Design Empowers Everyone. Come to Bregenz, Present, and Be Inspired! by Rogier van der Heide There used to be this idea of design being something for creatives only. You’d have to wear a black turtleneck and glasses with a thick frame to be entitled to create something. In lighting... Read more
Engineering a Plastic-Eating Enzyme
Technology April 23, 2018
Engineering a Plastic-Eating Enzyme Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. The discovery could result in a recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of polyethylene terephthalate,... Read more
Panasonic Mark 100th Anniversary with “TRANSITIONS” – An Immersive Installation at Milan Design Week Milano Salone 2018 – Panasonic Won The Best Technology Award Jury statement: “For the project’s ability to evoke an experience of technology as much intangible as much unique and relevant enveloping the visitor and proposing a... Read more
Mayor Emanuel Highlights Progress Achieved by City of Chicago’s Historic Streetlight Modernization Program
Projects April 22, 2018
Mayor Emanuel Highlights Progress Achieved by City of Chicago’s Historic Streetlight Modernization Program CDOT has Installed More Than 18,000 New LED Streetlights on South and West Side Streets; Mayor Tours West Side Assembly Plant Supporting Project to Modernize 270,000 Lights Over Four Years. With more than 18,000 new streetlights... Read more
Cybersuit for HCL Investigations
Technology April 21, 2018
A Cybersuit for HCL Investigations? The Department of Electrical Engineering (Fakultät Elektrotechnik) at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau (Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau; WHZ) is presenting a new type of cybersuit at the Hanover Fair. This system combines data goggles with networked sensors that are integrated in the... Read more
The Perfect Light Experience 2018
Projects April 12, 2018
The Perfect Light Experience 2018 Leading LED manufacturer Citizen, and the Light Collective, a creative lighting consultancy from the UK, collaborated in 2017 to launch The Perfect Light Project. The project was a research program into the journey to discover the Perfect Light. The project asked lighting designers around the... Read more
Osram Launches Lightelligence for Energy Saving & Space Utilization in Smart Buildings
Technology April 11, 2018
Osram Launches Lightelligence for Energy Saving & Space Utilization in Smart Buildings At the end of March, Munich-based lighting stalwart Osram announced ‘Lightelligence’ an open IoT platform and ecosystem in the lighting business and beyond. Osram claims that Lightelligence saves on energy and labor costs while simplifying the development... Read more
Lightelligence from Osram Understands Space and Opens up New Dimensions in Energy Saving and Networked Sensors
Technology April 6, 2018
Lightelligence from Osram Understands Space and Opens up New Dimensions in Energy Saving and Networked Sensors Osram cuts lighting energy costs by more than 90 percent with Lightelligence Lightelligence is the IoT platform for light management and beyond Lightelligence understands space, providing invaluable insights into its utilization and environmental... Read more
OpenAIS Consortium Will Present Its Project Results In Eindhoven on May 23rd
Industry News April 3, 2018
OpenAIS Consortium Will Present Its Project Results In Eindhoven on May 23rd Over the past three years a consortium of leading European companies worked on a project called OpenAIS. Partly funded by the EU within the Horizon 2020 program, the project was established to address the challenges of the... Read more
