BOSTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CLRK) , a leading innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced its largest networked lighting system to date: an 11,700 square foot video screen that wraps around Aspire Tower, the tallest building in Doha, Qatar. The project was completed in December as the focal point for broadcast coverage of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. The installation marks the latest in a growing number of large-scale, lower-resolution video displays that are being erected as a cost-effective alternative to conventional high-resolution LED screens. Color Kinetics' flexible, durable systems can enable such displays on almost any interior or exterior surface, including facades, ceilings, floors, and even rooftops and sculptures - placing video where it was previously cost prohibitive or impractical. The 1,000 foot tower's facade is covered in wire mesh. Approximately 156,500 nodes of iColor(R) Flex SL were woven through the material to form a massive cylindrical video screen that's divided into three low-resolution and three higher-resolution segments. Each node acts as an individually programmable pixel by incorporating Color Kinetics' custom-engineered Chromasic(R) microchip. Live coverage of the Asian Games was fed directly to the nodes via Video System Manager. "We've proven that LEDs are an ideal source for many illumination applications, and now we're increasingly targeting low-resolution video as well, based largely on the strength of our intelligent control technology. With our Chromasic chip inside each self-contained LED node, we can produce video grids in virtually any form, including the transparent grid as installed on Aspire Tower - which wouldn't have been possible just a few years ago," said Bill Sims, President and CEO, Color Kinetics. "On top of the digital intelligence, we can create very durable displays that are able to withstand harsh climates and vibration without the bulk and weight of typical high- resolution LED screens." Color Kinetics Incorporated (NASDAQ:CLRK) transforms environments through new, dynamic uses of light. Its award-winning lighting systems and technologies apply the benefits of LEDs as a highly efficient, long lasting, environmentally friendly, and inherently digital source of illumination - reinventing light itself as a highly controllable medium. Color Kinetics also enables widespread adoption of LED lighting through OEM and licensing partnerships in diverse markets. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA with offices in the UK and China. More information is available at www.colorkinetics.com. Chromasic, Color Kinetics, the Color Kinetics logo, and iColor are registered trademarks of Color Kinetics Incorporated. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Color Kinetics Incorporated's business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that these statements involve risks and uncertainties, are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events and results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2005, File Number 000-50798, and most recent 10-Q, each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
