Posted by Richard Clarke on 28th Aug 2013
A team of researchers from the University of Exeter, led by Dr. Dave Hodgson, have been using LED lights to track the movements of snails at night.
The team tagged around 450 garden snails with either LED lights or UV paint, and tracked them over a 72 hour period.
The research was conducted as part of an ongoing ‘Slime Watch’ study, looking into the transmission of lungworm (angiostrongylus vasorum) from snails… Read more
Posted by Richard Clarke on 22nd Aug 2013
How would one go about taking an abandoned warehouse built in 1878, and turning it into a modern, stylish, high-end office space?RGB LED lights isn’t a bad way to go at all.The Toffee Factory was refurbished in 2010, with the aim of turning the 100+ year old building into high quality move-on offices spaces for creative sector businesses.Led by xsite architecture – a team of local Ouseburn architects – they used a set of Philips ColourGraze and C… Read more
Posted by Richard Clarke on 1st Aug 2013
You may never have thought about it before, but there's a whole lot of great science and stuff that goes into an LED light bulb.
Indeed, some might yearn for a simpler time when light was produced simply by heating up a bit of wire with an electrical current, but bang up-to-date, energy-efficient LED lighting technology is here to stay, so it’s a good idea to find out a little bit about the stuff they’re made of.
Fitting… Read more
Posted by Amit Soni on 31st Jul 2013
As a cyclist, staying safe around busy roads just has to be your number one priority, and even more so when it’s dark.Here are the Super-Seven LED lighting accessories that will keep you safe when you’re cycling at night.1. RevolightsRevolights are a fresh, new innovation in bike lighting that will ensure maximum safety. The two fluid arcs of light are formed by LEDs that are programmed to detect speed and illuminate when installed on the front o… Read more