LED Skylight Authentically Recreates the Sun's Rays

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By Carl Engelking
Feb 17, 2015 11:12 PMNov 20, 2019 1:24 AM
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CoeLux's artificial light will allow people to turn every day into a sunny day. (Credit: CoeLux) Sunlight is a key factor architects take into account in their designs, but in most cases, they're pretty much at the mercy of Mother Nature to provide it. However a new innovation may be set to change that. An Italian company called CoeLux has developed an LED light that impeccably recreates the appearance of sunlight — so well that both human brains and cameras can’t tell the difference. Designers captured the color temperature and intensity of sunlight by recreating the same natural conditions that exist in Earth’s atmosphere, but on a nano scale.

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