car manufacturers and designers to bring this new concept to lower-end car models.

The New Toy for All Car Enthusiasts

LED lights look extremely stylish and modern. These characteristics are what make them very appealing to both automotive industry designers and car buyers.

The neat high-tech look is one that lends itself very nicely to car accessories. Having already made strides into the headlight market, LED lights have found a new application shiny, glossy chrome wheel trim designs.

LED Lights Perform as Well as They Look

Behind all the glitz and glamour of the LED light lies a tremendously functional product.

Take for example LED headlight technology. LED headlights last a great deal longer than conventional headlights. Under normal conditions the LED headlight will last the life of the vehicle. Any consumer can see the value to that, when the cost of bulb replacement in traditional headlights can add up quite a bit.

LED headlights have another advantage over their established cousins. The light they emit is significantly brighter and whiter, allowing for better visibility by both the driver and other drivers on the road.

What about halogen headlights, you may ask? Well, LED headlights use less than 25% of the power than alternative headlights, like halogen. That savings in power consumption is another solid reason to choose this technology over other players in the market.

LED’s Lofty Beginnings

As indicated earlier, LED lighting technology entered the car manufacturing industry at the higher end. It showed up on very luxurious car models and had more of a design appeal rather than function, efficiency and cost.

With the lower costs to use LED technology in car headlights and in other areas of car design, they are now being used in even greater amounts in the high-end car manufacturing industry.

Many of these carmakers are using LED lights in the initial design process and not just as an afterthought. The creativity that is being demonstrated through a more uninhibited use of LED lights is astonishing.

The design process has stretched to include LED lights in all facets of car design and lighting. This is resulting in some very attractive and functional effects on new models.

Many have gone so far as to use this type of lighting technology to define their brand. The ability to push the boundaries of the automotive designing process through the flexibility of LED technology is changing the face of many car brands.

Economy Cars Get a Boost from LED Lights

Many lower-end car manufacturers have seen how the simple LED light can change the whole look of a car. Although the price-point might be slightly higher than conventional lighting, they recognise that this could be a small sacrifice to pay, in order to bring in more customers.

The new technology is making these brands stand out from their competition and telling consumers that they know what looks good.

Using LED features as a way to brand less expensive car models is proving to be very successful for these carmakers. It is fast becoming the way for LED lighting technology to truly go mainstream.

In areas where natural light is extremely limited in winter months, having the ability to produce adequate amounts of light for continued plant growth presents a real challenge. However grow lights, of which LED light sourcing is now an option, can solve this dilemma by augmenting the amount of time that plants receive precious light.

Why is Natural Daylight so Important for Plant Growth?

Natural daylight has a specially configured colour temperature spectrum that encourages plant growth from the budding stage straight through to maturity. The beginning vegetative phase needs the blue light spectrum, whereas the later flowering stage requires lighting from the red-orange spectra.

With artificial grow lights these different levels of light distribution can be artificially reproduced at levels similar to that of natural daylight.

Are LED Grow Lights Better than Traditional Lights?

LED lights have some distinct advantages when compared to the more traditional grow lights. Here are just a few:

Power consumption when compared to metal halide lights is relatively small.
LED lights give off a minute amount of heat but retain a high level of brightness.
LED lighting units are usually constructed in a modular format, which allows for faster and more efficient reconfiguration and changes to the grow light system.
This same modular set-up allows for the system to accommodate, side by side, a variety of plants all requiring different light spectra.
LED lighting is more suitable to being adjusted to the different light spectra required for successful plant growth
LED bulbs have a multiple-year shelf life.

In the past the cost of LED light production proved to be a prohibitive brick wall to their use in grow lighting systems. However recent developments in scientific research has substantially reduced the manufacturing costs of LED lights.

Other LED Grow Light Advantages

In addition to the levelling of the costs between the LED grow lights and the more traditional metal halide and fluorescent light, there are other positive virtues to LED grow light systems.

When compared with metal halide (MH) lighting, LED lights use a small fraction of the power that MH lights use and there’s no need for ballasts. LED’s produce the same spectrum of lights as MH lights using 75% less electric power. At that rate a 50-watt LED light can do the same job that a 200-watt MH light can – producing the exact same level of lighting intensity.

Conventional metal halide and fluorescent grow lights usually need to be a few inches from the plant to produce the desired levels of lighting intensity. However LED lighting can provide the required light levels at up to a foot away from the targeted plant subject.

As researchers are finding more ways to increase the power consumption of LED lights, the resulting effect will be more powerful LED grow lights. In today’s market LED grow lights are being made in designs capable of exceeding 600 watts of power – and they can only get more powerful and more efficient.

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A new form of revolutionary liquid-cooled LED lights has entered the stage of more efficient and environmentally-friendly lighting. It is the first in the genre of “eco” lighting to be able to match the brightness of a regular 100-watt bulb. The innovative technology uses on a tiny fraction of the energy needed to power a normal 100-watt bulb to the same brightness level.

LED lighting has always had one small drawback – a lower capability of LED lights to produce a similar level of brightness to conventional light bulbs. This shortcoming has curtailed its expansion into more every day use. However, the new liquid-cooled technology has opened to the door for LED lights to be used in many more applications.

The Inner-workings of the Liquid-cooled LED Light

The key ingredient in this new product design is a specially designed fluid solution. The liquid is vacuum-sealed into the LED light bulb. By creating a liquid in a vacuum, the technology allows for maximum heat dissipation. This in turn enhances the efficient way that the LED components in the light bulb manage heat.

Why is this so important?

The majority of conventional LED-based lights are not designed to optimise heat dissipation. Their design radiates heat and reduces the amount of light produced, ultimately degrading the quality of light emitted and its efficiency. The thermal build-up inside the bulb leads to an inefficient use of energy, which can produce a certain level of toxic build-up.

The new liquid-cooled LED technology uses both liquid and metal conductors, inside the bulb, to achieve optimal heat dissipation. The LED module itself is immersed in liquid to quickly remove heat from hotspots and efficiently disperse it from the entire glass surface.

This liquid serves two purposes by cooling the glass from the inside, whilst the air cools the glass from the outside. In comparison, more traditional LED bulbs attempt to dissipate the heat at the base of the bulb. This method is a much more inefficient and costly. The liquid-cooled technology prevents hotspots, which are notoriously dangerous and add to the increased inefficiency of the lighting product.

Liquid LEDs Improve Light Transmission and Efficiency

The liquid used in the new LED technology is non-toxic and harmless. It is made from a mineral oil that is safe for human consumption and biodegradable. The environmental benefits to this new technology are maximised in conjunction with reduced energy consumption levels.

One of the great benefits to using this type of light bulb is the improved transmission of light. These liquid-cooled light bulbs are able to diffuse light at an angle greater than 260 degrees. In previous incarnations of LED lights this deficiency restricted their use to spot-lighting and under-cabinet lighting.

Recent generations of LED lighting designers were able to use frosting and other types of coating to create a more ambient form of light diffusion. However this resulted in greater inefficiency and heat build-up inside the bulb.

The latest liquid-cooled technology solves all of the above problems – allowing for an ambient light source that is both efficient and designer.

LED Technology has come a long way since its inception. The initial basic usage for this type of technology was in traffic signals and other areas where incandescent lighting proved to be very inefficient and costly.

Nowadays LED technology has become cheaper to manufacture and much more efficient. Many segments of the lighting industry have started using this technology in areas previously reserved for fluorescent and incandescent lighting.

In the Very Beginnings

In many industries, LED lighting technology has replaced other more conventional types of lighting.

• Neon Lights of Broadway and Vegas

Neon lighting has long since dominated many of the bright lights of New York City’s famous Broadway and The Las Vegas Strip of hotels and casinos.

When LEDs entered the market they offered so much more than the traditional neon lights. The commercial application of LED lights in this type of architectural lighting can result in a sizeable savings in energy costs – up to seventy-five percent over neon lights.

They also provide better visibility and cost less to maintain, as well as lasting up to five times longer than conventional neon lights. LED signs can last up to ten years before any necessary replacement.

• Supermarket Refrigeration Displays

In supermarkets, the majority of refrigerated display units were lit with fluorescent lighting. Unfortunately, fluorescent bulbs generate heat that cannot be easily disposed of inside the casing. This inefficient system, where the refrigeration unit has to compete with outside temperatures as well as the heat from the fluorescent lights, is very costly.

The refrigeration unit system can easily dissipate and transfer the heat generated by LED lights outside of the unit. This creates a much-reduced need for refrigeration energy levels.

In tests the new LED technology blew fluorescent lighting out of the water in regards to cost and energy-conservation. The numbers were staggering. Major supermarket chains reported a projected savings of almost two thirds over current refrigeration lighting display costs.

• Camera, Lights, Action – Entertainment

Another unique use for LED lighting is in the video and entertainment industry. Many outdoor video screens now use LED lights instead of other lighting sources. LEDs are brighter and much more efficient in this type of venture.

Viewers can see images and watch real-time videos on these massive LED screens – from a greater distance and with more clarity than other conventional screens

• Shopping Displays

LED lighting has also found a home in shop retail display lighting. Due to the variety of colours and sizes, shop owners can use it in many more creative ways in their shop display units.

LED lights do not radiate much heat. This advantage creates more avenues for use in shop display decorations.

Moving Forward with LED Technology

LED technology is poised to replace a much greater section of the lighting industry. Currently applications have stretched to accent lighting, recessed lighting and many more uses in the home.

With technology reducing the production and manufacturing costs and the multiple applications for this product, the future for LED lights can only get brighter.