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posted by n1 on Thursday March 05 2015, @07:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the never-need-to-sleep dept.

Navanshu Agarwal writes that Italian scientists have developed an artificial LED sunlight system that looks just like real daylight streaming through a skylight. The LED skylight uses a thin coating of nanoparticles to recreate the effect that makes the sky blue, known as Rayleigh Scattering that doesn’t just light up a room but produces the texture and feel of sunlight. Paolo Di Trapani, one of the scientists who worked on the device believes that the skylight will allow developers of the future to not just build up, but also far down below the ground- without any of the "dinginess" that currently keeps us above ground.

CoeLux hopes to treat seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. Each year, some 10 million Americans, mostly women, find themselves sinking into a heavy malaise during the wintertime. CoeLux hopes its LED bulbs, which create the illusion of infinitely tall, bright blue skies, will help trick the brains of people with SAD, ridding them of their blues.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday March 05 2015, @08:38AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 05 2015, @08:38AM (#153445) Journal

    Dude, it is nearly $70,000 for just one of them.

    For now. In 3 years time after released on the market, the price will drop down like lead.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by davester666 on Thursday March 05 2015, @09:04AM

    by davester666 (155) on Thursday March 05 2015, @09:04AM (#153446)

    Yes, but the office will buy ones $1 cheaper that will be deemed "close enough", and the windows for the general office staff will be painted over permanently.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2015, @11:11AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2015, @11:11AM (#153466)

      Yes, but the office will buy ones $1 cheaper that will be deemed "close enough", and the windows for the general office staff will be painted over permanently.

      So? Open them enough; run Linux, not windows, and regain your freedom

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday March 05 2015, @11:29AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 05 2015, @11:29AM (#153468) Journal

      Yes, but the office will buy ones $1 cheaper that will be deemed "close enough", and the windows for the general office staff will be painted over permanently.

      You wish! They are gonna have to ask you to go ahead and move your desk downstairs in the storage B... that would be terrific, mmkay? Oh, and they'll take your cherished red Swingline stapler too.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2015, @02:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 05 2015, @02:35PM (#153506)

    > For now. In 3 years time after released on the market, the price will drop down like lead.

    Don't count on it. This story was making the rounds a year ago [ilsole24ore.com] and nothing has changed, they are even still using the same clipart.

    • (Score: 3, TouchĂ©) by c0lo on Thursday March 05 2015, @07:13PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 05 2015, @07:13PM (#153603) Journal
      For the time being, there isn't a product on the market yet. The moment it will be, guess where the production will move and what the manufacturers will do.
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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:27AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:27AM (#153697)

        > For the time being, there isn't a product on the market yet.

        And hasn't been for at least year despite the same exact PR making the rounds back then.
        You seem to have a fondness for the idea. I seem to have seen a hundred such pre-market projects that never actually make it to market.
        You stick to your optimism. I'll stick to history.

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 06 2015, @03:22AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @03:22AM (#153709) Journal

          You seem to have a fondness for the idea.

          Nope. If was speaking hypotheticals (when the product gets to the market, if ever) - I'm totally indifferent towards the product, no matter the price; plenty of clear sky where I live, some cloudy days are a welcomed change.

          And hasn't been for at least year despite the same exact PR making the rounds back then.

          Yes, you said it without explicitly qualifying with "I don't think it will ever get to the market" (you only said: "1 year back, it was in the same position", I interpreted it as "lengthy R&D cycle, don't count on dropping prices at the end of it").
          (granted, neither I was being precise enough; should have used an "if" to qualify the standalone and more mellow "when")

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