Products + Technology

The LFI Innovation Awards highlighted the industry’s most innovative products and designs introduced during the last 12 months. This year’s program received 275 entries spanning 15 categories, with each submission judged by an independent panel of lighting professionals. Winning entries exemplified the best in innovative design and thinking. Among the 16 winning companies are these [...]

One of the most interesting products shown at LIGHTFAIR, Rubik by Mark Architectural Lighting allows designers to rethink the ceiling grid. The system consists of 9-/5-/3-cell luminaires forms that can be used in traditional or unique layouts for general lighting. White, tunable-white, gray-scale and color accent versions are available. The result is both familiar and [...]

Eighty years ago, physicists theorized that light could be converted into matter. The scientists, who later participated in the development of the first atom bomb, considered converting light into matter an impossibility in a lab. Recently, however, physicists at Imperial College London say they have it figured out in principle–using high-powered lasers and other devices. [...]

Philips Lighting’s LightVibes is an innovative ambient LED lighting technology that is synced to on-screen content with the power to create fully immersive movie-going experiences. Introduced in London in 2014, LightVibes transforms the cinema experience by bringing new excitement to on-screen content, including feature films, musical performances, advertising and more. This unique visual media system [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Scott Wegner and Kevin Broughton, principal optical engineers for Eaton. The topic: LED optics. I’m happy to share their responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the June 2016 issue of tED. DiLouie: What is the purpose of an optical system, as applied [...]

Surrey NanoSystems now offers a spray-on version of its Vantablack coating, which it first released two years ago. Vantablack is constructed of carbon nanotubes that absorb light–99.965% of the light that strikes it, in fact. The result is three-dimensional objects appear as two-dimensional. Check it out here.

The FineTune White Color Tuning System developed by Finelite enables white color tuning in 12 LED luminaire families, from pendant and wall-mounted to recessed and cove. For optimal operation, the award-winning system includes drivers and controls that allow granular settings for color temperature and lighting intensity levels. FineTune enables CCT color tuning from 2700K to [...]

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Leendert Jan Enthoven, President of BriteSwitch, a utility rebate fulfillment company. The topic: lighting product rebate trends. I’m happy to share his responses with you here. The interview informed an article I wrote for the April feature article for the Lighting Controls Association. DiLouie: How would you characterize [...]

A Swedish scientist has created a treatment for wood that renders it nearly transparent, which will allow architects a potential new way to bring daylight into buildings. Check it out here.