By wirelessly connecting the lights, a computer with Enlighted software can adjust the brightness of the light for each cubicle and automatically lower or cut off the amount of electricity going to the lights at different times of the day.
Now, a team of researches from the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton in the UK has developed what they are calling the "Reflectance Transformation Imaging system, " which uses 76 lights to illuminate different sections of the ancient artifacts, one at a time, while an image is taken.
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Since LED lights can be tuned to different wavelengths of color, Philips is also working with retailers of luxury goods and jewelry to choose the best color for showcasing each product.
Little tiny lights and they all start flashing at different times, and then there's strobe.
Pitching ideas from your kitchen table is one thing and actually sitting behind a news desk next to people who do this for a living with cameras and lights all in your face is a totally different beast.
The image was discovered by the Wide-Field Infared Survey Explorer (WISE), which scans the night sky for lights in the infrared range to discover more about different aspects of astronomical objects.
In 1979 3M revamped its technology--sold under the Opticom brand--to allow it to recognize two different priority levels: a high level for emergency vehicles, which could force traffic lights to change immediately and a lower level for transit vehicles, which could hold off changing the light entirely if changing the light to green would snarl traffic.
And finally, a colored LED display called Glowbits with individual lights that can be programmed to move forward and backward as well as spell out different words and phrases.
Narrow streets wind their way through the historic town centre, decorated with lights, bows and wooden ornaments, while the timber-framed houses, each in a different colour, add to the picturesque scene.
By tapping out different patterns (it detects only the shock, not the strength) the idea is that you could turn lights on and off, control appliances, and so forth.
"We introduced two markets before Christmas in different parts of the street, an arts trail is being developed between now and March, we had Christmas lights for the first time in living memory... and we're introducing more greenery, " he said.
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