Wow. I was looking at the first couple photos thinking "I get it, that's what a skylight looks like, now show me the damn lightbulb!"
Here's to hoping this tech gets commoditized and indoor spaces get a lot more pleasant.
CoeLux: Artificial Sunlight That’s Real Enough to Trick Your Camera and Brain
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#12Artificial sunlight could be revolutionary if applied with scale in cities. It could enable new, far denser forms of architecture "built for people", mitigating the ill psychological effects of being without natural surroundings.
The energy use would be heavy, but it might be worth the cost given the transportation energy savings and higher productivity and happiness of the city population.
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#1367.000$ for a great looking light source seems too much. You can buy small houses at that price point where I live. With real windows, you know.
It’s also a 660-pound object installed in a drop ceiling nearly a meter thick. You’d need very high ceilings to start with, and you’d better hope it’s installed well. Not to mention that it consumes up to 300W of power.
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#14Artificial sunlight could be revolutionary if applied with scale in cities. It could enable new, far denser forms of architecture "built for people", mitigating the ill psychological effects of being without natural surroundings. The energy use would be heavy, but it might be worth the cost given the transportation energy savings and higher productivity and happiness of the city population.
Don't forget seasonal affective disorder, or just the general influence on affects that cloudy weather has. Imagine waking up to streaming sunlight every morning. I can see that making a huge change in people's lives.
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#15Appears that the light is stationary, which to me seems like it'd be a bit creepy.
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#16Appears that the light is stationary, which to me seems like it'd be a bit creepy.
The company's website suggests that you can change the position of the sun, presumably there's nothing preventing you from modifying it on a timer or slider.
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#1767.000$ for a great looking light source seems too much. You can buy small houses at that price point where I live. With real windows, you know.
Looks like it's 35,000$ after 50 systems and 1 year.
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#18For those that work in office buildings and may be far away or do not have immediate access to Windows while working, would this be a good investment for companies to make? The sun availability does seem to affect my daily energy and motivation.
I'm not sure an artificial light source looking like the sun will replace the actual sun in regards daily energy and motivation, among others.
Depends on where you are. The pacific northwest and great lakes regions could use some fake sunlight: http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/cloudiest-...
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#19Artificial sunlight could be revolutionary if applied with scale in cities. It could enable new, far denser forms of architecture "built for people", mitigating the ill psychological effects of being without natural surroundings. The energy use would be heavy, but it might be worth the cost given the transportation energy savings and higher productivity and happiness of the city population.
But, can we really replicate sunlight? Might sound pessimist but the sun is a star, 1AU away, with a huge mass compared to earth, and It's the energy source for life here. Seems like a very long shot aspiring to create an artificial replacement for that, even for the narrow objective of tricking our bodys.
There must be some scientific knowdlegde regarding this that I ignore.
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#20Somebody on reddit made a cheap do-it-yourself version for their basement office for $150 (using LED lights for plants):
While definitely not the same, there should be an opportunity for something costing less than $35,000 while still getting closer.
For example here is DIY 90,000 lumen flashlight that supposedly cost $250-350:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JVqRy0sWWY&t=3m40s
Using 10 of these LED chips:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100W-Warm-White-3000K-LED-Light-High...