When I read the title, I thought they meant not thinking ahead. This makes much more sense though!
Same, though to me the title still made complete sense that way.
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#12When I read the title, I thought they meant not thinking ahead. This makes much more sense though!
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#14Myopia has been an epidemic for many years now. And the future prospects look grim. Fortunately, there are research groups tackling this issue hoping to develop some gene-therapy approach.
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#15Could we just have rooms lit as strongly as outdoors?
Short answer, yes.
Long answer, you'll need to really jack up the power consumption. Replicating a thing that in itself an energy source needs waaaay more than just a 60W light bulb.
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#16Anyone have an unlocked link?
Here you go: https://arxius.io/f/e9c469eb
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#17But too much sunlight will cause retinal damage. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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#18I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
Yeah, I hadn’t heard about this ”daylight” thing either. I’ve been nearsighted since I was a kid, and back then people said I got it because I read to much, focusing on things too close to my face. I thought that was a pretty fair trade-off, since I liked reading, and didn’t particularly mind wearing glasses. This sunlight thing makes a lot of sense though. I kept hearing proposals during the pandemic about holding c…
I can’t find the article atm, but read about a school who is trying that out right now, I think they started in the pandemic.
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#19Could we just have rooms lit as strongly as outdoors?
There's an increasing body of good evidence that bright indoor conditions also lift mood and improve productivity, often quite noticeably.
Since the pandemic and work-from-home, I've been working in a home office where an entire wall is a glass door leading to the balcony, floor to ceiling. I let the light stream in, and it's basically daylight inside. I had to get a brighter monitor (600 nit OLED), but now I just can't picture myself going back to work in a gloomy cubicle farm. The grey, dim light would just depress me.
There's a few hobbyists using large LED or OLED panels to achieve the same kind of lighting effect as overhead sunlight. Because of the higher efficiency, it's now possible to do this without an extravagant power bill or excessive heat. This makes the most sense is in places closer to the arctic, where winters are long, dark, and cold. So in effect, the "wasted" heat energy of the lighting simply contributes to heating the workplace or home.
Here on YC News more than a few people have suggested that this might be a nice startup to work on: "indoor sunlight" products and installation services can start small, but can scale up! You can also imagine combo products, such as solar-power + batteries + bright lighting panels.
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#20I didn’t realize the evidence is strong that daylight keeps kids from becoming near-sighted. Making young kids study all the time is killing their eyesight!
Yeah, I hadn’t heard about this ”daylight” thing either. I’ve been nearsighted since I was a kid, and back then people said I got it because I read to much, focusing on things too close to my face. I thought that was a pretty fair trade-off, since I liked reading, and didn’t particularly mind wearing glasses. This sunlight thing makes a lot of sense though. I kept hearing proposals during the pandemic about holding c…
My daughter’s primary school teacher recently got a “beach teaching” qualification and she now has one school day a week on the beach, rain or shine. I was really pleased about that anyway as the school doesn’t have a lot of outdoor space for the kids to run around, but this gives me even more reason to be happy.