The US DOE’s L Prize program has been conducting long-term testing of the 2009-vintage Philips 60W L Prize-winning LED A-lamps. The results are crazy impressive! A selection of 31 of those lamps passed the 40,000-hour point of continuous operation in July … Continue reading 194,765 hours to L70!
If you ever need some totally crazy DMX converter or interface (such as, if you need to use DMX to control pneumatic systems, DMX to control R/C systems, DMX to drive stepper motors!!!), try Blue Point Engineering. I haven’t used them personally, but came across their absolutely CRAZY collection of custom electronics. As their site says: One of the main goal of Blue Point Engineering LLC. is to provide a product line of low cost, high quality, hardware, electronics, and supplies used in animatronics, robotics, entertainment industry and technology education for both the hobbyist and professional designers, Imagineers and dreamers … Continue reading blue point engineering
A friend of ours recently took their kids to the Stepping Stones Museum and sent us this awesome image of a GIANT LITE BRITE!!!! I wonder how many people in the lighting industry were just a little bit influenced by … Continue reading giant lite brite!
Night Flight is a mega-sized lounge designed by Bulgarian interior design firm Studio Mode. The central vaulted arches are constructed of triangulated patterns that include gorgeous integrated patterns light. Continue reading night flight
Via Dezeen: American car manufacturer Ford is developing lighting technology that can automatically detect pedestrians on dark roads and widen headlight beams at low-visibility junctions (+ movie). Ford has designed a headlight system that uses an infrared camera on the … Continue reading ford predictive lighting system
For the past three years I’ve been leading the development of Philips Luminous Patterns. I will be publishing more posts on Luminous Patterns in the future, but as a teaser, here are our first marketing videos: Continue reading philips luminous patterns: first videos
I love the luminous walls at the Netlife Research Office by Eriken Skajaa Arkitekter. Exquisite detailing and a gorgeous way to introduce luminosity into a space. I also love the cove detail added at the kick plate. Lighting up the … Continue reading netlife research office
Joshua Jameson reached out to me with his “Lovlit” Kickstarter project, an Internet connected LED-based “candle” that responds to touch to remotely illuminate paired candles. Joshua reached out to me because of the LumiTouch project that me and a team of graduate … Continue reading lovlit candle
Via YankoDesign,a design concept from Taewon Hwang. This level of customization for high-end residential clients is an obvious opportunity…I haven’t meet a single person who actually likes to use 5/10/15 button preset-scene style controllers. With small and cheap LCD touch screens, … Continue reading floor plan light switch
EroGear is a small startup launching a flexible, BlueTooth connected, monochromatic white LED media display for personal use. Continue reading erogear
Carpetlight is a German startup launching a flexible “softlight” for photography and cinema applications that uses a textile circuit board and e-broidery based wiring with a dual channel, color-temperature adjustable LED setup. Continue reading carpetlight
An interesting healthcare lighting product called “Recover” from Austrian firm XAL addressing circadian rhythm control for hospital rooms. A wall-mounted fixture for indirect ceiling lighting, Recover features a spectral tuning capability with pre-programmed playback that matches the different color phases of a … Continue reading xal recover
A very cool project I just discovered from 2011, 500 Bourke Street in Melbourne includes an elegant custom ceiling construction that integrates lighting into custom cast-plaster ceiling units. According to the award submission: The foyer refurbishment includes an extensive new … Continue reading 500 bourke street
Via DesignBoom: An interesting piece on how Jonathan Hooker “hacked” a prototype system that uses LEDs timed in precise sequences with a video camera to create a system where the facial lighting on a person in a still image or a video … Continue reading oblio
Yingchuang (also named Winsun; I’m not sure the differentiation) is a Shanghai-based construction materials company that is showing some impressive advances in R+D with CNC production, including 3D-printed concrete construction. Yingchuang produces a range of products, including glass reinforced gypsum, special … Continue reading yingchuang
Via Digital Arts: Microsoft demo’d a small research project showing how consumers may one day print and assemble electronics. What I found interesting were the two suppliers mentioned: Mitsubishi Imaging is Mitsubishi’s commercial printing division and they are now advertising a … Continue reading microsoft, mitsubishi, and 3m
Via Core77.com: SALt – Sustainable Alternative Lighting – is a portable LED lantern that uses a simple galvanic reaction with salt water to power an LED; it is targeted at developing nations. According to their site: Just add water and … Continue reading SALt
Julie Allen at EdisonReport.eu has a piece with a bit more background on “filament” style LED bulbs. The key IP for the filament-style construction is held by EPISTAR: LED Filaments are usually constructed by applying light emitting diodes on a transparent substrate, allowing light to be emitted from all sides. This omnidirectional light emission results in a higher energy efficiency level, as the light does not get “trapped” in the LED package itself. This increased efficiency of the LED filaments allows for more attractive light bulb shapes, without obstructive large heat sinks that limit application use. The traditional looking format … Continue reading LED filament bulbs, more background
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has awarded three Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants targeting key advances in solid-state lighting (SSL) technology. One of them caught my eye: VoltServer, Inc. won a grant for “Low-Cost, High-Efficiency … Continue reading voltserver
An excellent piece on Green Building Advisor examining the technology behind “LED Filament” style bulbs. Continue reading LED filament bulbs
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