What a great article. It's amazing to see how many simple things can go wrong, and I'm sure there could have been more. Great work keeping your tenacity up and sticking through it.
killbot5000 8 hours ago||
That lamp is a nightmare to someone with migraines.
atentaten 10 hours ago||
Very interesting. I would like something like this, but not with LEDs.
conormccarter 10 hours ago||
Hydrargyrum medium-src iodide lamps are an alternative (artificial sun lights for movie sets), but you'll want a good AC unit in your office
kens 10 hours ago||
I thought hydragyrum was a made-up word, but it's the Latin word for mercury, which explains the Hg chemical symbol. (Just in case anyone finds this interesting.)
You can buy IR and UV leds. All high end grow lights have these for plants. Low quality cheap led products won't include them but that is nothing to do with LEDs themselves that is just consumer preference and price conformance.
relaxing 8 hours ago||
There are hundreds of articles in this genre from years of failed Kickstarters and Maker-types selling DIY hardware kits.
How you get funding for a hardware startup without cursory research into this is staggering.
dmitrygr 8 hours ago||
I bought one of these for my sister. They are well build and precisely as bright as promised. If you desire a very bright light source, this is it.
lazyeye 8 hours ago||
I applaud his initiative for getting this through to production but as soon the market reaches sufficient size he will find multiple Chinese competitors selling an identical product at a fraction of the price. And could well be manufactured in the same factory.
hahahahhaah 9 hours ago||
Love the intersection of geopolitics and hardware design lead times. Trade wars can be waited out why getting the design right.
lofaszvanitt 9 hours ago||
580 watts..... :D. Why not work on cheap solutions to bring in natural light into darker parts of the house?
repiret 3 hours ago||
As someone who recently replaced a few windows in my house, I can say in no uncertain terms that spending $1200 for a lamp and paying to feed it 0.58kW is cheaper than hiring a contractor to add another window. And it works all day.