Your Guide to the World of LED

History of LED The first light emitting diode was invented in 1962 at General Electric and it could only emit a faint red light. By 1980, red, blue and yellow LEDs had been created but it wasn’t until the 1990s that LED lights became affordable enough for commercial use. Fast forward to today and… LED v. Other Lights LEDs have characteristically lower energy consumption, smaller size, a longer lifetime, faster switching and because of this, they have a wider palette of applic

Whether you suffer from regularly occurring headaches or not we can all relate to the feeling of staring at a screen for too long or walking back out into the daylight after being inside a dim building for a while. Some of us can even relate to how it feels spending long periods of time in an office or classroom and feeling like our internal hard drive has been fried. Well in this blog post we’re going to cover some possible causes of these headaches and give some suggestions

When you think of LEDs, what comes to mind? For most people, it’s probably nothing more than “lights”. Maybe it’s “bright lights”. And if one of these two came to mind for you, we can confidently say you are 100% correct. LEDs are brighter than all previous iterations of lighting technology – we’re talking about incandescents, CFLs, fluorescents and halide light bulbs/fixtures. Although it is true that LEDs emit the highest amounts of light compared to every other type of lig

Do You Work Inside Most of the Day? In today’s world, it’s easy to take natural sunlight for granted. If you happen to be living in the northern hemisphere this time of year you’ll sympathize with what it’s like to go to work in the dark and drive home from work in the dark. Nearly everybody works inside especially while the days are getting shorter and colder. Unfortunately, the way we receive and produce light in our enclosed environments can have a range of effects on our