Since Edison’s invention 133 years ago little has changed in the world of lightbulbs, aside from the introduction of fluorescents and LEDs of course. Today Philips pushes the evolution with the announcement of Hue, the next step in consumer lighting, and the world’s first Web-enabled LED home lighting system. The innovative LED bulb is capable of producing nearly every color of light in the spectrum—16 …
Philips owned Polymer Vision is capable of producing prototypes of ultra-thin, large-area, rollable displays on a routine basis and intends to rapidly move toward an industrially feasible production process. The displays combine active-matrix polymer driving electronics with a reflective ‘electronic ink’ front plane on an extremely thin sheet of plastic that has very low power requirements. This presents new opportunities for mobile devices and takes …
