Polaroid Cube indoor lighting test - the Office
Just got myself a Polaroid Cube. Since December is a rather quiet month in the office, I thought I #39;d get up from my seat and do a quick "performance test" in...
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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 14, 2014
The Sunn Light promotes healthy living and circadian alignment by continuously changing color and brightness in rhythm with the earths rotation. For those suffering from the winter blues, the Sunn Light provides vibrant, dynamic light that makes it easier to fall asleep, wake up feeling rested, and stay alert during the day.
"Sunn Lights revolutionize lighting by directly linking our indoor lighting to the natural rhythms of the world outside." Kelton Minor, Cofounder & Designer
From sunrise until sunset, Sunn Lights continuously change color and brightness to keep building occupants in sync with the sun. Sunn Light owners will enjoy custom features on the Sunn app that enable them to fine-tune their lights to their individual needs. With Sunn Travel, users can instantly escape dark, wintery conditions and experience the lighting of any location on the globe. Similarly, users can adjust to deviations in their sleep-wake cyclesperhaps due to jet lag or working lateby changing the time of day of their Sunn Lights. And to make mornings more pleasant, users can set Sunn Alarms and start their day with a slow sunrise.
Kickstarter: http://www.sunnlight.com/kickstarter Media kit: http://bit.ly/sunnmedia Video: http://vimeo.com/sunn/onedayofsunn
About Sunn: Sunn is a startup technology company headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Sunn has developed a smart home platform to automatically mimic whats going on outside down to the minute to help people tune in to rhythms found in nature. Sunns first product, the Sunn Light, addresses an opportunity to offer dynamic interior lighting that not only saves energy but also promotes human well-being. For more information, please visit: http://www.sunnlight.com
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Yorba Linda, Calif. (PRWEB) December 11, 2014
Today, energy-efficient lighting manufacturer Precision-Paragon [P2] announced the availability of its LiteProQD 3D photometric modeling tool on its website at http://www.p-2.com.
The online tool enables lighting professionals to quickly and easily plan energy-efficient-lighting layouts that use Precision-Paragon [P2] fixtures and retrofit kits. The tool allows users to develop their own layouts, or automatically generate layouts that deliver a targeted illumination level or lighting power density (LPD).
Before, you had two options for planning lighting layouts, said Joe Martin, [P2] vice president and general manager. You could develop layouts manually, or you could use expensive and complex photometric software to create accurate models of illumination levels. LiteProQD is a third option.
This option is both free and straightforward to use. [P2] has posted an introductory screencast for the LiteProQD tool on its website, and will be releasing more advanced training materials in the near future.
[P2] has made photometric data available for the majority of the 200+ lighting fixtures and retrofit kits listed on its website, and LiteProQD makes use of this data. LiteProQD allows users to specify a host of custom variables, including custom room dimensions, fixture mounting options and work heights. It auto-generates lighting layouts to meet target illumination levels, a specified number of luminaires, maximum LPD or specific grid layouts. Layouts can be viewed in 2D profile and overhead views, and in a 3D two-thirds overhead view.
Once a layout is generated, the tool models luminaire layout, the average illuminance throughout the space being modeled and the total LPD. The final layout can be easily printed and shared with coworkers, clients and partners.
Our goal as a company is to help our customers create successful lighting projects, said Martin. LiteProQD makes that easier than ever.
The LiteProQD online tool can be launched from product pages throughout http://www.p-2.com, and new users can become familiar with the tool by watching a screencast here. ---
About Precision-Paragon [P2]: For over 20 years, [P2] has made high-quality, indoor-and-outdoor light fixtures for a wide range of applications in retail, commercial and industrial spaces. [P2]s energy-efficient lighting drastically cuts energy consumption, creating big cost savings and significant environmental benefits.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note In-depth Camera Review With Sample Shots Video ( 4k ) !
In this video you will see the extensive camera review of Xiaomi Redmi Note. Here I compare Daylight shots, indoor lighting shots and low light shots also flash fired pictures. One sample...
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Albany
The annual state Holiday Tree Lighting and Fireworks celebration take place Sunday at the Empire State Plaza.
A full day of indoor and outdoor family activities, including a visit from Santa Claus, will start at 10 a.m. with Roaming Railroad indoor train rides and the opening of the skating rink at 11 a.m.
The tree lighting ceremony and fireworks will begin at 5:15 p.m., and the event will conclude with a Rock and Skate from 6 to 8 p.m.
This year's holiday tree on the Empire State Plaza was donated by VanAken family of Schenectady.
The tree displayed in East Capitol Park was donated by the Keeler family of Burnt Hills.
The public is invited to the outdoor event presented by SEFCU to take part in skating, caroling with the Rusty Pipes, listening to and learning about the piano from Wataru Niimori of the Music Studio, holiday arts and crafts, mini golf, demonstrations by the Hudson Mohawk Figure Skating Club, live music, and fireworks.
There will also be hot chocolate and snacks, a llama petting zoo, ice sculptures, and much more.
The Taste New York Holiday Expo is at the State Museum, which runs from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and has a $5 admission.
The new Empire State Plaza Visitor Center gift shop at the north end of the Concourse will also be open from 1 to 5 p.m.
Santa Rosa, CA (PRWEB) December 05, 2014
The SuperNova, the largest rendering of SuperCloset's number one selling grow cabinets, has been redesigned in the image of the popular "Trinity 3.0" to create the world's largest indoor stealth grow cabinet. This new all in one triple chamber grow cabinet system is an astounding 92 wide, 24 deep, and 78 tall. It features two professionally air-cooled, closed loop, HPS 600 watt lighting system, or two of the award winning Kind LED K3 L600 LED Grow Lights.
Other features unique to the SuperTrinity are the bottom vegetation chamber that includes a SuperCloner-50 as well as a SuperMother hydroponics system, the Quad-Carbon Filtration configuration, and the T-5 Side Lighting. The SuperCloner-50 and the SuperMother hydroponics system, allows a grower to harvests continually as plants are cloned in the first chamber, and vegetated in the second chamber, and flowered in the third. The Quad-Carbon Filtration configuration is comprised of four fans positioned behind charcoal filters and oriented to pull waste air through the filters. The Quad-Carbon Filtration system doubles the amount of air being pulled in and out of the SuperTrinity, which translates into healthier plants, and total odor mitigation. The T-5 Supplemental Side Lighting is the addition of four full spectrum T-5 lights positioned on the right and left side of the flowering and vegetation chambers. The T-5 Supplemental Side lighting provides light to the bottom third of the plants body mass leading to a larger yield of usable plant matter. A SuperPonics-16 system is what the large flowering and slightly smaller vegetation chamber above the propagation chamber use to grow 16-huge plants, completely automated with virtually no maintenance other than changing out water once every 7-10 days. SuperPonics is defined as the fusion of proven hydroponic methods. SuperPonics systems grow plants up to 2-5X faster than traditional methods. The different hydroponic methods of top feed drip and bottom bubble feed deep water culture provide redundant safety systems in case either a water pump, air pump, or electrical circuitry fails. Plants stay strong, and healthy in SuperPonics systems through nearly all situations, which make the SuperTrinity an ideal product whether one is a beginner or professional. As usual with all SuperCloset grow cabinets, the SuperTrinity blends in perfectly in any home, locks up securely, is pre-assembled, and comes with every imaginable component enabling a new customer to be up and growing within 90 minutes of receiving their SuperTrinity.
About SuperCloset: SuperCloset takes the guesswork out of growing through manufacturing the most innovative and customer friendly hydroponic systems and turnkey grow box units. After 10 years SuperCloset continues to lead the horizontal and vertical growing industry with its commitment to excellent products and world-class customer service.
When a legendary investor like George Soros takes a large position in a stock like electrical products manufacturer Hubbell Incorporated , it's usually a good idea to take notice. So why is George Soros buying stock in Hubbell Incorporated, and should you be buying too?
Soros Fund Management buys Hubbell Incorporated stock A look at SEC filings from Soros Fund Management reveals that his investment firm had picked up 306,371 shares by the end of June, and another 311,985 shares by the end of September. At the current price of around $107, the position is worth around $66 million -- a pretty significant position.
Introducing Hubbell Incorporated Hubbell generates more than 80% of its sales from the US and has two operating segments: The electrical segment contains an electrical systems division (wiring devices and products) and a lighting products division (indoor and outdoor lighting). The power systems segment sells products and components to utilities.
As such, its key end market is non-residential construction, and to a lesser extent the industrial and utility markets. Its residential construction sales are growing the fastest (with high single-digit growth forecast for 2015), but are a relatively small part of its sales.
Source: Hubbell Incorporated Presentations
First, there are signs that the non-residential construction market is set for good growth in 2015, with the architectural billings index (a widely followed indicator of future growth) picking up in recent months. A reading above 50 indicates growth, and readers can see that all three components are now in positive territory, which is good news for Hubbell's electrical system and lighting solutions.
Furthermore, Hubbell's rival, Acuity Brands , recently gave a bullish forecast for the lighting market in North America. Quoting from its most recent earnings release, in October, CEO, Vernon Nagel outlined:
Third-party forecasts as well as key leading indicators suggest that the growth rate for the North American lighting market... ...will be in the mid-to-upper single digit range for fiscal 2015 with expectations that overall demand in our end markets will continue to experience solid growth over the next several years.
Second,Hubbell has agrowth opportunity from the secular shift toward using LED lighting . As the linked article argues, companies like Cree and Acuity Brands are seeing strong growth in LED lighting sales. LED luminaires now make up 40% of Acuity's total sales, with LED product sales almost doubling in its most recent quarter. Cree is a company better known for being an LED manufacturer, but its lighting products contributed 52% of revenue and 41% of gross profit in its recent third-quarter. Moreover, lighting products revenue grew at 51%--there is no doubt that lighting is leading the next wave of LED growth.
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In a windowless warehouse just outside of Chicago, where todays forecast is for below-freezing temperatures, Green Sense Farms grows leafy greens and herbs all year around. They sell their bountyprotected from insects, disease and brutal wintersto grocers like Whole Foods and some local restaurants. Green Sense grows their soil-free produce (they use coconut husk instead) in indoor growing towers. Beneath 30 foot ceilings, rows and rows of produce are stacked and CO2 levels, water, lighting, and humidity are precisely controlled.
"At capacity, were producing about three to four million pounds a year," said Robert Colangelo, the president and founder of Green Sense Farms. With their current footprint30,000 square feetGreen Sense can grow fresh produce that can be distributed within 100 miles to 20 million people.
Their success is another sign that the vertical urban farming movement is beginning to scale. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, MITs Media Lab is developing an open source version, known as City Farm. In Japan, just 60 miles from where the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster occurred, inside of a former silicon chip manufacturing facility, Fujitsu grows 3000 heads of lettuce a day that sell for three times the price of other lettuce.
Growers say they want to grow nutritious food in a new, sustainable way, and supplement field farms and greenhouses. They believe the technique can revolutionize farming in crowded urban metropolises, during cold winters, and in impoverished parts of the world. And, the growers add, their produce is already in demand because its local, available year around, and frankly, pristine.
"In the fieldtheres pests, theres animals, theres fungus, and theres weatherthe sun may shine, it may not," said Colangelo. "We see this as the future of farming."
Because City Farm is funded and backed by MIT, Harper says he is in a unique position to make his technology open source, to prototype rapidly and then spread it far and wide.
At the moment, he is working with universities and governments in Dubai, Accra, Guadalajara, and Detroit to develop vertical growing laboratories launching starting this January. In exchange for providing them with his technology, he hopes that each group will share their "recipes" for serving locals.
"We can optimize for different things," he said. "Like power use or water usethis is about harnessing the power of computing for food. Agriculture is thousands of years old but its only in recent times that weve been able to quantify a lot of the things around production."
And City Farm, Harper said, is trying to be the Linux of the vertical urban farm world.
"Were creating an OS that is open to the world," he said. "That will allow us to scale up faster."
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Vertical Farms Will Be Big, But For Whom?
Northvale, NJ (PRWEB) December 04, 2014
RAB Lighting introduces the 9 Watt SKEET surface-mount LED. This versatile low-cost fixture comes in round and square designs, measures just five inches across and just over one inch deep. SKEET fits on standard junction boxes, so its great for replacing old incandescent or fluorescent fixtures on ceilings and walls.
With its contemporary low-profile design, SKEET is perfect for hallways, kitchens, closets and other small rooms. At only 9 Watts, SKEET delivers nearly 800 lumens and replaces up to 100-Watt incandescent bulbs. Energy Star certified and rated for a 100,000-hour LED lifespan, based on IES LM-80 results and TM-21 calculations, SKEET provides high-efficiency, low-maintenance lighting for residential indoor applications.
SKEETs vandal-resistant diffusion lens provides smooth light with no glare. Best-in-class three-step binning delivers consistent fixture-to-fixture color consistency. Correlated color temperature (CCT) is warrantied to shift no more than 200K over a 5-year period.
This surface-mount fixture is designed for easy installation with a simple slide-n-lock bracket that mounts to 3 and 4 round or octagon junction boxes. SKEET is available in residential warm (2700K), warm (3000K) or warm/neutral (3500K) color temperatures and is UL listed for damp locations.
About RAB Lighting: RAB Lighting is a leading manufacturer of affordable, durable and energy-efficient LED lighting fixtures. Located in Northvale, New Jersey and founded in 1946, RAB offers well-designed, professional grade lighting through a broad network of electrical distributors. RAB also offers lighting design and engineering services, free of charge, to produce lighting layouts. For more information, call (888) RAB-1000 or visit http://www.rabweb.com.
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RAB Lighting Introduces the 9-Watt SKEET LED Surface-mount Fixture