Tag: Lighting - Page 12
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Lighting the Future: Walmart Converting Hundreds of Stores' Lot Lighting to LEDs
Today it takes a lot of coal,
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Pants & Bike Lights. Don't Leave Home Without Them
Would you leave home without pulling on some pants? That's the question being asked by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and the Portland
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Hit or Miss? Bloggers Complain about Pure Sunlight, Designer Responds
When I wrote Coffee Table Doubles As Heliostat, Lighting Room, I suggested that "Perhaps it could use a little advanced technology to track the sun automatically."
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Coffee Table Doubles As Heliostat, Lighting Room
Sunlight is free, but it's not always in the right place. That's why people use light shelves and other technologies to reflect it against the ceiling. Danish designer Dag Igland has built Pure Sunlight, a sort of indoor
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Intematix Separates Phosphors From LEDs; Simplifies Manufacturing, Increases Flexibility
Some colours of LEDs are easier to make and are brighter than others; blue is currently the brightest, so manufacturers usually coat a blue LED with a phosphor, which gets excited and emits light of a preferred colour and
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A Black Market for 100-Watt Bulbs? U.S. Ban Looms
Few people seem to know that 100-watt incandescent bulbs, the Thomas Edison-type, are leaving store shelves. They were phased out in California on Jan. 1, and will be phased out across the U.S. on
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Knog Boomer Bike Light Recharges in Your USB Port
Continuing our recent exploration of newish bike lights (see links below), we turn our attention to the Knog Boomer Rechargeable. The Boomer has an integrated lithium-Ion polymer battery, which when you pop the light out of its
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Sleek + Clever Lamp Design Uses Loose Change to Save Energy + Money
Seriously effective and good looking eco-design is hard. We know, we've been at it for years. Every now and again, however, a design pops up that just nails beauty and efficiency in one perfectly elegant fell swoop. Today
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Yves Behar on Sustainable Design, Predictions for 2011
If it's Thursday, it is Home and Garden time in the New York Times, and we might as well enjoy it before they put their pay wall in the new year. Tim McKeough does a good interview with industrial designer Yves BeÌhar, who is optimistic about the
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SatoriLab Lighting: More Than Just Neat Lamps From Discarded Materials (Photos)
The result of a new workshop by SatoriLab, these cool lamps were designed and produced by design students with discarded cosmetics and computer materials donated by brands like SANYO and Natura.
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Milan Festival Of Light Includes Hanging LED Laundry
According to Tourism Milan, the city was the first in Europe to install electric lighting and an electric tram system. They claim that "it was a revolution, a mega event destined to change habits and lifestyles. In virtue of
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Green Landlord Awards. Would You Nominate Yours?
What sets Renew magazine apart from the myriad other eco technology and green lifestyle publications on newstand shelves, is that it has no 'puff pieces', no light reading articles. Rather it's full of gritty, information
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Led by Lite's Bike Strap Lighting Uses 42 LEDs (Video)
Continuing our ungoing peek at new bike lights we turn our attention to the LBL (or Led by Lite). Unlike the recently mentioned Fibre FlareFibre Flare and Bike Glow, the LBL, whilst also strip lighting, does not use a
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Homage To The Humble Kerosene Lantern (Now With LEDs)
Designer Lee Leong Chye of the Little Thoughts Group has designed this homage to the humble kerosene lantern, beautifully made of wood and powered by cranking the pump in and out. Hopefully the light from the LED is kinder than what comes out of the
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Qnuru 6.4W and 9.2W LED Lightbulbs (Product Review)
Photo: Michael Graham RichardLED Lights Are Coming of AgeTo paraphrase William Gibson, the future of lighting is here, it's just not evenly distributed. Light-emitting diodes (LED) lightbulbs have been coming on the market in the past few years, but
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Smart Safety Design Turns Bike Lock Into Hazard Light
Safe cycling is a huge part of transitioning to a bike-friendly world, and that means great ideas for lighting and road safety products that don't weigh down the cyclist. The Signal Lock LED bike lock/light is a perfect example
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Macy's Lighting Retrofit Will Trim Electricity Bill by 73%
Macy's stores around the country are about to get a lighting makeover that will curb the company's energy consumption by a huge amount. Retrofitting over 117,000 43-watt halogen-based bulbs used for accent
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Bike Glow. If You're on The Go, Let Cars Know
The other day we mentioned Fibre Flare, a long line LED bike light system. Here's another light to consider, if you want to stand a better chance of being seen at night. The Bike Glow is a three metre (10 ft) long length of flexible
