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24-10-2018 Architectural Lighting: OLEDs in the Spotlight

LEDs and OLEDs are often grouped together in industry discussions, but while the former has taken ahold of—and transformed—the lighting sector, the latter has followed a more gradual trajectory of...

23-10-2018 Is Light Pollution Contributing to Insect Decline?

A 2017 German study found an alarming reduction in flying insect populations, attributing it partially to changes of climate and habitat. More recently, scientists from the Leibniz-Institute of...

15-10-2018 DALI Specifications from DiiA Enable Intelligent, Connected LED Luminaires

Addressing the market need for intelligent lighting fixtures with sensing and communication capabilities and IoT connectivity, the Digital Illumination Interface Alliance (DiiA) has finalized a...

02-10-2018 How tech savvy leaders stay ahead of the game

Business operations are often complex, involving data rich systems which provide diverse services. With new technology comes different terminology, definitions, ways of doing things, opportunities...

02-10-2018 Growing high-tech salads

Dilapidated warehouses and factories are being transformed into urban farms to grow salads and other leafy greens at a rate that surpasses traditional farming techniques. At one vertical farm in...

01-10-2018 Dim Light Makes Us Dumber, New Study Suggests

A team of Michigan State University researchers, led by Dr. Lily Yan, studied the brains of diurnal African grass rats (Arvicanthis niloticus) after exposing them to dim and bright light for four...

17-09-2018 The Light of Your Life: Building the Case for Circadian Lighting

By Craig DiLouie Circadian lighting is a generic term used to describe lighting designs that support alignment of circadian rhythms to a day-active and night-sleeping pattern. The lighting...

07-09-2018 Analyzing Risk Before and After Sale

05-09-2018 Nurses sleep better with circadian lighting

NURSES FROM two Danish hospitals have reaffirmed that avoiding blue frequency light at night can help with sleep. In a pilot deployment of specially-tuned circadian lights that stripped out blue...

05-09-2018 NEMA Publishes Whitepaper About Outdoor Lighting and Human/Animal Factors

The Lighting Systems Division of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently published a white paper, “Outdoor Lighting and Human/Animal Factors: An Industry Evaluation,”...

04-09-2018 A Manufacturing Revolution for the LED Lighting Industry

Companies have been in search for better profits and lower labor costs through contract manufacturing in Asia. During the last decade, however, Chinese labor cost has risen with an increase of 64%...

04-09-2018 Creating Electrodes for All Solid-State Batteries

Researchers from Tokyo Tech have designed a new type of battery that addresses one of the major issues found in all solid-state batteries. This new design features batteries with a low resistance...

04-09-2018 Coloured lighting helps hospital with diagnoses

The lighting in areas in Silkeborg Regional Hospital containing screens with test data and imagery such as X-rays, ultrasounds, MRIs and CT scans has been fitted with coloured lights to eliminate...

09-08-2018 DLC issues second draft of new horticultural lighting testing requirements

Interested parties can comment on the second draft of the DLC’s horticultural lighting testing and reporting requirements documents that will ultimately lead to a QPL. The DesignLights Consortium...

07-08-2018 Street lighting 'harming frogs and toads'

MORE EVIDENCE that light pollution is harming wildlife has emerged in a study on frogs and toads. Scientists have discovered that streetlighting is keeping toads up at night and stunting their...