LED lighting

Audi wants to introduce variable headlights that will adjust based on surroundings and road conditions, but needs a decades-old U.S. law to change first.

27 | April 4, 2013 8:28pm | By David Worthington

Planning on working every muscle group? What if your clothing could tell you where to focus on next?

April 4, 2013 12:11am | By Charlie Osborne

Thousands of Philips LED bulbs now light up -- and help preserve -- the masterful paintings at Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum. Controlled by an iPad, no less.

11 | April 3, 2013 3:11am | By Mark Halper

BARCELONA -- Part 1 in a two-part series: France and Spain are set to lead the world's biggest, 18-billion-euro physics experiment. What could go wrong?

13 | March 28, 2013 1:44am | By Jennifer Riggins

For a 17 year-old, earning potentially millions of dollars can't be a bad way to enter the workforce.

3 | March 26, 2013 6:33am | By Charlie Osborne

Paying employees to live close to the office could mean a happier workforce.

8 | March 26, 2013 4:00am | By Tyler Falk

A Tokyo company plans to burn nuclear "waste" in a thorium molten salt reactor for a meltdown-proof return to nuclear power in the country that has all but shut it down.

5 | March 26, 2013 3:58am | By Mark Halper

Sixty seconds online and millions of users -- what happens in a minute on the web?

1 | March 21, 2013 1:26am | By Charlie Osborne

Your pattern of Facebook 'likes' is basically as accurate as a personality test, according to a new study.

9 | March 13, 2013 3:05am | By Laura Shin

In Uganda, people living off the grid can charge their cellphones by sending a text message to a portable charging station. It's the cheapest method so far.

2 | March 12, 2013 11:33am | By Janet Fang

LED based, of course. Crowd funded, too!

2 | March 11, 2013 5:19am | By Mark Halper

The first net-zero retail store is coming to the United States.

5 | March 7, 2013 10:53am | By Tyler Falk

Cree has launched a 40-watt LED bulb for under $10 and Philips says its 60-watt LED will be less than a ten spot by the end of the year.

10 | March 6, 2013 10:27am | By Kirsten Korosec

Where has all of Earth's carbon gone? A study says 90 percent is missing, and probably resides in the planet's deepest regions. We might be able to tap it. Uh-oh?

11 | March 4, 2013 9:00am | By Mark Halper

An unplanned incident sheds light on an instance where the HIV virus is particularly vulnerable.

3 | March 4, 2013 4:14am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Researchers have gone beyond what mammals can usually see, and given rats the ability to see infrared light.

February 13, 2013 10:30am | By Charlie Osborne

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about LED lighting design and uses.

February 11, 2013 12:50am | By Charlie Osborne

BUENOS AIRES -- As she enters her eighth decade, art world icon and Warhol pal Marta Minujin marries art, plans her death, and explains why art isn't what it used to be.

February 8, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount

A trade complaint has been launched against India as the renewable energy sector dissolves into a trade war.

3 | February 7, 2013 6:04am | By Charlie Osborne

There's no end to the wonder material's uses. Now it attacks LEDs' troublesome heat and makes them brighter, scientists from S. Korea and Vietnam report. Add sapphire first.

1 | February 7, 2013 5:32am | By Mark Halper