Brian Bennett at #SILUSA said farming outdoors is about dealing with an environment that you can't control whereas controlled environment agriculture and LED horticultural lighting is about controlling everything @ledsmagazine.
Preparing an @ledsmagazine lighting for health newsletter led me to another look at the #SILUSA program. The Friday morning session called "Lovers of Light" looks fantastic -- top names participating and a unique TV game show format. That's one I won't miss.
Last day for #SILUSA early bird pricing. Get the Total Access Pass today for little more than a Flex Pass will cost you next week. @ledsmagazine has several preview articles that illustrate what will be an incredible program.
Was reminded by #linkedin that I'm staring on my ninth year covering LEDs and SSL @ledsmagazine. Time sure flies. But the excitement started even earlier. February will bring the 20th #SILUSA event. Will be better than ever in 2019.
You can vote this year for our @ledsmagazine Sapphire Awards Illumineer of the year on our home page. Click the graphic just above the latest news. See all three candidates speak at #SILUSA and attend our #SapphireAwards Gala
Erik Runkle of MSU said that with LEDs his research is adding different wave bands to horticultural lighting rather than excluding wavebands during keynote at the #HorticulturalLighting Conference @ledsmagazine
Benjamin Pouladian of Deco Lighting plans to place Bluetooth Mesh connectivity in every product at a small to zero cost premium and if the buyer decides to use the controls they will pay a monthly fee -- LaaS #SILUSA @ledsmagazine
Saw Filamento LED HID-replacement lamp for the first time @lux_live. Frank Shum did some nice mechanical work placing the LEDs in aluminum cavities to eliminate glare and devised great air flow design for thermal mitigation @ledsmagazine
LED light engines are getting incredibly powerful and hot, but as Koen Vangorp of Mechatronix showed me at @lux_live a robust cooler and good SSL optical system and deliver reliable and uniform output for applications like horticulture @ledsmagazine