New light technology may improve color fidelity

[Bill Burk]

How fast will this come to market? I don't know but

"He has one in the lab that has been working for about a decade"...

[Drew Wiley]

Has to be low-e to be marketed in the US anyway. We've got a law that unless it
gives eyestrain, migraines, awful color, and toxic ingredients when shattered, you can't
sell it.

[ic-racer]

If its so good why don't they show the spectrum graph? Until I see that I'll file it away under 'commercial jiberish.'

[Leigh]

This is a news item for the general public, not an engineering specification.

The article identifies the researcher and his institution. You want more info, go look for it.

- Leigh

[drew.saunders]

If its so good why don't they show the spectrum graph? Until I see that I'll file it away under 'commercial jiberish.'

Here's all the technical details: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...66119912004831

[Leigh]

Thanks for posting that, Drew.

In the BBC article, the word Details in the sentence immediately preceding
the heading Brighter White, is a hot link to that page.

- Leigh

[Leigh]

A lower amount of IR heat would be welcome.

Hi Nate,

Quoting the inventor: "What we've found is a way of creating light rather than heat."

It looks like a great option for studio and portrait use plus videos, since it has no flicker.

- Leigh

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Here is a working link about it: http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-feat...d-replace-leds

[Mike Anderson]

Looks very promising, very versatile. More:

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-goodbye...logy-wont.html

[Rafal Lukawiecki]

I cannot wait for the day when the awful blue-green, mortuary-like home lighting gets replaced with something happier, with a more natural, continuous, balanced spectrum. Perhaps I am oversensitive, but candles make me happy, while generally available CFLs, or UV LED fluorescents, quite the opposite. Having said that, there are a few, rare, though still barely acceptable CFLs.

Links now working, thank you for posting.