New LED technology

[Firecop]

http://www.physorg.com/news135517409.html

How do you think this will affect our hobby, and how soon?

 

[KeyGrip]

As long as they can keep the efficiancy the same, the biggest effect will be lower prices, especially among smaller manufacturers like McGizmo and Elektrolumens who can't realistically order emitters in the same volume as SureFire or Maglite. As for how soon; it's still at the university level and I would guess that it's going to take a few years to "get right" before the big companies pay attention. I hope I'm wrong, though, it looks very cool.

 

[McGizmo]

That's cool! It seems the emphasis is on cost reduction here and not necessarily improvements in efficiencies or efficacy over the present LED's. In terms of quantity and quality of light, who know how this technology will compare to current devices. :shrug:

 

[Juggernaut]

Wow new LED technology, I bet LexLuther will be exited:banned::eeew:.
So how much better is this stuff?

 

[TONY M]

I reckon that the main demand in the near future will be for cheaper LED lighting in housing rather than high efficiency just yet. Even substandard LED lighting beats still beats old age incan.
I can't wait to finally eliminate all of the incan lighting from my house. I'm getting closer.

 

[Juggernaut]

I reckon that the main demand in the near future will be for cheaper LED lighting in housing rather than high efficiency just yet. Even substandard LED lighting beats still beats old age incan.
I can't wait to finally eliminate all of the incan lighting from my house. I'm getting closer.

I thought LED lights dim with long time use "like in years"

 

[rain5539]

This article is not latest.
LED Light for home and office lighing has been years !
We have produced this kind of LED Lights for several years and the quality is reliable now
See: www.elecosn-led-display-screen.com

 

[bigballer1]

Cheaper LEDs in the near future? New breakthrough lowers production cost

Basically, instead of using expensive sapphire substrate to make LEDs, cheap zirconium nitride is used. Hopefully we'll see this technique picked up by CREE and SSC and start to get some cheap R2s and P7s!

http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080717SandsLighting.html