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Thanksgiving means different things to different families—for some it’s about turkey, football and getting in a few warm up stretches before Black Friday begins. For others, the day can be riddled with colonial guilt or in-law angst. But no matter what’s in store for you tomorrow, it’s nothing a glass of wine and a little Learn More

The big deal with LED lighting is that when you install LED power supplies with an LED light source such as LED strip lighting, that replaces incandescent lighting and produces the same total lumens of light, your new lighting system will consume less electricity. A lot less. Most people interested in LED lighting understand this Learn More

Nothing’s wrong with a little friendly competition, or so we believe at Elemental LED. That’s why last month we kicked off the first in a monthly series of employee DIY LED competitions: to get the creative juices flowing and foster innovation! It goes like this: employees are given a little extra cash to put towards Learn More

We love the ingenuity of LED enthusiasts! Here, a health-conscious LED-lover has found a way to encourage an active lifestyle using motion sensitive, solar-powered LED lights and a little elbow grease. The “Motivational Moody Workout T-shirt,” as creator and Instructables member Lingon calls it,  consists of a wearable microcontroller called the Lilypad by Arduino, and Learn More

Indoor gardening just got a lot more accessible. Dutch scientists have figured out how to grow fruits and vegetables, including cucumbers, beans, corn, peppers, zucchini and raspberries, using only blue and red LED lights. It had been previously thought that only decorative plants could be grown in this way; fruit and vegetable-bearing plants require more Learn More

Like all of our products, LED light bars provide 50,000 hours or more of the most energy efficient light available today. With their stylish designs, LED light bars are ideal for when your light source will be visible, allowing them to illuminate an area without detracting from its décor or the visual effect you have created.

Hopefully you’re almost done with your holiday shopping (if not, check out the Elemental LED Holiday Gift Guide for some great ideas), which means you have some time this week to engage in other important holiday activities, like making cookies and reading by the fire. If you find that you’re still a little lacking in Learn More

Sometimes we crave change but do not have the resources to renovate our home. The right LED lighting can easily enhance the mood of a room or increase the efficiency of an area. Choosing to go green with LEDs not only makes financial and environmental sense, but also satisfies our aesthetic needs with minimal expense and hassle. Here are five ways you can rejuvenate your home with LED lighting…

We’ve all seen them and (probably) laughed: tricked-out cars driving down the strip with glowing ground effects that make them look like hovering spacecrafts. Kind of ridiculous, but also kind of awesome, especially if you could just do it for a night without spending lots of money.  It turns out that, thanks to LED strip Learn More

For those of you who struggled with carving your Jack-o-lantern this year, here’s an idea for next Halloween – why not decorate a pumpkin with color-changing LED lights? Of course there’s the easy way out, which entails etching your favorite design into an autumn gourd and then lighting it from the inside with a battery-powered Learn More