Products + Technology

So LED traffic lights save 90% energy, but run too cool to melt snow, which is believed to have caused some accidents. Snow obscuring the signal happens very infrequently, but nonetheless, one has to wonder where and how the ball got dropped on this, what the solution is, and whose responsibility it is to be [...]

Check out the amazing creations of Propellor Design here.

Thelermont Hupton’s whimsical blown-up lighting creations can be found here.

Now this is what I want for Christmas. Take a table, turn it into an interactive video image of your living space, and control everything.

Columbia Lighting’s Morph Fluorescent Exterior Area Lights use T5HO technology to generate up to 52% energy savings over traditional 400W systems, which can be accelerated due to bilevel switching capability and optional controls. Available in pole- or wall-mounted configurations and with Type II or Type V distributions, these International Dark-Sky Compliant luminaires can illuminate a [...]

More news from Hubbell Lighting, which has created an electronic version of its 1,047-page Product Selection Guide. Now in CD form and also available as a download for the first time, the user-friendly electronic version of the full-line catalog allows anyone find lighting fixture descriptions and product details for any product in the entire family [...]

Philips Lighting has introduced its new family of Energy Advantage ceramic metal halide lamps featuring exclusive AllStart™ Technology. A direct retrofit lamp to both probe start and pulse start metal halide ballasts, the new lamps provide true universal operation regardless of orientation without compromising light quality and make installation and maintenance easier than ever. Rated [...]

To help end users in the education, healthcare, military, municipality and government markets, Hubbell Lighting has published two booklets intended to guide them as well as lighting specifiers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The books focus on ARRA stimulus plan lighting solutions and specifications. The specification guide identifies the full [...]

HowStuffWorks.com has a great article about a technology I’ve been following for some time–augmented reality, or mixed reality. Check it out here. Here’s a good description they provide: “Researchers and engineers are pulling graphics out of your television screen or computer display and integrating them into real-world environments. This new technology, called augmented reality, blurs [...]