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Thursday, 28 January 2010

The Essential Guide

'The Essential Guide'; is an authoritative source of reference on electrical installation safety matters. It is sure to become the 'must have tool' for professional electricians and others having an interest in the safety of electrical installations.

Building on their success with the Technical Manual, January will see the launch of an updated version with a new look and new name. The guide has an intuitive search facility and easy to use interface, giving users quick access to favourite topics and latest updates.

The Guide is available by subscription at www.eschub.org.uk

The Electrical Safety Council


Lynda Moule

posted by Light IQ @ Thursday, January 28, 2010  

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Cambridge celebrates 800 years with light








The University of Cambridge has just celebrated 800 years since its foundation. The 800th Anniversary has been commemorated with a wide variety of events throughout the year culminating in a spectacular light show, where light focused on the future and the transformative work taking place at Cambridge. Stunning images across the University showcased the breadth of work happening at Cambridge today.









The light show was designed by world-renowned light artist Ross Ashton.

Cambridge University 2009

posted by Light IQ @ Thursday, January 21, 2010  

Thursday, 14 January 2010

Wine-lovers beware!

Wine may taste better and more 'expensive' depending on the ambient lighting of your favourite wine bar, pub or restaurant. Your senses could be tricked into perceiving a wine is nicer if you drink in a room with blue or red ambient lighting rather than green or white lighting. You could also be happy to spend an average of 70p more for the same glass of wine.




German researchers claimed the same bottle of Riesling given in different ambient light settings was perceived as being one and a half times sweeter in red light rather than white or green light and its fruitiness was also more highly rated in red light.

The findings concluded that background ambient lighting influences how we perceive the wine to taste, even though it has no direct effect on the colour of the wine in the glass.


How we respond to light has seen the dynamics of lighting design change in an unprecedented way in all areas of our lives.

Happy New Year - Lighting does make everything appear Rose

Research Dr Daniel Oberfeld-Twistel
Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

posted by Light IQ @ Thursday, January 14, 2010  

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