Hikari SQ by Lightly Tech: The Powerful LED Light Source with OLED Appearance During my past 15 years in the lighting industry, I've got the privilege to be deeply engaged in the developments from incandescent light sources to LED. Unfortunately, several factors hold those developments back, most notably heat development, glare, and critical form factor limitations. OLED technology, despite
Forget about WiFi: LiFi will be the next Form of Wireless Internet Light fidelity (short LiFi) is a technology for wireless communication between devices using light to transmit data and position. The term was first introduced by Harald Haas during a 2011 TEDGlobal talk in Edinburgh. In its present state, only LED lamps can be
The 3D Printing Revolution For thousands of years, manufacturing has been guided by the same principle. We take a block of material, machine, carve or chisel remove access material from it until we get to the final shape of the product we want to create. It is not much different from a hunter, way back in
Visible Light by National Geographic The human eye and brain work together to convert visible light energy into an electrical impulse that can be interpreted as an image--allowing us to see what we need to see to survive. https://youtu.be/8__9_Shxk1U The original video can be found on the National Geographic website.
Luxexcel Ophthalmics: 3D Printed Lenses Change the Way we See and Experience the World Luxexcel, the inventor and global leader in 3D printed lenses, launched its VisionPlatform in Europe during the recent MIDO event in Milan, Italy. We follow the activities with great interest and delightfully share one of the recent event videos below, made
Mind-blowing Intel Drone Light Display sets New World Records Along with the athletes, the Intel Drone Light took center stage at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Intel supplied over 1,200 of them for the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, South-Korea. The light displays in the synchronized flight show earned Intel a new world record: the most drones
Waterlicht - Dream Landscape about the Power and Poetry of Water After posting a few articles on this interesting concept a while ago, I had the chance to experience Waterlicht of Studio Roosegaarde live on stage. Middelburg, a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland, celebrates its
The Magic of Bioluminescence: Unbelievably Cool Bioluminescent Organisms in 10 Videos Bioluminescent animals are definitely among the coolest creatures on earth. And that's not just because they glow. Mostly, they glow for a reason, that's what make them so amazing! From fish to fungi, these incredible organisms use their natural light to attract food, mates,
Where are the Stars? How Light Pollution impacts our Nightly View If you have never seen a clear, starry sky from a place devoid of light pollution then you don’t know what you’re missing. Here's a short video by Asif Islam on how light pollution affects the view of the nightly sky. The chain of timelapse movies
Our Novel Micro 3D Printer just arrived, the expirementing has begun! The Micro 3D Printer by M3D is a cute, tiny and extremely quiet entry-level 3D printer that I found available for a modest price. The Micro is surprisingly compact and very light weight. Its simple, yet attractive Apple-like design makes it a good
