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SILVER INK CIRCUIT PEN by AgCI - Future with bright lights This video uses a silver ink circuit pen developed by AgIC Inc. (AgIC has been developing products with silver conductive inks and technology to print circuits, using a regular inkjet printer and cartridges with the silver conductive ink). - Meaning of AgIC: Ag is the chemical symbol of silver and IC means Ink Circuit. The video was created by the Japanese company Kandenko, combining elements of technology and art to depict how each individual can illuminate the future. Draw circuits Circuit Marker lets you draw electric circuits quickly and easily. Start drawing circuits and enjoy learning instantly. Edit circuits with Circuit Eraser AgIC Circuit Eraser is also a marker, but it erases traces of the AgIC ink easily. Draw again with the Circuit Marker. You can erase a same area up to three times. Only works with AgIC paper or film #1000 ink makes a chemical reaction with the coating of our substrates. Circuit Marker does not work with other materials. Dry instantly in several seconds Easy to use for all ages. Draw up to 40 meters A marker draws 100–150 A6 sheets with a simple circuit. Circuit Marker - The pen that draws electricity Draw circuits easily. Patterns on Circuit Paper or Circuit PET Film become conductive in seconds. Test its versatility and look at the ways this can be used for education: More information is available at https://agic.cc/en/education Print out flexible circuits Fill ink tanks with AgIC ink and print out circuits More information is available at https://agic.cc/en/industrial/ink-kit

Illuminations, Chuo-Dori av. - Ginza, Tokyo (JP) Illuminations de Fin d’année de l’avenue Chuo-Dori. Le principe d’illumination se veut ici déambulatoire, où les visiteurs découvrent des ilots de lumière au fil de leur cheminement sur le trottoir. Des arbres et des coupoles de fleurs lumineuses, comme des jardins de lumière, viennent rythmer toute la longueur de l’avenue. Le design des décors fait référence à l’art nouveau dont les formes baroques viennent en réponse aux volumes architecturaux tout en verticalité. Les objets décoratifs s’appréhendent aussi de jour et reflètent le soleil comme des sculptures iridescentes. Original: pitaya

Professional LED Ring Light with excellent colors rendering It helps illuminate evenly and achieve desired image capturing of small objects with single lamp; Bendable bracket can be adjusted to illuminate in any direction at any angles. This light is ideal for studio photography, video studios, TV studios, public access studios, chromakeying or any situation where special lighting effect is needed. It ensures a shadow-free illumination of the motif. Designed for stand-mounting, which using a universal bracket that is compatible with all standard light stands. Product Description Color: 240 LED Color Temperature:5500K. Voltage:110V-240V. Power:55W. Size:18 inch. CRI: more than 85. It is widely applied to outdoor photo light, filling light indoors, portrait, fashion, wedding art,advertisement photography, shooting video, etc. Using a ring light is a great way to achieve that glamorous looks in your photo and video shoots. LED RIng Light is best used reasonably close up to your subject with the camera mounted in the center of the ring. The beautiful soft light glow is designed to surround the subject, filling in all shadows by pointing at the subject from every angle. The ring light also has a very unique effect as a catch light. The circular "halo" illumination will be reflected in your subject's eyes. ? Buy Now Professional LED Ring Light Free international shipping 12-20 days

LUMES Lighted Wall Panels Meet the new interactive light emitting wall panel, bringing light, color and stories to any space. LUMES integrates into interior walls and comes in many surfaces that glow, from wood to wool. Each LUMES panel forms an animated interactive canvas that blends into surrounding interiors. Melbourne-based ENESS is designing walls that come to life through their light-emitting wood called LUMES. They just completed their inaugural installation at Cabrini Hospital Malvern in Melbourne, Australia with the help of architects DesignInc that lets patients, especially children, get involved in the interactive stories. Get a peek of it in action: ENESS is combining art and technology and then throwing in some fun for their LUMES light-emitting wall systems, which are triggered by visitors who set off colorful, animated animals and landscapes. They’re starting with wood veneer but hope to expand the material choices to give architects and designers more options for a range of immersive environments. More info: eness lumes Source: design-milk

Brainrave is an interactive audiovisual installation BRAINRAVE BY LATE INTERACTIVE Brainrave is an interactive audiovisual installation which lets you control generative music and visuals using your brain alone. Boasting almost 4,000 addressable RGB LEDs, Brainrave seeks to demystify Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) and make something that seems like science fiction become science fact. When you wear the EEG headset, an algorithm processes the raw EEG waves into meaningful data, in this case the level of concentration/relaxation. The installation includes a concentration meter in the form of an LED ring which helps you control your concentration better. In order to raise the concentration level, you can focus on the meter, perform complex mathematics in your head or simply focus really hard on one thought. On the other hand, relaxation can be achieved by closing your eyes, letting your muscles loose and zoning out the surrounding environment. This attention level extracted from the headset is then used to manipulate and generate music and visuals through software programmed specifically for this installation. The resulting music is then blasted from a PA system and the visuals are displayed onto the huge array of LEDs for everyone to enjoy... that is until you take off the headset. Brainrave is suited for all audiences. We aim to tour music, light, science and art festivals with it as well as schools and hospitals. Brainrave was originally commissioned by Science in the City, Malta in September 2016. Source: lednews.lighting

Greenhouse. Amsterdam Light Festival 2016/2017 Greenhouse is an art project specially made for Amsterdam Light Festival 2016/ 2017. It is indeed a greenhouse, but fitted with uranium glass. this material has the quality of being transparent in normal light, but when hit by uv light it starts to beam radiant green light of its own. The artwork was made by Dutch artist Victor Engbers, together with SIO2glas and Hotmarks. Source: lednews.lighting

Tatsuo Miyajima: Connect with Everything A heady synthesis of modern technology, Buddhist philosophy and visceral experience, Tatsuo Miyajima: Connect with Everything open at the MCA. Tatsuo Miyajima is one of Japan’s most renowned contemporary artists, known for his sculptures and room-scale installations incorporating light and numbers. Tatsuo Miyajima: Connect With Everything is Miyajima’s first exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere. It encompasses his sculptural works, rooms and environments, and performance videos. Time and its passage are explored through the works and represented visually by multiple, small digital counting devices. Miyajima developed his first customised digital counters in the late 1980s, using light emitting diodes or LEDs. These ‘counter gadgets’ remain central to his art today, their red and green palette expanding in the mid-1990s to include blue, then white, as LED technology developed in and beyond Japan. More information: tatsuomiyajima

Wayfinding : Connecting Spaces Wayfinding — the manner in which people orient themselves in a physical space and then navigate within it — is a critical component in design. One Seattle lighting company has developed a decorative and seamless solution. Today’s wide range of office layouts presents numerous design challenges, especially as it relates to wayfinding. LightArt, a 3form company, is a custom lighting fabrication and design studio based in Seattle that is illuminating the art of wayfinding through its LA2 Connected Collection. The company’s approach was developed in response to current market demands. “We saw an increasing need for connecting and organizing more open air spaces,” says Ryan Smith, President & Creative Director of LightArt. “Everyone always appreciates a bright arrow, and when you’re following that path, it just makes things easy.” Connected, he adds, is about being bold. Technology in lighting is continuing to evolve in extremely dynamic This new evolution in lighting design promotes an innovative use of color, form, pattern, and brand features to visually connect spaces with a simple solution for architects and designers to employ. The line’s fixtures – available as a standardized kit of 12 Shapes – can be bought individually and assembled in a range of unique configurations to suit any particular project’s needs. Connected provides designers with a chance to consolidate lighting, wayfinding, and branding together into one custom solution. Connected Rings (a specialized subset of Connected) can be utilized to bring focus to designated spaces and design elements. For example, designers can showcase a conference table, meeting pod, or office space with illuminated Rings 6 to 16 feet in diameter. Rings can also be used as a wayfinding device to link employees and visitors together. 3form Varia Eco-resin is the primary shade material for the fixtures and is available in a wide assortment of colors. “The scale of the pieces – a big ring or rectangle – can help to create and define architectural spaces,” Smith explains. “A classic example is a ring over a nurse’s station in a healthcare environment. We always see a need to delineate a smaller space within a larger one, and Connected can achieve that with a high level of visual intrigue. The fixtures help to center/organize the room.” 3form Varia Eco-resin is the primary shade material LightArt uses for Connected, providing designers with access to 1,000+ color choices including 3form’s most recent color launch. Because of its custom configuration and color options, Connected offers countless design solutions. The fixtures are handmade in the company’s Seattle studio and have UL-listed integrated LED components and solid-state systems with dimming capabilities. The company has also earned the Living Building Challenge’s LBC-Compliant Declare Label for lighting after the Connected system fulfilled the rigorous material requirements for transparency and energy-efficiency in the manufacturing process. Every LA2 fixture can be spec’d on Living Building Challenge, LEED V4, and any projects where materials disclosure, optimization, and performance are of critical importance. Achieving the LBC-Compliant Declare Label isn’t easy. In fact, the strict qualifications can often pose greater challenges to creating the end product. A LightArt ceiling fixture subtly guides visitors to Cision to the front desk. “The biggest challenge was on the supplier side, asking our vendors to get specific materials they may not have used previously to make our fixtures compliant,” Smith reveals. “For example, the company supplying a lot of our finishes needed to change that finish in order for our fixtures to be compliant. We had to ask for that change within their supply to take place.” While the work has been exhilarating, there have been challenges. “The most demanding part of these projects has been when someone asks for something outside of the standard Connected system, and we have to make custom parts,” Smith notes. “For the most part, we’ve been able to fine-tune the Connected system to provide designers with a line of lighting that looks custom, but is also easy to order and easy to install.” In terms of creative inspiration, there are some lighting styles from the past that have sparked a design aesthetic and have acted as cultural touch points that influence LightArt’s products. “A lot of the lighting from the 1950s inspired us,” Smith says. “It was always about simplicity. When some of the ornamentation went away, you started to see beautiful fixtures like Noguchi or Nelson — those really timeless pieces.” In terms of present-day trends that LightArt sees from their client base, a desire for continued innovation that’s eye catching remains foremost top of mind. “We are seeing a move from functional lighting to people wanting something with more design, as well as more material and/or color interest, and because of that, we are receiving a lot of good responses from the wayfinding solutions that Connected provides,” adds Smith. “We are seeing a lot of interest in using lighting to express custom branding and design, plus a need for fixtures or finishes that serve more than one function in a space. For instance, lighting that serves as a both a wayfinding element and a source of light.” As for the future, there are plenty of aspects of the lighting industry that will continue to motivate the LightArt team. For Smith, it includes LEDs that will change throughout the day based on exterior influences or personal preferences. “Technology in lighting is continuing to evolve in extremely dynamic ways,” concludes Smith, “and the ability to play with lighting is exciting.” enlightenmentmag

On October 13, 2016, Boston mayor, Martin J. Walsh unveiled the new LED-based architectural lighting of Boston City Hall. The lighting debut was during this year’s final Beer Garden on the Bricks event, themed “Light Bright Beer Garden.” The city intends the new LED lighting to highlight and enhance the building’s original design and increase public safety. The exterior lighting installation is one among several ongoing initiatives to highlight City Hall and City Hall Plaza and make them more inviting for residents. “I am proud that for the first time in its 48 year history, Boston City Hall is going to shine,” said Mayor Walsh. “This state of the art lighting system will help make City Hall the civic heart of our city by livening up the plaza, while making the area safer and connecting us to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market. Bringing new light to City Hall is symbolic of a more responsive vision here at City Hall, one that is meant to be engaging, inspiring, and serve as a beacon of the city and our values.” New LED fixtures replaced the original Metal Halide exterior recessed lighting and the existing floodlights that illuminate the building’s lower levels and accentuate the entrances. The new fixtures cover the building in a warm white light, and they can produce a broad range of colors. Such color options can allow the City to light the building to acknowledge a variety of celebratory and public events. The mayor lit the building blue to recognize the police officers injured in East Boston, and as a further demonstration of its light changing capability, the mayor changed the color to pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The pink lights at city hall added to pink lighting of numerous buildings and landmarks around the city. The lighting highlights the original three-part design of City Hall. The lower levels house the public spaces of the building. The symbolic spaces including the middle sections hold the offices of the Mayor and the City Council, and the administrative spaces crown the building and house the administrative functions of government. According to the city, the new exterior lighting improves security lighting. The city says that the system allows for the floodlights and associated conduit added to the building over the years to be entirely removed. “By illuminating its iconic and bold form, City Hall’s interaction with Boston’s urban fabric may be reinvigorated,” said David Eisen FAIA, Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA) Vice President for Communications. “It’s a decisive step toward transforming one of the most internationally renowned buildings that make up our distinct architectural heritage.” The new fixtures are more energy efficient than the Metal Halide fixtures and the existing Flood Lights that they replace. The LED lighting is expected to save the city about 300,000 kWh of electricity annually compared to the replaced lights. The LED technology has a projected 20-year lifespan compared to the 4-year life of the metal halide lights that the LED system replaces. The City expects additional savings from the cost of maintenance and light replacement. Arcade lights have also been retrofitted with LED lighting to complement the new City Hall lighting. The same controller will be able to operate and coordinate both the arcade lights and the City Hall lights. “It is wonderful that the City is taking this opportunity to recreate its own home place – City Hall – as the keystone and central event in an ongoing pursuit of improved illumination for our city,” said Todd Lee, President of LIGHT Boston. Based on materials from boston.gov