This lighting blog covers a wide range of lighting topics including current events, the lighting industry and product related blogs. I, Dr. Edison Bulb have 30+ years of lighting experience, my specialties include LED, commercial lighting and sports lighting. I am continuing my learning by keeping up with current lighting events and keeping track of them in this lighting blog.
Art has the power to piece a room together, but without the appropriate lighting, much of its value can be lost. You might be thinking, “So, I should just add light to make my artwork pop!” While this is somewhat true, it’s a good idea to remember that not every approach is viable. These are five different lighting options for helping a piece of artwork live comfortably in a room, provided by www.architecturaldigest.com. Track Lighting Track lighting has become more aesthetically contemporary and minimalist over the...
read moreRecently, the social media world has been torn asunder by a controversy concerning the color of a dress. It may seem a little ridiculous, but it appears that the internet cannot agree whether the dress is blue with black lace or white with gold lace. The fight is about more than social media; it’s about primal human physiology and the way our eyes and brains have evolved to see the world around us in the ever changing shades of daylight. The brain, kept safe in the bony darkness of the skull, relies on our eyes to supply an image of the...
read moreEveryone who is a regular skier tries out night skiing once or twice, but few find it compelling enough to do it more often than that. One short film that is making the rounds, however, put a technological twist on the idea. Sweetgrass Productions has put together an amazing montage of skiers wearing bright, neon-colored LEDs attached to full body suits as they ski down mountainsides in Canada. It is quite a striking sight to watch them flying off cliffs and spinning through the air while glowing blue, green, or purple. The piece was meant for...
read moreThe particle and wave-like behavior of light is modeled by two sets of equations and accompanying perspectives on the nature of light and its interaction with matter. Wave-like behavior is based on oscillating electric and magnetic fields propagating through space. These electromagnetic fields interact with charged particles of matter, such as electrons. This wave-like behavior of light is summarized and described by Maxwell’s equations. Another perspective about the nature of light has to do with particles called photons. Some...
read moreIn October 2014, the Sistine Chapel unveiled a new LED lighting system to enhance viewer appreciation while protecting the integrity of masterpieces by Botticelli, Perugino, Signorelli, and Michelangelo. The challenging and expensive project, which began in 2013, required a sophisticated correction algorithm that integrated the differing color perception of the human eye with various color temperatures, according to ecmag.com. Additionally, the lighting bills could be cut by almost 90% after the new system was installed. I, Dr. Bulb, discussed...
read moreFor over a century, electric lighting systems have retained a persistent shape to their implementation as well as purpose. Since the advent of the first inefficient light bulbs, pretty much every innovation has been in improving the formula rather than building on it. Better wiring standards, better switches and breakers and of course innovations in brighter, more efficient light sources have been pretty much the entirety of luminaire innovation since Edison and Tesla. With recent wide adoption of LED lighting, the trend toward improving a...
read moreIt appears that 2015 will be another good year to take advantage of LED rebates and incentives in North America. Although a few of 2014’s programs did end, others are benefitting from new funding and are once again offering rebates. Currently active rebate programs are covering 72% of this country. LED Replacement Lamp Rebates Have Dropped by 32% Rebates for LED replacement lamps like MRs, PARs, decorative lamps, and A-lamps have dropped more than expected. The average rebate has gone from $11.12 during 2014 to $7.51. This is due to...
read moreAn Italian technology firm, CoeLux, has recently introduced an entirely new type of indoor artificial lighting. CoeLux’s new LED lighting panels actually replicate the exact optical qualities of natural sunlight, making the light they emit indistinguishable from the real thing. Combined with advanced projection technology, these new lights can be used to create incredibly convincing windows and skylights in rooms that have no exterior walls whatsoever. The key to this technology lies in recreating the effects that Earth’s...
read moreLED lighting technology is rapidly being adopted at all levels of society. This year’s Super Bowl was the first ever to be lit with 100 percent LED lighting. LED lights are, also, illuminating parking lots and roadways more efficiently than ever before. At home, LED lighting is changing the way we live, from super-efficient light bulbs to the LEDs powering our HDTVs. I, Dr. Bulb, am here to tell you that there’s a reason LEDs are rapidly becoming the lighting option of choice. LED lights (Light Emitting Diodes) are 80 percent more...
read moreEvery morning, after battling the snooze alarm, I peek through the curtains to see the first rays of sunlight coming over the horizon. I have always thought it amazing that those photons of light that start my mornings originated some 93 million miles away, traveling from our sun to reach my still sleep blurry eyes. Here are the five essential things you need to know about light. 1. Light acts like a wave, much like the waves when you throw a rock in a pond. These ripples have their own properties like height (called amplitude) and speed. They...
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