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    Amish beat detroit to high tech head/tail lights!

    The amish (with a little help from a silicon valley firm) have beaten detroit to a major trend in automotive lighting. Not just luxeon tail lights...but HEADLIGHTS!This newsweek article details the trend. -Dan
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    Amish beat detroit to high tech head/tail lights!

    UBB15-ML-293187-ML- Moved to Non-Flashlight General Light Discussion - Empath
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    RGB LED hits 1725mcd!

    Sharp microelectronics has just released some info on a new RGB LED module they're producing with a light output of 1725mcd... I wonder whats the first thing we'll be seeing with them in it. More info at Electronic Products Magazine -Dan
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    Smallest blue LED ever?

    Kopin has just introduced what I think is the smallest blue LED ever mass produced. Claiming 100mcd from a device the size of a grain of sand is quite amazing. Power draw is claimed to be 20mA at 2.9V More info at Electronics Products Magazine -Dan
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    Brinkmann corp lanterns?

    Has anyone tried the brinkmann 6V lanterns from their website or other sources? Opinions? Beamshots? -Daniel
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    123 batteries for low price(if you want a lot)

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1731280307 currently at $800 for each 800 battery case...which means that they're 1$ a battery. This may be the last battery purchase you'd ever have to make! Granted, its a lot... Just thought I'd let you surefire guys know about this... -Dan
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    New Incandescent light innovations at Sandia...

    A new experimental microscopic tungsten lattice can increase the efficiency of an incandescent electric bulb from 5 percent to greater than 60 percent by converting waste heat into visible light. This should put a kink in LED light development... /Dan
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    Need diffuse smd white led source!

    Hi guys, I'm looking for a few (about 10) diffuse SMD white leds, to form into an LED backlight for an old LCD tv i have which uses a small fluorescent tube. Anyone know where i can find em for a reasonable price?? -Daniel
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    Water resistant/proof cases with knobs???

    Does anyone have any experience with designing or just know the inner workings of military style equipment cases with water proof knobs and dials that still operate correctly? I'm trying to design a case for a radio I own and I'm having an impossible time finding any info on knobs and dials...
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    Tritium micro vials??

    Does anyone know if traser makes the ultra-tiny tritium vials available to other watch makers in any form? I'd love to be able to have the little markers applied to some other watches I own. Particularly a bulova accutron dive watch that has lost its glow... -Daniel
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    We search for bigger/brighter;they, for smaller/dimmer

    BBC has recently reported that a group project between Toshiba Research Limited and the University at Cambridge has produced a micro LED so precise that each activation can be adjusted to produce exactly ONE PHOTON of light.This page at BBC news describes the innovation, which they intend on...
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    LS color mixing?

    Has anyone tried color mixing with the luxeon stars? They do make a red green and blue one.... Does it come out reasonably white when diffused? Or does the array have to be set up like the nichia RGB arrays where its 1R, 1G, and 2B, to make up for the lower output of the blue led? -Dan
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    Rant#3 Misaligned headlights and green turnsignals!

    More and more idiots are driving around my area with badly aimed headlights, and those riced up multi colored, or even clear turnsignals... Last I remembered, both of these offenses are ticketable... why dont cops bother anymore? -dan
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    Driving with fog lights, when theres no fog?

    Rant#2! Why do people insist on driving with their foglights on when it is not foggy? Why isnt this illegal in the US? Even worse, nowdays, many import cars have REAR FOGLIGHTS (a single or dual lamp in the rear of the car that is as bright as the brake lights, and is continuously illuminated in...
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    New GREEN LED traffic signals way too bright?

    Is anyone else here totally angry at the total lack of design sense put into the new LED green signals that are popping up all over the place? I think they're too bright to the point that I could almost have an accident from the extreme amounts of glare that they cause on rainy nights, and at...
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    LS flashlight retrofit

    Heres a link to a page showing my own use for those happy little Luxeon Stars from gransee... I've done a flashlight retrofit using a Specialized 6V halogen bike light. Its amazingly bright... also has 2 setings, High has a 4, 15? resistors in parallel, low adds 4, 68? resistors to the circuit...

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