EE&T News: February 15, 2011

Don't light up my life with a CFL

Readers of the print EE&T Magazine will soon be getting their issues in the mail, but you can also read the digital rendition here if you can't wait.
In it you'll find an account of my own ill-fated first experience with a CFL. There will be much more satisfying bulb technologies discussed at our Illumination Summit kicking off on Thursday in Orlando. Meanwhile, send your energy efficiency news to us at [email protected]

Leland Teschler, Editor

More progress for electric superbike

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Combo transistor/memory cuts energy use by orders of magnitude

A newly developed logic device called the “atom transistor” is said to perform both logic and memory functions while reducing power consumption to 1 x 10-6 that of the conventional devices. In contrast to conventional transistors, which control the movement of electrons in a semiconductor, the newly-developed “atom transistor” operates by transferring a small amount of metal atoms in an insulator. READ MORE

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Energy shorts

ODVA goes energy efficient
New way to keep car interiors cool -- smart glass
Americans not as efficient as they think they are
A practical ocean-based wind turbine?
Hot air and confusion over compressed-air hybrids

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LEDs going on the toxic list?

Light emitting diodes aren't considered toxic -- yet. But that may change if legislators take heed of new research from the University of Calif. at Irvine. Oladele Ogunseitan, chair of UC Irvine’s Dept. of Population Health & Disease Prevention has led a team that crushed, leached and measured the tiny, multicolored LEDs sold in Christmas strands; red, yellow and green traffic lights; and automobile headlights and brake lights. READ MORE

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LEDs bright enough for spotlight duty

Sharp Corp. says it has developed a high-output, high-color-rendering 25-W-class LED boasting an industry high luminous efficacy of 91 lm/W. The intended application for the new devices is in light sources as used for store spotlights. READ MORE

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