LEDs are the future lighting of all types of applications. It seems that there is almost nothing they cannot be engineered to do. CFLs will be a passing fad. I think it's safe to say that Martin Schubert will earn his PhD.

Yeah good work, but some more info about that optic setup of his would be nice.

>His innovation also could be used for street lighting, high-contrast imaging, sensing, and free-space optics, he said.
Why on earth would street lighting need polarized leds?

If street lights are polarized, it would reduce the glare to the driver's eyes, if properly set up. This would reduce the halos and stars that many people see when driving at night, even without using polarized sunglasses, or polarized glass for your windshield.