Friday, April 07, 2006

Catalyst: Light Pipes - ABC TV Science

There was a great report on Catalyst last night regarding a new technology that uses natural sunlight to light rooms deep inside office buildings.

There were two technologies discussed - one uses more traditional light tubes to funnel the light inside using a clever array of mirrors and panels. The other uses 2 fluro panels which absorb the light, and then with the help of some blue diodes white light can be emitted.

Now, just to get the costs down....