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The lighting of the Sistine Chapel by Osram

Osram has recently fitted the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel with a new LED-based lighting solution. Osram has now signed a multi-year framework collaboration...

George III and his lavish LED lighted parties

King of Great Britain and Ireland for 60 momentous years, George III was a man of deep contrasts. During his reign from...

A Brief History Of The LED

Often viewed as being at the forefront of modern energy efficient lighting, it may come as a surprise to learn that the...

LED light bulbs continue the centuries-old history of street lighting

Imagine you’re living two thousand years ago. There are no LED light bulbs, let alone standard lights. When darkness falls, you can...

Haitz’s Law Explained

Some laws are not acts passed by parliament. They are predictions. Murphy’s Law, for example, says anything likely to go wrong will...

The light ‘bulb’ revolution

Have you ever wondered how the traditional incandescent light bulb got its distinctive shape? The sphere surrounding the filament allows light to...

New ‘Fang-LED’ lighting in the Roaring Twenties

After the horrors of the First World War (1914 – 1918) came the Roaring Twenties. This is remembered as a decade of...

Would LED light bulbs have amused Queen Victoria?

Around 1900, Queen Victoria is reputed to have said ‘we are not amused.’ Whether she did of course is a matter of...

If LED light bulbs met the Renaissance icons

If Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were alive today, what would they make of LED lighting? Both were scholars, architects and engineers...

Lighting in Medieval Britain

As you sit in front of your PC, laptop or even your smart phone or iPad in a well-lit room, warmed by...

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