News tagged with ambient lighting

A multi-touch coffee table display may be coming to an office near you

(PhysOrg.com) -- Multi-touch tables and displays are not really a new thing. They have been used in museum exhibitions for a few years now, and even in some medial applications. The idea of having a multi-touch ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog

Car lighting makeover impacts feel of safety and style

Gone are the days of basic, glaring lights inside cars to help us find our seatbelts or scramble for a map. Taking cues from research in buildings and offices, today's car designers have started to incorporate gentle ambient ...

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stingrays Are Cute, And Pretty Smart Too! (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A gift from the Parc Merveilleux Zoo in Luxembourg to the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna made in 2003 led to a serendipitous research project by zoo observers.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Philips electronic skin technology enables new chameleon-like ambience designs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Philips Research has developed a novel color e-paper technology that opens up new design opportunities for personalizing electronic devices. This means that the color and appearance, of the ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm subsidiary Mirasol is developing a new e-book reader with a color display that uses ambient light. The reader will be capable of displaying video smoothly, but the new features will ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2 weblog

Lighting up the lives of the elderly -- adaptively (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Artificial light affects us in subtle ways. At its best, ambient lighting can relax, soothe or excite, but used poorly it can drain us of energy and disrupt sleep. What if lighting could adapt ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0