Single-contact LEDs driven with alternating current mean brighter, sharper smart glasses. (Nanowerk News) LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, are essential components in near-eye displays like virtual ...

Charlotte Blu and Alexa Mueller, two Quad Cities-raised singer-songwriters, shared the Common Chord Stage Saturday, Aug. 16. The pair performed songs from both performers' catalogues, as well as a ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Alternating Currents returns this week, transforming downtown Davenport, Rock Island and Bettendorf into a, bi-state celebration of music, comedy, film and art from Aug. 14–17. The ...

A new documentary tracing the evolution of Alternating Currents will screen the final day of this year's festival.

Produced by KWQC-TV6 and commissioned by the Downtown Davenport Partnership, the documentary features archival footage, aerial filming, live shots from the 2024 festival and interviews filmed during ...

A celebration of music, movies and art. Alternating Currents is all that and more. It’s an experience taking over downtown Davenport, Rock Island and Bettendorf this weekend. Alternating Currents ...

Alternating Currents has announced the locations and artists for five murals to be painted in Davenport, Bettendorf and Rock Island in this year's festival.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — For the fifth year in a row, downtown Rock Island will come alive with art, music and culture as part of the 2025 Alternating Currents Festival, taking place Thursday, Aug. 14, ...

The harnessing of electricity has played a pivotal role in human history and has exponentially expedited our growth as a species. Since becoming a household commodity in the late 19th century, ...

As the story goes, the rock band AC/DC took its name from a label on an old sewing machine in the Young brothers’ home. It must have meant that the machine could run on either alternating-current or ...

Alternating Currents has announced its lineup of Rock Island events for this year, featuring live music, wrestling, mural painting and more.