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Dr. Lockley & Rod Heller recommends this free software that can enhance our circadian rhythm. f.lux F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. It’s even possible that you’re staying up too late because of your computer. […]Read More

Task ambient lighting, which is using relatively low ambient lighting together with task lights when more light is required, is one of the best strategies for energy efficiency and good lighting. But it is often not specified optimally, and it is significantly underutilized.  We now have a new generation of cost effective dimming and CCT […]Read More

A recent study showed that exposure to light from tablets significantly lowered levels of the hormone melatonin, which plays a role in the sleep cycle. [button link=”http://nyti.ms/QDK3aS” color=”Navy” text=”light”]Link to Article[/button]Read More

Invited Review Retinal Photodamage by Endogenous and Xenobiotic Agents† Albert R. Wielgus1 and Joan E. Roberts*2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 2Department of Natural Sciences, Fordham University, New York City, NY Received 10 January 2012, accepted 25 April 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01174.x ABSTRACT The human eye is constantly exposed […]Read More

This reports discusses how the intensity of light and UV-A & UV-B radiation from daylight and electric light can cause macular degeneration, which is vision loss, typically in older people, and cataracts, which is clouding in the crystalline lens in the eye. “It’s important to remember that different antioxidants prevent ocular disease in different ways,” […]Read More