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Hector Fratty
ELS Starts Soon
The first course of ELS—Embedded Lighting Systems—will start soon, on September 14th. This industrial chair in teaching and research with a budget of around €2m over three years is a training cycle preparing participants for careers in embedded lighting systems, with especial emphasis on automotive. In a context of strong international competition, the chair will respond to a need for skills rising players in the entire value chain: automakers, tier-1 and -2 suppliers, and engineering service providers.
ISAL to a great success
The 11th International Symposium on Automotive Lighting will take place in Darmstadt on September 28-30, 2015. This conference is the document of a series of successful conferences
World-First White Lasers from ASU
Researchers at Arizona State University in the United States have proven that semiconductor lasers can emit light over the full visible colour spectrum, which is necessary to produce a white laser.
LEDs Mainstream in ’16, But Cost Must Drop: Amano Hiroshi, Nobel Prize
Professor Amano Hiroshi, co-winner with professor Nakamura of the Nobel Prize for inventing blue LEDs, says LED lamps will become a mainstream source of lighting from 2016,
New OLED Light Extraction Material from Pixelligent
Pixelligent Technologies, a maker of high-index optical materials for optoelectronics applications, have announced four new OLED lighting products in their PixClear Zirconia nanocrystal range.
New SAE Standard for Whole-World Car Light System
SAE International has released a newly-overhauled technical standard, a recommended practice designated
50mm LED Fog Lamp from Myotek
The MFL-47 , a ø50 mm LED front fog lamp from Myotek is, according to its maker, the smallest LED fog lamp in OEM production today. With the styling size of a standard ø50 mm
Ko-HAF Gains Steam as Audi Join In
A consortium of automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers and public partners are working on the ‘Ko-HAF – Cooperative Highly Automated Driving’ combined research project,
New JLR Plant in Slovakia…?
Jaguar Land Rover have signed a letter of intent to build a new car plant in Slovakia, a further expansion away from their British manufacturing base. JLR, owned by India’s Tata Group,
