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It took Professor Paolo\u00a0Di Trapani, a physicist at the Department of Science and High Technology at the University of Insubria in Como, more than a decade to develop the system, which uses a mix of LED technology, optical illusions and nanostructured materials – materials made up of tiny molecules that are often extremely strong – to create an almost unnervingly realistic impression of natural sunlight.<\/p>\n
The 10-year development has resulted in a scientifically complex product. The LED is able to reproduce the sun\u2019s light spectrum and a sophisticated optical system then creates the illusion of a distant sun in a blue sky.<\/p>\n
The blue sky is created by a layer of nanostructured materials which scatter the light in such a way that it creates a sky-blue colour. This is a recreation of Rayleigh scattering, where the light from the real sun is scattered by particles in the earth\u2019s atmosphere.However, at \u00a340,000 a panel, with installation costs of up to \u00a35,000, the skylight may not be a common sight for some time.<\/p>\n
Professor Di Trapani likens the technology to an elevator, an invention which allowed for the construction of skyscrapers. But he says that CoeLux skylights could help us move down, rather than up.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt gives you the chance to develop and build new architecture that goes down. You can’t always build on top of the landscape, but there is a huge amount of space down below. Already architecture is developing in the underground but in horrible conditions, but that\u2019s why CoeLux could be an important development,\u201d Professor Di Trapani says.<\/p>\n
The panel offers three different types of light, depending on where it is situated. There is a wall mounted one which gives a \u201cwarm, grazing light\u201d found in Nordic countries; a Mediterranean ceiling panel giving \u201cequal balance of light and shade\u201d; and a more \u201ctropical\u201d ceiling version with a beam that provides the maximum contrast between light and shadow.<\/p>\n
The company says it hopes the artificial sunlight could also be used to treat illnesses such as seasonal affective disorder. Professor Di Trapani says a clinical trial is currently being undertaken in a hospital to assess the effects of CoeLux light, and will be publishing the results in the near future.<\/p>\n
Source:http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/<\/span><\/a>, http:\/\/www.coelux.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shorter days and miserable weather are an annual winter curse across most of Europe, but imitation sunlight could soon be finding its way indoors on the greyest days, during the night, or even into subterranean metro tunnels, thanks to an … Continue reading