Is It Actually Okay To Touch Your Computer Screen?
It’s a topic that’s polarizing for techies and Luddites alike: Is it ever truly okay to touch your laptop or desktop…
Vizio's Fancy New TV Is a Hell of a Spectacle
Many people know Vizio as the cheap flatscreen TV they owned in college. And indeed, the company has always sold very…
The Very American History of Christmas Lights
Christmas lights are a uniquely American tradition. That’s not just because the first electric Christmas lights…
LA's New Streetlamps Will Keep Cell Service Running After an Earthquake
Cities beefing up their smart infrastructure have tapped the ubiquitous streetlamp to track traffic data and measure…
Disney Found a Way To Make LED Lights Talk To Each Other
Wifi networks aren’t ubiquitous yet, and other wireless communication protocols like Bluetooth can suck battery life.…
Surefire 2211X WristLight Review: A Real Headlamp Alternative?
Last year, Surefire released an innovative new line of “WristLights.” But, at $800, they were way too expensive for…
Watch liquid nitrogen change the color of lasers and LEDs
When you drop lasers and LEDs into liquid nitrogen, the lights cool down and start turning one color into another. In…
Awesome LED black hole water slide is like flying through a wormhole
The coolest water slide in the world and perhaps the universe is this black hole water slide in Bremerhaven, Germany’s…
Sony's New LED Bulb Is Also a Bluetooth Speaker
As David Bowie well knows, sound and vision are a wonderful pairing. Now, Sony is following in his footsteps: its…
I Want This LED Light Strip That Blinks When Your Train Is Late
At this point, there are tons of apps that let us know when our trains are running late. But apps aren’t nearly as…
FourSevens MMU-X3R Review: 2,000 Lumens Of Handheld Flashlight Power
The MMU-X3R is FourSevens’ brightest handheld flashlight yet. At 2,000 lumens, it’s brighter than my car’s high beams…
LA's Street Lights Can Now Be Wirelessly Controlled
Los Angeles recently converted 140,000 of its street lights to energy-efficient LEDs—the largest such upgrade in the…
Cyclists spin around in light suits
It's like a trippy and visually spectacular 3D kaleidoscope or something. The cyclists are wearing a LED light suit…
Why Is OLED Different and What Makes It So Great?
I have seen the future of high definition displays and lo, it is glorious. Not to mention rollable, foldable, and…
Cree's Latest LED Lightbulb Is a Bright Bargain
If you're buying an LED lightbulb, you often have to pick between splurging on a fancy one or saving money by buying…
Blue LEDs Are A Complicated Problem Worthy of the Nobel Prize
The 2014 Nobel Prize for physics went to the inventors of the blue LED. Read on for context on why that's a…
The 2014 Nobel Prize In Physics Goes To The Inventors Of The Blue LED
Congratulations goes out to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura. Some 20 years ago, they invented the blue…
OLED Wallpaper Could Be the Future of Lighting
It's the Star Trek-inspired future we were promised—walls that glow and change color, perhaps with just a gentle voice…
Inventors of the Blue LED Inside Nearly Every Device You Own Win Nobel
There's pretty good chance you have a piece of this year's physics Nobel prize-winning invention in your pocket. The…
New LEDs Promise to Make Your Smartphone Screen 400 Percent Clearer
The most advanced LED screens look amazing compared to what was on the market even a couple of years ago. But a…