The Stone Age Comes of Age With LED Signs

By Tom Radcliffe
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Humans have been using signs to communicate since before we even had an alphabet to call our own. Those signs looked different from those we see today though. Drawings scrawled on cave walls, piles of stones arranged in special ways, or figures and shapes traced in the dirt all served to convey information of some kind to those who saw them. Times have indeed changed, and technology has, too. Instead of cave drawings, we see LED signs. Outdoor piles of stones and the scribblings in the dirt have been replaced by the LED message sign.

In spite of all the changes our civilization has gone through over the eons, our need for signs hasn't changed a bit. In fact, after walking down the streets of a major city, one could make a solid argument that it's grown by leaps and bounds. Programmable LED signs are in the windows of storefronts, shouting their vibrant messages at anyone passing by, and theater and nightclub marquees have been replaced with LED signs. Outdoor lighting is catching on to the craze as well, using the energy-efficient LED technology to help businesses and cities save money while also being more environmentally responsible.

The surprising thing perhaps, is that for all the astounding technological achievements that have gone into an LED message sign, it still does pretty much what the dirt scribble did: communicate. Every business needs to communicate with both current and potential customers. It might sound cliche, but there's just no getting around the truth of it. If people don't know what you can do for them, they won't think to look for you when they have need of your service. Using programmable LED signs can be a big help in that regard. Not only can you tell people what you do, but you can also fill them in about other things they might want or need to know.

So with all this talk about LED-this and LED-that, you might be wondering, "What the heck is an LED, anyway?" Well, the layman's explanation is that an LED (short for Light-Emitting Diode) is an electrical component that lights up when voltage gets applied to it. Their first practical uses were in devices such as hand-held calculators, and for replacing older incandescent indicator lights on instrument panels. Over the years, the technology has been refined and new applications in interior and exterior lighting and signage have emerged. All things considered, LEDs run cooler and more efficiently than other types of lighting and illuminated signs, which makes them cheaper to operate over time.