Lighting key to 'pulling a space together'
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When Steve Sheinkopf moved into his townhouse in the South End, the two-floor building was dark and empty. But Sheinkopf, sales manager and third-generation family member of Yale Lighting and Appliance, took on the challenges of renovating the unit, using the best lighting from his Boston store.
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SCIENTISTS have sounded the death knell for the plug and power lead.   In a breakthrough that sounds like something out of Star Trek, they have discovered a way of 'beaming' power across a room into a light bulb, mobile phone orlaptop computer without wires or cables.
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By MARK JEWELL  EVERETT, Mass. - Joey Nicotera's fascination with multicolored light bulbs bordered on obsession when he was a teenager.  He framed posters in lights and decorated his own Christmas tree.
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Have a favorite photo you never tire of looking at? Why not use it to dress up your Finder window? Here&#146;s how.
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Scientists have manipulated carbon atoms to create a material that could be used to create light-based, versus electronic, switches. The material could lead to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light, scientists say.
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By Gwen Jader Daily Herald Correspondent  If you need to furnish or decorate a condo or apartment or even just a second bedroom or office, you may wish to check out new furniture lines created for small spaces.
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Blog: D.light Design, started out of a Stanford student project, aims to bring a safer, cheaper form of energy to families living in emerging nations without access to electricity.
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Emerging LED technology will boost the colors in a flat-panel display.
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Here's a little trick that can make all the difference.
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Scratch that underwear off your wish list. The Laserpod ambient lighting system is one gift you won't regret getting this holiday season. By Amit Asaravala.
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The LED lighting specialist agrees to merge with a giant in traditional lighting.
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An electronic device that uses spinach to convert light into electrical charge has been developed by US researchers. Shuguang Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and research collaborators
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Tech-inspired functional furniture is popping up as fast as those pesky ads on your favorite website. And as personal tech devices continue to evolve, &quot;so will the possibilities of integrating them into our decor,&quot; says Angelica Marden, editor of GeekSugar.com, a technology blog. Marden walks USA TODAY through the evolution of the decor superhighway.
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The European Union is looking to join other parts of the world in efforts to slash energy consumption by pushing for an increased use of energy-saving light bulbs. European leaders agreed Friday to ask the EU's executive arm to work out a plan over the next two years on how to promote the use of energy-saving light bulbs, following the example of Australia, Chile and other countries phasing out incandescent lamps.
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Compact fluorescents are efficient, but many people have not embraced their glow.
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With Pixar style desk lamps, cyber-teddies, and droid flowers An MIT doctoral candidate has produced a robotic desk lamp, though its maker prefers to call it a "collaborative lighting assistant", or even "non-anthropomorphic robotic platform".â¦
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light at a cost competitive with power from coal or natural gas. The challenges are formidable.