A project dubbed “SolaRoad” gets underway in the Netherlands this week, testing roadways as a potential canvas to collect solar energy. Fittingly for the cycle-crazy Dutch, the first SolaRoad is a bike path not far from Amsterdam. The path is built of massive, Lego-like modules of solar panels embedded in concrete, each with heavy-duty glass […]
Philips to Separate Lighting Arm into New Company
Royal Philips NV is to split off its lighting division to create two separate companies, the latest in a string of radical restructurings by one of Europe’s best-known corporations. Philips, which began as a lighting company back in 1891, said Tuesday that “independence” would make it easier for the lighting arm — widely regarded as […]
European court: Google must yield on personal info
People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe’s highest court said Tuesday. In a landmark decision, The Court of Justice of the European Union said Google must listen and sometimes comply when individuals ask the Internet search giant to remove links […]
Goodbye fluorescent bulb? Philips says yes.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — If you’ve worked in an office, you’re probably familiar with the soft glow of fluorescent tubes drifting from the ceiling. If Europe’s Philips brand is right, those lamps could soon be history. Royal Philips NV, the Dutch consumer appliances giant, said Thursday that it has developed an LED light that will soon […]