Just last year, Philips released its $5 LED bulb. Considering 60-watt equivalents were going for around $40 in 2010, $5 for a bulb that lasts 20-plus years seems like a good investment. On Tuesday, ...

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Moms looking for mercury-free, energy-efficient light bulbs can turn to the LED soft white light bulbs produced by Cree. The company has produced LED lighting fixtures for years, and now makes 40-watt ...

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DURHAM, N.C. -- LED chip maker Cree is introducing two new household LED bulbs Tuesday that look very much like the old-fashioned, standard incandescent bulbs that some Americans don't want to forget ...

RACINE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree Lighting announced today that it is expanding its Connected Max Smart Home LED light bulbs at Lowe’s stores nationwide to provide customers everywhere with even ...

Few talked about solid-state lighting -- known as light emitting diodes or LEDs --except as futuristic technology that would probably come of age in 2020 and beyond. Most consumers considered them ...

The Cree Connected LED brings smart lighting to the masses with an affordable bulb that's simple to set up and control, and casts a very pleasant white light. The Connected LED has an A19 form factor, ...

For Cree, the innovation game in efficient LED lighting never seems to stop. Just eighteen months ago, Cree launched its 60 watt replacement dimmable and omni-directional LED bulb, with a decent price ...

DURHAM, N.C., January 27, 2011 - Today, 131 years ago, Thomas Alva Edison was granted U.S. patent 223,898 for "Improvement in Electric Lamps and in the method of manufacturing." Today's LED lighting ...

In late March, all of the US Home Depot stores began carrying Cree’s new LED light bulbs. While they’re by no means the first such bulbs to offer the same form factor as standard incandescent bulbs, ...