It is no mystery that light is essential to human life. Since the discovery of fire, humans have developed various artificial light sources, such as incandescent lamps, gaslights, discharge lamps, and ...

The brainchild of French designer Arturo Erbsman, the Atmos lamp eloquently uses water condensation and evaporation to diffuse light into the room. Anthony Domanico CNET freelancer Anthony Domanico is ...

Light towers are a staple on every jobsite, and what they offer is pretty straightforward, but the technology behind these tools is not as simple as you might think. Today's models offer a range of ...

For the first time, a new technique that focuses diffuse light inside a dynamic scattering medium containing living tissue has been revealed by researchers. In addition, they have improved the speed ...

The otherworldly bluish glow of the Atmos LED Lampcomes from the water droplets condensing on its inner walls. French designer Arturo Erbsman wanted to create a light source which would use an ...

Researchers have just discovered a new type of light diffusion in tiny optical fibers 50 times thinner than a strand of hair. This phenomenon, which varies according to the fiber's environment, could ...

Construction contractors who use light towers on the jobsite may find themselves choosing between traditional light towers and balloon lights. What's the difference? "Balloon lights filter the light ...

LITTLE ROCK — LED light bulbs, with their minuscule energy consumption and 20-year life expectancy, have attracted a lot of attention over the past few years. But an even newer technology is ...

I TOOK advantage of a recent opportunity to make some observations on polarisation of the diffused light in sea-water, using a detector consisting of four quartz prisms made up on the De Senarmont ...