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You might like an ecologic option. Think of a fiber optic cable or mirror tube that can be placed from a roof to any room in the house. Could not find a good english translation, but similar to this one: https://www.lichtkamin.de/
https://www.day-lite.com/ already exists, for a lot cheaper than the author's estimates (no one is paying $1000+ for some bright bulbs). Here's some more: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/decorative-ceiling-... . https://www.amazon.com/Artika-Residential-Ultra-Thin-Dimmabl...
That $30k Coelux thing they mention is quite a bit more than “some bright bulbs”. Their lighting casts sharp shadows. If you look into it, you see a bright sky with an image of the sun (https://www.cepro.com/news/coelux_the_40000_fake_skylight_ev...)
I think rich people will easily pay that for such a thing.
You might like an ecologic option. Think of a fiber optic cable or mirror tube that can be placed from a roof to any room in the house. Could not find a good english translation, but similar to this one: https://www.lichtkamin.de/
Have you seen any options that don’t require a fat tube running through the house?
One thing they are missing is collimation. You might want the light rays to be parallel, to simulate the far away sun and to get sharp shadows. I tried to come up with a solution to do this in a flat package, but optics is not my strong suit. Generally, you always have a trade-off here: If you want to get rid of the harsh point-like light sources, you have to add a diffuser, and then you get indirect light. But too d…
DIY Perks [1] has a good tutorial on how to make a super bright LED panel from LED strips. Quite easily, actually. Been using one of those in my office for the last eight years or so. I use a server PSU for power. I was surprised to see how bright it is when I once went outside while it was on. Not only was my window the brightest in the entire street by far. But it actually illuminated the trees around my window. If…
DIY Perks [1] has a good tutorial on how to make a super bright LED panel from LED strips. Quite easily, actually. Been using one of those in my office for the last eight years or so. I use a server PSU for power. I was surprised to see how bright it is when I once went outside while it was on. Not only was my window the brightest in the entire street by far. But it actually illuminated the trees around my window. If…
Since you seem to be a heavy user, and if you don’t mind me asking: Has your eye sight deteriorated in those eight years, and how is your sleep quality?
And sleep: I don’t have any trouble sleeping, no. But as I mentioned, using a such a bright light in the evening will fuck with your day/night rhythm. If I’m not diligent to turn off those lights at sunset, I’ll easily be working up until two or three in the morning. If that happens, the problem isn’t that I wouldn’t be able to sleep (I will) or that I would sleep badly (I won’t). It’s just that it shifts my rhythm out of sync with everybody else.
I realized the lighting factor a few years back. Now, My own home has two lights in every room and whenever I am studying/reading/cooking, I always have them both on.
The difference is stark. Perhaps I am clutching my pearls when I say this, but I feel my quality of life has improved with better lighting.
I also got my walls painted with very light colors, and the ambient light is just amazing.
Good lighting is a blessing.
Having grown up in Korea and lived in America, Canada, and the UK, one thing I consistently noticed about all those Western homes is how dark they are. Most homes where I come from have a large, flat lamp in the center of the ceiling of each room that evenly illuminates the entire room. Large spaces may have more than one such lamp. In the past, this was accomplished with a bunch of fluorescent tubes arranged to look…
You might like an ecologic option. Think of a fiber optic cable or mirror tube that can be placed from a roof to any room in the house. Could not find a good english translation, but similar to this one: https://www.lichtkamin.de/
Have you seen any options that don’t require a fat tube running through the house?