2015 Ford F-150 First Truck with LED Headlights

The 2015 Ford F-150 offers a lot of new features, but one of the most noticeable ones is the headlight configuration in its grill.
The newly designed F-150 will be the first truck of its class to offer LED lights in all models. They can last as much as five times longer than the previous headlights.

Ford also engineered the lamps to be extremely tough, putting them through a series of torture tests.
“We fire stones at this headlamp, expose it to extreme sun, soak it in saltwater, shoot rocks, rock salt and ice — this thing is very tough to crack,” Ford lighting expert John Teodecki said in a release.

Ford partnered with Osram and Flex-N-Gate to develop the cutting-edge headlamp technology, which uses semiconductor chips to control the light and make the lamps more durable and longer-lasting.

The lens is unique, with 16 precision-carved optical surfaces and 80 facets on the lens face to spread the light evenly. The design magnifies the light, allowing for better illumination and using only one LED per lamp.
Each LED headlamp is outlined with a thin LED tube, designed to create a signature appearance for the new truck that can be spotted from great distances at night.

“Remember the craze in the 1980s with truck light bars?” Teodecki said in the release. “It looks so cool. I’m telling you, this LED light tube is going to be the next big thing. Our new F-150 owners will be longing for dusk every day just to show off their trucks in dramatic lighting.”

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Seesmart has released a new 15-watt LED tube lamp that sets a new industry standard

Revolution Lighting Technologies (RVLT)

SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lighting manufacturer Seesmart has released a new 15-watt LED tube lamp that sets a new industry standard for energy efficiency and light output.

“We believe this is the T8 LED product that many customers have been waiting for.”

The new product from Seesmart, a subsidiary of Revolution Technologies, Inc., produces a measured efficacy of 112 lumens per watt. With more than 1,700 lumens of light, the lamp is the industry’s most efficient four-foot LED T8 lamp, utilizing the lowest wattage and generating the highest light output available.

The UL-listed LED tube lamps present a cost-effective, energy-saving LED lighting solution that delivers great light and a rapid return on investment.

“Our latest 15-watt LED tube lamps offer a new paradigm of efficiency and convenience for solid-state lighting installations,” said Ray Sjolseth, director of engineering for Seesmart. “We believe this is the T8 LED product that many customers have been waiting for.”

The Seesmart LED tube features rotatable end caps that allow easily customized lighting angles by rotating the tube. Unlike typical LED tube lamps, the lightweight LED tubes also feature a true T8 profile with a specially designed internal power supply that distributes the weight equally at both ends. The power supply is carefully designed for high-efficiency, resulting in a high power factor and a low total harmonic distortion (THD).