David Shiller sends out a lighting e-mail newsletter each month, and I’m lucky to be on his list. Here’s an excerpt — what he saw at Lightfair:
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The Interesting Innovations at Light Fair Were Not LED
At this year’s LFI, I was more impressed with wireless controls and new exotic optical materials than I was with core LED innovation. I’ll save the controls as a future newsletter topic. For now, check out all of the advanced materials companies who are jumping into lighting:
Bayer: Yes, the famous aspirin company. Their advanced materials division displayed these optical materials.
Corning: The glass people. They showed these strange, glowing, hair-thin, glass fiber optics, which they refer to as “Fiber Optic and Remote Source Lighting”. I have not been able to find additional information online, other than, “Glass fiber that has been specifically designed for lighting applications. The product has uniform brightness, tight bend radius and can be used in long lengths. Both laser or LED based light sources.”PPG: The famous paint and glass company. They weren’t at LFI, but they have an advanced materials division with eyes on the lighting market. DOE recently honored them (news release here) for developing lower-cost glass substrates for OLEDs.
3M: The chemical company. 3M also has an advanced materials division that is active in:
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