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Smart Lighting Strategies for Neurodivergent Patients
Light + Health, Lighting Design

Smart Lighting Strategies for Neurodivergent Patients

Sep 02, 2025

By Christa Belasco, PE, IALD, LC, Senior Lighting Designer, HGA For individuals with neurological conditions such as autism, Asperger’s, ADHD, or Sensory Processing Disorders, a simple visit to the doctor can…

Interview: Signify On Commercial Indoor Lighting Trends
Interviews + Opinion, Lighting Industry

Interview: Signify On Commercial Indoor Lighting Trends

Sep 01, 2025

Craig DiLouie interviewed two Signify executives about commercial indoor lighting trends, Steve Baronoff, National Distribution Leader at Genlyte Solutions, a Signify Business and Lisette Ditters, Indoor Segment Leader at Genlyte…

Laser Headlights Are Abandoned
LED + SSL, Products + Technology

Laser Headlights Are Abandoned

Aug 29, 2025

  Laser headlights technology and development are being abandoned by carmakers due to US automotive regulations and rapid advancements in LED technology, making lasers unnecessary and less practical for automakers.…

ESCO Performance Contracting Projected To Grow 70% By 2034
Energy + Environment, Lighting Industry

ESCO Performance Contracting Projected To Grow 70% By 2034

Aug 28, 2025

  The rapidly growing market for energy service companies (ESCOs) and their performance contracts are projected to expand from $15.9 billion to nearly $27 billion by 2034, with a compound…

New Lighting Product Award Program Launched – Lumy Awards
Awards, Products + Technology

New Lighting Product Award Program Launched – Lumy Awards

Aug 27, 2025

The Lumy Awards is a new industry awards program dedicated exclusively to honoring exceptional innovation, design, and distinction in lighting products. Launched last week, the Lumy Awards aims to fill…

Mexico Reorganizes Telecom & EMI Regulatory Agencies
Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Industry

Mexico Reorganizes Telecom & EMI Regulatory Agencies

Aug 26, 2025

  Mexico is undergoing one of the most significant overhauls of its telecommunications regulatory framework in decades. The recently enacted EMI Laws and reforms to the Federal Law on Telecommunications…

Commerce Dept Adds 407 Product Codes To Metal Tariff List
Legislation + Regulation, Lighting Industry

Commerce Dept Adds 407 Product Codes To Metal Tariff List

Aug 25, 2025

  The U.S. Department of Commerce has implemented a major expansion of Section 232 tariffs, raising the duty rate to 50% on a broad spectrum of steel and aluminum products,…

Electromagnetic Waves To Wirelessly Transmit Power
Energy + Environment, Products + Technology

Electromagnetic Waves To Wirelessly Transmit Power

Aug 22, 2025

  Wireless Electricity: Nikola Tesla’s Century-old Dream Coming to Life  The concept of wireless electricity—a vision championed by Nikola Tesla in 1901—is on the brink of transforming modern energy distribution.…

Production Expands For Toroidal Propellers
Products + Technology

Production Expands For Toroidal Propellers

Aug 21, 2025

  Toroidal propellers have potential to impact the fan, ceiling fan, wind turbine, and aerospace industries. They have made the most progress in the marine propulsion market, to-date. Sharrow Engineering,…

Battling Deep Fake Videos With Light-Based Watermarks
Products + Technology, Research

Battling Deep Fake Videos With Light-Based Watermarks

Aug 20, 2025

  Cornell University researchers have pioneered a groundbreaking method to watermark videos using light, addressing the urgent problem of video manipulation in an era dominated by generative artificial intelligence and…

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