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RGB LEDs made a big appearance as Target unveiled its fall clothing line to an expectant audience in New York on Wednesday. But instead of sticking to the traditional runway show format, the retail giant decided to do something a little different, something they called the “Kaleidoscopic Spectacular.” And spectacular it was, let me tell Learn More

Wind Cave National Park near Rapid City, South Dakota is one of the region’s most popular tourist attractions, and is home to one of the world’s longest and most complex caves.  There are over 134 miles of mapped passages within the Wind Cave, making it the 3rd longest cave in the United States, and the Learn More

The Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) is an Oakland-based organization with the mission of educating high school students about climate change, inspiring them to take action to help reduce carbon emissions and cool the planet. This summer, one of ACE’s programs was called the Connect the DOTs Biobus Tour, which involved driving throughout California on Learn More

As if you needed it, here’s some proof that the LED lighting industry is evolving right before your very eyes. Boston’s Citgo baseball field is getting an LED lighting upgrade. That’s not to say that it’s replacing old halogen or incandecent lights with LED lights, but that it’s replacing old, less efficient LED lights with Learn More

The city of Branson, Missouri is serious about its stop signs. So serious, in fact, that it recently installed flashing solar-powered LED lights atop two stop signs located at popular intersections in town: Wildwood Drive at Gretna Road and at Golf View Drive. The signs are intended make driving in the city safer by getting Learn More

I’ve always thought that the Big Apple would be one of the hardest places in the country to be a police officer. But, thanks to some blue LED lights, things just got a little easier for the NYPD. The New York Police Department recently introduced a new line of police cars, adorned with flashing message Learn More

Businesses have long used lights as a way to call attention to their buildings–it’s a savvy and effective form of marketing. And since the recent rise of LED lights, the tactic has become even more useful. In Dallas, Texas, for instance, owners of several downtown buildings have recently installed high powered LED displays on the Learn More

Fairytale Fashion. No, I’m not referring to Little Red Riding Hood’s latest couture cape, or Hansel and Gretel’s designer clogs. I’m talking about the New York-based organization that focuses on melding technology and fashion. Fairytale Fashion founder Diana Eng describes the concept as “making magical clothes…that might have blooming flowers, living clothes that breathe, change color, Learn More

Bridge-lovers rejoice! Yet another iconic and timeless bridge has recently been decked out in modern, energy-efficient LED lights. If you don’t remember, I recently reported on the fact that LED lighting was installed on the Walkway Over the Hudson, a famous landmark of Poughkeepsie, NY. Once the longest bridge in the world, it the Walkway Learn More

Last Wednesday, the Trump Tower in Chicago finally turned on the 227-foot spire at its apex, illuminating it with high-performance exterior architectural LED floodlights. The event has been long awaited in the windy city, seeing as how the Trump Tower is the second tallest building in Chicago and plans to adorn it with a little Learn More