Monthly Archives for March 2010
Bending light
Shanghai, 21st March 2010 We have always been told that we cannot bend light or that we cannot make things invisible. I was send an article by one of my colleagues about German scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology … Continue reading
“Chinese” copies
Shanghai, 20th March 2010 First let me clarify that the expression “a Chinese copy” nowadays is more a generic indication that an original has been copied and not necessarily means copied in China. It could have been copied anywhere else in … Continue reading
Hard or soft copies?
Shanghai, 19th March 2010 With modern computer and internet technology moving fast forward we are steadily arriving in a paperless world. .. or are we? Today it is much easier to send an electronic file to a client instead of … Continue reading
Playing with water
Shanghai, 18th March 2010 “Playing with water” for today’s subject is brought up by some lighting issues we faced over the last two days in regards to illuminating some water bodies. Coincidentally three of our projects have different types of … Continue reading
Time capsule
Hong Kong, 17th March 2010 On my way to Hong Kong I read about the tradition of the World Expo’s to burry a time capsule with objects and things relevant at the time of the Expo, so future generations can … Continue reading
Lighting and the economy
Shanghai, 16th March 2010 Now there is a loaded word, the “economy”! I arrived in Shanghai this morning and am always astounded by the amount of work going on. Many parts of the upcoming Expo site are still looking far … Continue reading
The energy paradox
Jakarta, 15th March 2010 I am in Jakarta for the day, a country rich in resources and one of the most populated countries in the world. I spoke about black-outs and brown-outs 2 blogs ago and Indonesia is certainly one … Continue reading
Night Safari
Singapore, 14th March 2010 There are two night time lighting attractions in Singapore that are rather unique in the world. One is the Formula 1 night race on which I shall report on later this year (in September), the other … Continue reading
Brown outs
Singapore, 13th March 2010 In the developed world we are so used to having constant power supply at our fingertips that for many it is not easy to understand the concept of power shortage. In this part of the world … Continue reading
Lighting at the dentist
Singapore, 12th March 2010 Now for something completely different… as a famous person once said 🙂 Today I went to dentist (guess we all have to go there once in a while…don’t worry will not bother you with the details) … Continue reading