Industry News
LiFi Can Now Work Around Corners And Be Securely Coded To End Devices
LEDs Magazine recently reported that engineers from Cisco are now claiming that light-based communications, known as LiFi, is gaining the capabilities to work around corners and be securely pre-coded to…
Product Monday: Ubicquia Platform Creates Smart Cities With Existing Streetlights
Electronics 360 recently ran an article about a smart city platform startup called Ubicquia. The new company has released two streetlight platforms designed for smart cities that integrates Wi-Fi, 4K…
WILD’s Lamplighter Coalition Shines Light on The Need For Awareness & Action
TW: sexual harassment From academia and scientific associations to the legal profession and event planner organizations, sexual harassment at business events is identified as an issue that must…
UL Launches Circadian Lighting Field-Measurement Service & Circadian Luminaire Certification
Randy Reid and Katie Smith recently published an article on LinkedIn, about UL’s latest moves into circadian lighting. The first new service from UL is a UL Circadian Field Measurement…
Will Biomimicry Impact The Lighting Industry?
A recent article in Buildings Magazine examines the application of Biomimicry to sustainable products and building interiors. The Biomimicry Institute—a non-profit cofounded by Janine Benyus and Bryony Schwan—defines biomimicry as: “a…
Wireless Power Transfer Has Potential For Lighting
A 2020 CABA White Paper, Application of Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) in Smart Homes and Buildings provides an overview of WPT technology, as well as a market evaluation for the technology,…
Product Monday: Pharos Architectural Controls Transform Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is located in the city of Ely, in East Cambridgeshire, England The site can be dated back to AD 763, when it began as an abbey church built…
CLTC Launches New Color Lab
The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at UC Davis has established “The Color Lab” in collaboration with the Center for Mind and Brain. The new color lab will explore the…
New Zhaga Books Address In-Field Programming Of Smart Lighting
In February, 2022, Zhaga approved Book 25 “NFC Readers with Bluetooth Interface for In-Field Programming”. This new Zhaga specification defines a Bluetooth Low Energy communication protocol for the communication between…
Could Sustainable Lighting Product Regulations Be Coming to North America?
Industry discussions about sustainable lighting are increasing for a variety of reasons: NAILD’s recent open letter calling for more sustainable LED lighting products. Details here. Vermont’s first-in-the-nation ban on all…
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