Professor Soo-Young Park and his team at the Seoul National University in Korea successfully developed a white LED with a color rendering index (CRI) closer to daylight than current white LEDs.
The development parallels the ongoing efforts by LED manufacturers who continue investing in the improvement of luminous efficiency, lifetime and the quality of light as [...]
I recently read a story on Green Inc. on researchers who are working on the Bionic Energy Harvester, a knee brace that generates power from walking. In the article, the author points out that even though only a small percentage of young people would have use for the device, those users would be excited to [...]
Today, TI announced a solution that combines its ultra-low power technology with the ability to send information wirelessly with a low power TI radio frequency (RF) transceiver - all on one tiny chip. The new CC430 technology platform will bring intelligence to a range of applications in which low power, small size and wireless connectivity [...]
Hi, I’m Adrian Valenzuela, MSP430 engineer at TI. I’m responsible for many of our ultra low power microcontroller products and tools and I’m excited about the discussion going on around energy harvesting. Energy harvesting at a macro level has been around for a while - just take a look at the solar panels across the country [...]
My name is Chris Link, and I’m responsible for business development and our strategy for all energy-related technologies. Energy technology is an exciting space because I get to do two things: grow the business and make this world a better place. My job is to look for opportunities in areas where semiconductor innovation previously wasn’t [...]
Texas Instruments is stepping up its involvement with the Solar Decathlon by sponsoring the University of Illinois team for the 2009 competition.
As a bit of background, the Solar Decathlon is a DOE-sponsored, bi-annual contest to design, build and operate the most attractive, energy efficient homes, which will be on display on the Mall in Washington [...]
I’m Chris Schairbaum, Director of Energy Technology Strategy for TI. Just returned from the Solar Power International Conference in San Diego. Initial thoughts: a) You’d never know the economy fell off a cliff in the last few weeks, and 2) I must have heard the words “incentive tax credits” fifty times on the first day alone. At [...]