Also called general lighting, ambient lighting provides overall illumination of a space, allowing you to see and move around safely. It is the foundation of any interior lighting scheme and is ...

Ambient lighting is key for crafting a calm and cozy living space. Perfecting a great lighting scheme is easier and more affordable than you think. John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience ...

Smart lighting isn’t just cool—it’s smart for your wallet, too. Thanks to ambient sensing, lighting systems now know your daily activities. They know when to turn on, how bright to shine, and when to ...

[Yuichiro Morimoto] wanted to create a decorative lamp, one that wasn’t burdened with batteries or wires, but used just the ambient light in the room to create a directed glow effect. Using a coloured ...

There’s a lot that goes into making a living space feel homey and welcoming, and getting your lighting dialed in is right at the top of the list. There are three categories of lighting that you use ...

The simplest things can make or break the design of a room. You might have beautiful furniture, art and flooring, but if the ambience still feels off, lighting is the likely culprit. Light inside our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Terri Williams is a journalist covering housing trends. When designing or decorating a home, much thought is given to the colors, ...

The lighting in a room isn’t just part of the decor; it can affect everything from your sleep schedule to your brain power. So it’s understandable that you want your home, the place you presumably ...

I want to add an analog ambient light detector to one of my electronics projects. To do that, I picked the TEMT6000 ambient light sensor. TEMT6000 is a silicon NPN epitaxial planar phototransistor in ...

There’s a lot that goes into making a living space feel homey and welcoming, and getting your lighting dialed in is right at the top of the list. There are three categories of lighting that you use ...