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12-05-2017 CIE publishes CIE TC 1-90 Technical Report CIE 224:2017 and CIE 2017 Colour Fidelity Index for accurate scientific use
The CIE Colour Rendering Index (CRI), defined in CIE 13.3-1995, in particular the general colour rendering index, Ra, is widely adopted and used by the lighting industry, in regulatory documents...
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03-05-2017 Bio-Effective Lighting for Humans, Livestock and Plants
Mood lighting is often misleadingly interpreted as HCL. But HCL is much more because it includes biologically effective light that is beneficial or dangerous, depending on the correct application....
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03-05-2017 SSL Growth Strategies and USDA Corn Breeding Objectives
The SSL horticulture lighting industry has become one of the fastest growing branches of lighting worldwide. Much research has already been done in regards to horticultural SSL technology and...
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21-04-2017 LightingEurope calls for light quality and human wellbeing legislation
LightingEurope president and Philips vice president Jan Denneman believes that human-centric lighting can add tremendous value to society and to the lighting industry. Source: Mark Halper.   For...
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21-04-2017 Method to Control Light Propagation in Waveguides
A team of Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Applied Physics Assistant Professor Nanfang Yu, has invented a method to control light propagating in confined pathways, or waveguides, with high...
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20-03-2017 Human-centric lighting reduces drug reliance at Danish psychiatric hospital
Professional staff at a Danish psychiatric hospital have administered fewer drugs and noticed a marked reduction in patient outbursts and disturbances following the installation of a human-centric...
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02-01-2017 Human-centric lighting set to drastically improve workplace and individual performance (MAGAZINE)
You might not have yet heard the phrase "human-centric lighting" (HCL). But it's one of the oldest concepts under the Sun. Ever since humankind first yawned and stretched at dawn, and lay down to...
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02-01-2017 LRC Releases Free, Open Access Circadian Stimulus Calculator
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has recently released a free, open-access circadian stimulus (CS) calculator to help lighting professionals select light...
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25-01-2018 Tech-Talks BREGENZ - Prof. Christian Cajochen, Univ. Basel, Head of Center of Chronobiology
Human Centric Lighting has become a catchphrase used by industry and the press. But the press has also started reporting that research emphasizes the danger of LED lighting in connection to our...
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02-01-2017 LECs - The Light of the Future Thanks Nanostructures
In future they are to light up the inside of handbags or make evening joggers stand out in the dark: Light-emitting electrochemical cells, LECs, offer many advantages compared to familiar LEDs,...
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25-01-2018 Lighting Fabrics - A New Approach for Flexible Light Sources
Different groups from the lighting business have been dreaming of truly flexible light sources for a long time. OLEDs are being promoted as the solution of the future but there are other solutions...
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02-01-2017 High-Index Nanocrystals - Key to Next Generation Advancements in Lighting
Solid-State Lighting is destined to be a next generation lighting option. LEDs have already entered main stream applications and OLED technology has advanced greatly in the past few years in terms...
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02-01-2017 Graphene-Layered, All-Electrical Quantum LEDs Emit One Photon At A Time
Researchers at European technology consortium Graphene Flagship have successfully created an all-electrical quantum light emitting diode (LED) with single-photon emission constructed of atomically...
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02-01-2017 US cities take second look at LED after health warning
US cities are taking a second look at LED street lighting after the American Medical Association (AMA) issued a warning earlier in the year that blue light can disturb sleep rhythms and exacerbate...