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COLD LIGHT – Fiberoptic lamp brings sunlight indoors

by Evelyn Lee, 02/26/07

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The Cold Light, a new fiberoptic sunlight tranport device, is the main attraction on display in Vienna at the Haus der Forschung. Called “0-24 Licht,” the design is the combined work of an architect and an artist named Angelo Stagno and Andrea Van der Staeten, who have won a design competition run by BIG, a development company in Austria. “0-24 Licht” is simple in concept: it uses a system of mirrors to focuses natural daylight through a fiber optic cable which can then be applied to many different lighting designs – producing interior lighting without any extra heat, hence the moniker Cold Light.

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4 Responses to “COLD LIGHT – Fiberoptic lamp brings sunlight indoors”

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sean Says:

this is no different from the fiber optic solar lighting made by Parans.

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Eva in NL Says:

Am I right in thinking that this (unfiltered) light might also help those people suffering from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)? Currently a lighting system that mimics natural daylight is used to to trigger chemicals in the brain that helps them with this condition.

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Cj Says:

wow i never knew that Eva in NL, very interesting. I do lik the idea but i know that it isnt a new concept, furthere backing sean!

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Greasycog Says:

A comment to Eva’s question. Fiber optic cable does filter the UV rays out of the sunlight. I don’t think this filtration would affect the benefit of using something like this for SAD. From my understanding it is more intensity based.

 

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