Affordable ($25) circadian friendly LED bulb
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The news is starting to slowly roll out information about circadian rhythms, I mean it gets a couple minutes and goes right to something else -- but it's a start.
The first one I saw was about blue light, and it referenced Harvard. The second one (about a year later -- haha it's not everyday they do this) was about schools starting at 7 A.M. is way too early, and some people have to wake up at 5:45 in the morning, -- the parents are upset about it too! Maybe we'll get somewhere soon.
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@timpster said:
The news is starting to slowly roll out information about circadian rhythms, I mean it gets a couple minutes and goes right to something else -- but it's a start.
The first one I saw was about blue light, and it referenced Harvard. The second one (about a year later -- haha it's not everyday they do this) was about schools starting at 7 A.M. is way too early, and some people have to wake up at 5:45 in the morning, -- the parents are upset about it too! Maybe we'll get somewhere soon.
Yeah, it's almost as though the masses are still just a bunch of infants who are barely learning how to crawl at this point. Or something like that. You can't expect an infant to graduate college until they've been through years and years and years of schooling. Even then, graduating isn't easy.
Somehow, somewhere along the line people like you and me graduated and now we are totally awake and aware of these things while the rest of the world continues sleeping. Most of them are several hours from waking up, if you want to use a one night analogy. So, most of them would get really angry if you disturbed their sleep. So, we have to be extremely patient and careful with everyone.
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Well, as much as you think humanity isn't there yet, it's getting better. Go to amazon (just because it seems so popular) and look up 25 watt red LED bulbs. Read a few of the reviews. Then, look up GE PM align bulb, and the reviews there are similar. It's certainly getting better, it will probably be 10 years at most before a majority understands the impacts of bright white light at night.
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Yeah, I know. I'm actually well aware of that, and I was taking all that into consideration. Things like this always take decades though, especially when you're fighting against 100+ years of brainwashing and ignorance. This is probably the first time for Earth humans to be thinking about this stuff.
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The Silk light presented a product that was what I've been wanting and looking for. Too bad funding was unsuccessful. Here's hoping they continue or get a private investor or something.
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@adamlogan What's strange is that a much more high end product got over double it's requested funding. They are both great products, and it would be nice to see the cheaper products have a large market too.
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@timpster you are alluding to the Ario light right? I like the concept a lot, and would back it, except it's really not appropriate in my room. My room is the size of a walk in closet. I would want a tiny bedside lamp, or even better, a light bulb to go in the 3 way ceiling fixture. All I can think of is that they didn't advertise right or have a viral strategy.
Apparently Saffron is still thinking about going to market with the Silk light. They're working on pushing out the Drift TV (removes blues from TV by putting a box between monitor and source device), they're thinking about making the drift tv the bridge for the silk light.
Update March 12th, 2016: Drift TV is now available for purchase (and sold out!), and the Silk is still in development, the Silk website has been updated and looks gorgeous. Sign ups for email on release is available.
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@adamlogan Drift TV already exists, it's called color filter gel. No need for a box. But still a good idea I guess.
I think the lamp would fit in your room, just slide the base under a desk or bed. It would really wake you in the morning!
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The price of the Ario does make my stomach churn a bit $244 for a single smart floor lamp. I'm not even sure it's something I could pass down to my children or something considering how fast technology goes obsolete these days.
I sleep on the floor on a small pad that is slightly smaller than a twin bed. I flip my bed up against the wall and my yoga mat is right there under where my bed was. To give you an idea of how small my room is, my room measures about 7 x 8 pieces of letter sized paper with a recessed closet that is 2 x 2 pieces of paper. A floor to ceiling lamp would take up too much precious real estate in my room, and look wrong besides. The only way I could see myself doing this is if I built a "draw bridge" into the wall for my bed a couple feet off the ground. Probably not going to happen. I have a floor lamp similar to this floor lamp from target.already, but it works because it does double duty providing me with some shelving for my necessities that a nightstand normally would (wallet, keys, phone, books, glasses etc).
A light bulb or smaller light fixture would be best for my room. Not to mention, having smart lights that emulate the sun is most beneficial if it's somewhat consistent thought the whole house where people spend time.
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@adamlogan Oh, do you have a window in this room? It's illegal, yep I'll repeat, it's ILLEGAL to not have a second (quicker) means of escape, like a window in case of an emergency. So, you can be honest if you don't, but if that is the case, hopefully you'll be able to make one.
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@timpster I have a window, it's small, I could jump out of it if I had to. My room is immediately next to the back stairwell, the bathroom is across the hall, and there's a front stairwell too. Thanks for mentioning it though.
