Spin-off products and related research

LightLab's research on the principal application of lighting also resulted in a number of innovations and applications in addition to the principal application.

Ferrite core

One of these is a proprietary ferrite core. Almost all electronic equipment has a ferrite core in some form, and LightLab's ferrite core seems to have the potential to increase the efficiency of the electronic components and devices in which a ferrite core is a component part. Patent and verification work in progress.

X-ray tubes

Another interesting application is the use of LightLab's field emission technology in X-ray tubes. This could provide a number of benefits in areas such as medical imaging. In March 2009, an agreement was signed with a Taiwanese company, Tak-Lin's Electronics Corp., on the development of specific products, including for medical use, based on LightLab's patented technology in the radiology field.

biophotonics

LightLab has a long-standing partnership with the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, KTH, where research and development is primarily carried out in biophotonics based on zinc oxides and quantum dots. The partnership is currently dormant due to LightLab's focus on the lamp project.

Nandos

LightLab has participated in a EU-funded research project on the next-generation of white LEDs which was finalised in March 2009, NANDOS (Nanophotonic and Nano-Electronic Devices from Oxide Semiconductors). The project began in 2005 and was concluded with good results. LightLab has the right to use the results from the NANDOS project to develop its own products without paying royalties or other compensation to other participants. The project is essential for LightLab's long-term product development. The work currently has a lower priority than the lamp project.