Plessey returns to the limelight with unique silicon process

Plymouth-based Plessey is the UK’s only LED maker, and the only LED maker in the world commercially making LEDs on silicon substrates.The driving force behind this seemingly quintessential British sem...

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Outdoor LED lighting in high-temperature environment

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released the final report in its Gateway installation of outdoor LED lighting along a section of the US/Mexico border fence near Yuma, AZ. Neither the DOE researc...

2020-11-15 309

Plessey lights make more tomatoes

The seven-month trial, managed by Plessey head agronomist Maarten Klein (right), ran from November 2016 at Gebr Koot in the Netherlands.Brioso variety tomatoes were illuminated by either 150μmoles/s/m...

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Philips and Renault demo smart car-home interaction

The Renault Symbioz autonomous electric car is pitched as an extension of the home.The vehicle’s on-board technology connects the passengers to other cars, people and technologies in the smart home su...

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