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Popular Mechanics January 27, 2010 Adam Hadhazy	17 Projects Shaping the Future of LED Lights The Department of Energy announced $37 million in grants earlier this month in its sixth round of funding for solid-state lighting. The cash will go toward basic research, product development and manufacturing of light-emitting diodes and carbon-containing organic light-emitting diodes.
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Fast Company March 2014 Jon Gertner	How Philips Altered The Future Of Light Their Innovation Lab is banal so that Philips can gauge the effect of something radical, in this case the impact of new types of LED lights -- lights that turn cerulean blue or sunset pink; lights that dim or brighten wirelessly.
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