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AUGUST 2, 2019

IKEA has started selling a new line of speakers it devleoped in conjunction with Santa Barbara-based Sonos this week, including an oddly shaped, dual "speaker lamp", the SYMFONISK. According to IKEA, the new lamp is the "best sounding lamp in the world" and combines both a smart, Wi-Fi speaker and a light.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout which develops LED lighting technology, says it has installed its lamps at the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo, Japan. Soraa said it was specifically selected to replace "dated" halogen lamps. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout whic is backed by Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and NGEN Partners, said today that it has launched its first, outdoor LED lamp product, which it says patches the performance of a 40W halogon MR16 lamp.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Soraa , the developer of Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED lighting technology based on research out of UC Santa Barbara, has won an install of its LED lamps at Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. The Crocker said it turned to Soraa's LED lamps due to their color rendering, which is at around 3000K, or close to sunlight.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Soraa said its LED lamps were installed at the Boxing Plus Wellness Center in Taipei, to help light the interior of the facility. Soraa is a spinout of UB Santa Barbara, and is developing highly efficient LED lamps. Financial impact of the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout funded by Khosla Ventures, NEA, and NGEN Partners, has unveiled its first product, a new LED lighting lamp. Soraa, which was started in Goleta, said its Soraa LED MR16 lamp is intended as a replacement for traditional, halogen MR16 bulbs. Pricing on the LED lamps has not been released.

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JULY 19, 2016

LED lighting developer Soraa , which developed LED lighting which is based on technology developed at UC Santa Barbara, reported today that its LED lighting is being used at Madame Tussauds San Francisco. Soraa is a developer of Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based LED lamp technology.

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