A NEW kind of Lighting!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20553143

I'm very excited about this article. Imagine grow lights shaped to optimize plant growth!! Cheaper, brighter, better color spectrums, and the temp is low!!

Very Very Cool!!

... where to get em?

ironcross360 said:

... where to get em?

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I think they are still in the development phase. But the potential is very exciting!!

The scientists behind it say they believe the first units will be produced in 2013.

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To answer your question. And if these are developed, they will destroy the CFL and LED market completely. I heard about these lights from a friend a few months ago, he said that they're producing so much power that they are comparable to MH and HPS, how true that is I don't know, but I have high expectations.

im sure u can get this from ebay or alibaba... china has everthing

great article ill be lookin wen there released

they're saying better quality light, at half the energy consumption. if it doesn't have the *intensity*, then it's useless as a grow light.

hsfkush said:

To answer your question. And if these are developed, they will destroy the CFL and LED market completely. I heard about these lights from a friend a few months ago, he said that they're producing so much power that they are comparable to MH and HPS, how true that is I don't know, but I have high expectations.

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Yes. The color spectrums, and the shape may just be revolutionary in the "grow world".

In the article the OP linked to the inventor commented stating, "Our device can match the solar spectrum perfectly", so like Crysmatic said as long as they can produce the intensity needed for photosynthesis & canopy penetration the possibilities are very intriguing, this could change the name of the game so to say.

pen47Tex said:

Yes. The color spectrums, and the shape may just be revolutionary in the "grow world".

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Imagine your walls are lined with this lighting instead of mylar!

kinetic said:

Imagine your walls are lined with this lighting instead of mylar!

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Would be pretty intense. But seriously expensive, no?

kinetic said:

Imagine your walls are lined with this lighting instead of mylar!

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That's exactly what I was imagining.

It would change the game a bit, just buy a dimensionally correct panel, and cover the ceiling/walls with it. Or make tubes/chambers, and grow one plant in each light tube.

I like that they said light not heat. That's a big win on it's own.