Talk:2024: Light Hacks

We all know what we thinking, right :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLvFLkvY7Y

Dyson spheres are the future but we’ll never see one in our lifetime, right? Maybe we can build small ones around candles and things as practice. Great art display for your local makerspace! 162.158.63.100 11:03, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Here’s a real light hack: https://hackaday.com/2016/02/29/fake-window-brings-natural-light-into-basement/ 162.158.62.183 15:21, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

I used to think life hacks were cool. Then I read a few of them and realized they were just Hints from Heloise with a cooler, hipper name.172.68.59.30 16:17, 25 July 2018 (UTC)Pat

Pro-tip: Use these five simple tricks to turn any Life Hack into instant click-bait!

ProphetZarquon (talk) 17:57, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

This Ikea lamp is more sci-fi: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00311498/ CityZen (talk) 20:16, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

I'm proud to say I actually have that lamp in my bedroom I'm me(citation needed) (talk) 23:33, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

What's the comment about infrared studies being inconclusive about? I was under the impression that infrared light was one of the big reasons we knew there weren't any Dyson Spheres nearby. Is the comic referring to a study or something I haven't heard of, or am I overthinking this? 162.158.74.243 02:33, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

I figured out indirect (diffused) lighting in 1982, in McCutcheon Hall at Purdue University. The central hall had lots of light, but no observable, central light source. I discovered that the light came from hidden fluorescent tubes, diffused against a plastered ceiling. The light we saw, came from overhead, in every direction. The basic outcome is: the more quanta you have, the less precise your measurement can be. OTOH, fewer quanta cast a sharper shadow.

The frosted bulb diffuses the shadows of the filament. The bulb's reflector can be an offset to the diffusion.