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00:00good morning it's monday july 28th and that means two things hey uh next week's episode

00:18uh and release that'll be on the fifth the tuesday not not the fourth also it's time for

00:25the lighting industry news brief brought to you by keystone tech and their emergency units they've

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00:51that's emergency exit lighting made easy let's get into the news because uh the ies the illuminating

00:59engineering society has reported losses on last year uh membership continues to go down conference

01:05costs continue to go up the u.s department of labor thinks that a number of osha requirements are out

01:11of date specifically around lighting for a number of different applications outside so they're just

01:18going to eliminate those rules this is a proposed rule elimination we'll see if that hat goes through

01:25on the tariff tracker uh the eu may just be stuck with steel tariffs as they are purchasing on durable

01:32goods is down amazon is raising prices on household essentials walmart is actually dropping prices on the

01:39same uh whack is funding the goombay bash with a fifteen thousand dollar donation match for the h

01:46foundation cancer research uh gala sales are down at zoom to bell with the dividends being dropped to

01:53match we've got three stories from signify their q2 results show 1.6 billion dollars in revenue which is

01:59the lowest they've posted since 2016 uh signify share buyback continues with 108 000 shares coming back to

02:08the board all being bought at roughly 22 and a half euros per share and signify is actually the company

02:15that bought all those color kinetics product products from that new york power authority auction

02:21the gear may end up getting resold as open box refurbs or maybe they do something else with it i don't know

02:28maybe maybe they'll do with their own offices with it who can say uh carl zatarian was on get a grip on

02:35lighting hudson valley light group has bought sunneman with no details disclosed we have prize designs

02:41naming their award winners in six products from the lighting category being recognized two of them

02:49two of them are from rab they're a member of nailed they're doing great uh we have upgrades going ahead

02:55at the musco hq with a new expansion and renovation at their oscaloosa iowa uh headquarters being finished

03:03just now gray bar gray bar won a stevie this is the silver award for great employers in leadership

03:10development in legal news current has settled with lia the rep suit has been dropped without prejudice

03:18in events and webinars uh lighting companies are now making a point of going to cedia with 25 companies

03:25already signed up for the smart home show arclight has announced their full schedule that's in

03:29september you can see their full list of events right now whack has partnered with the light and health

03:35research center on webinars with three sessions coming up right now uh cu boulder is opening up

03:42enrollment for their fall lighting courses you can apply right now in iot news dim on off invests in

03:50emotis this is a six million dollar partnership for their fundamentum iot platform sourcewell has

03:58partnered with new real ai this is a new smart city deal for the ai firm la sapienza university of

04:05rome has released uh the technology hufi this is a new tech that can detect bodies on wi-fi fields

04:12through walls even gina rota is going to be on the lighting controls podcast talking about reading the code

04:20sonpar has bought two two different industrial automation distributors that's ladder and interring

04:27in brazil no details other than that they're in brazil a group of white hat white hat hackers have found 13 issues with tritium

04:37uh their niagara framework for building management has security and privacy issues scala hosting has partnered with

04:44csu for a new smart campus project and viasat is going global with their iot nano service entering more markets

04:53in r&d we have a new model for glare analysis from the warsaw u of tech we have a research team split

05:01between the university of st andrews and cambridge setting a speed and distance record for oled based

05:07visual light communication specifically they hit four gigs a second

05:12that would download this episode very quickly is what i'm saying

05:17rutgers has built a better bluer led this is a 450 nanometer emitter that might turn out to be brighter and more energy efficient

05:28the korean institute of science and technology has built a glowing bacteria

05:34it targets tumors and that could help surgeons remove them

05:38darpa has set a new record in transmitting power over the air

05:43the persistent optical wireless energy relay was able to spend send a 230 watt beam over a mile

05:52like you saw in gundam x glamox is adding rgb lighting to visual light communication

06:01this is more akin to uh laser communication than uh than traditional li-fi but it does use direct

06:10light-based coded messages for ships at sea which is also a mainstay of gundam the color component has

06:17more to do with gundam seed if you want to learn more about gundam check out my other podcast the

06:21recap from mercury get it wherever you get your podcasts on the dark side of things your circadian

06:28rhythm will change during heat waves obesity has been linked with circadian syndrome yet again

06:35upsala university is calling on the un to add light pollution to their sustainability index

06:40if you eat late you will see a reduction in insulation sensitivity which is a thing we've seen before

06:47light from low orbit which is to say satellites that provide 5g for a lot of money uh that hurts

06:54biodiversity light reflected off of solar panels confuses wildlife which is lame bats are now changing

07:03their hibernated hibernation habits due to light pollution light pollution is stressing out abalone

07:10that the the shellfish the kloof frog mating habits are threatened by light pollution a circadian rhythm

07:17has been linked with disease and stress in dairy calves and light at night has been linked with your pet dog

07:25shedding yours not mine mine sheds all the time that was always going to be ha always going to happen

07:30uh dr nancy gonlin uh was on restoring darkness thailand is adding 16 spots to their national

07:37registry uh of dark sky conservation spaces light pollution has been linked with economic growth in

07:44china liberty hill texas has been recognized by the dsi that's dark sky international champagne

07:50illinois's pickleball courts have been recognized by dark sky international under a different set of

07:55criteria they use for sports fields a judge has dismissed the lawsuit against a proposed lds temple

08:02in haber county utah a connecticut man has sued the state courts over lighting violations

08:08uh residents of cork ireland are complaining about light from a moored super yacht conway new hansher

08:16breakfast and bed and event venue is reacting to lighting rules with a civil rights lawsuit simsbury

08:23connecticut is introducing new draft lighting regulations fanwick island delaware is debating

08:29new lighting regulations carbondale illinois is debating new light pollution plans villa park

08:34california has denied lighting to a pickleball court over light pollution concerns uh martha's vineyard

08:41residents are pushing back on street lights uh galloway scotland residents are protesting a proposed

08:47wind farm the wind farm is actually doing everything right here unlike the pickleball court

08:53and in gimley manitoba a robin's donuts location is being assaulted by fish flies due to light

09:02pollution from the robin's donuts their interior lighting and sign lighting is just too bright and

09:08the fish flies they can't resist on the horticultural side of things mio's best business plan prize goes to

09:16maui's umami farms edible garden has opened new farm in iowa jones has filed for bankruptcy in the uk

09:23ce line has filed for bankruptcy in the netherlands in recommended reading all these links and more on

09:30nailed.org you have the opportunity of led to led work we have a recap of women lighting at the ala

09:38conference uh we have a recap of q2 acquisitions we have a discussion of tube bands and rebates we have

09:46lighting and textiles in home decor tariffs alone will not bring the manufacturing back and you have

09:54to size an nlc system before you can install it we also have iot for co-working spaces just not paying

10:02off and a study a case study of an audit of globe rights business in local news the florida department

10:09of transportation has revealed their funding plans for the next few years sunport new mexico has secured

10:15new funding for energy mandham new jersey has secured new grants for historic sites kootenay bc will be

10:22spending 10 million dollars on housing upgrades uh botan rouge louisiana is approving new street

10:28lighting downtown milwaukee wisconsin has had their street lighting projects struck by thieves uh the u.s

10:35army signal corps at fort eisenhower in georgia caught a lighting contractor stealing from the barracks

10:41columbia county georgia has approved led retrofits for sports fields seminal florida is switching their

10:47streets to led amoresco has completed an energy project at southeast new mexico college marshall

10:55minnesota is up upgrading their schools shreveport louisiana is adding lighting to parks newcastle

11:01pennsylvania library is seeking donations for their lighting upgrades pearl hospitality is seeking funds

11:08from the town of cambridge ontario to pay for their lighting issues canutillo texas has finished

11:14lighting projects at their baseball and softball fields the mall of america has debuted a do a new

11:20decorative lighting system and detroit celebrated the release of the new superman movie with the bat

11:26signal okay it was for a batman themed concert in the park from the local symphony but like come on

11:35timing guys timing internationally fsc has certified lead advance in the eu we have 138 million in

11:46infrastructure funds for eastern israel signify has set sustainability sustainability goals in malaysia

11:52un peacekeepers are aiding lighting installations in lebanon oman's iot connectivity is on the grow

12:00uh the coliseum of rome is offering new night tours with new lighting to match

12:04inside the pyramids of giza you can now look at their brand new led lighting rigs which look pretty

12:11good actually they're really really making the space pop in sports news signify is now the preferred

12:18floodlighting partner of fifa and cooper has sponsored the pro pickleball association as their lighting

12:25partner in people news uh tony lee is now in the hall of fame of the american lighting association

12:32kyle layton is now the president of peach tree lighting we have new leaders at warshower patrick

12:38knight is now on the board of directors at etim uh kurt magda has is now appointed as vp at from

12:45and gerald johnson is now the on the board of directors at eton we have a recall on led gloves

12:53due to battery safety these are this is a u.s recall on children's novelty gloves that have

12:59little glowy bits in them but they can access the button cells and that means that they might swallow

13:05them and that's no good lithium don't eat it don't choke on button cell batteries that's what i have to

13:13say glow powder may have a use in tattoos we have a neon fixture that can also detect lightning strikes

13:20strikes if you care to build that and quals a marsupial is yet another member of the glows under

13:29uv club this one it's just the spots just the spots not not the rest of the marsupial just the spotty

13:36parts anyway i've been scott walker i want to thank you for your time your attention i want to thank all

13:41our sponsors enjoy your week and enjoy the music see ya

13:47i've had my proudest plots on a vastly uncool

13:50i sang a song i snot and played myself a fool

13:54cracked my chest to let my heart

13:56vast ignorance shine through

13:58regaled on my dreamy brain farts and shit they'd already come true

14:02i scattered the straightest thoughts

14:04shouted the sweetest tunes

14:06i funded the slimest costs and suffered the stupidest tunes while practicing the pratfall from my hebrew's hot air balloon

14:14the rushing of endorphins made me forget it wasn't true

14:19the pursuit of unintentional humor has warmed into the bone

14:28you had to be there

14:30i guess you just had to be there

14:35i met a sweet young woman who's hot all along the way

14:39she shattered my perceptions when we're snapping off they flew

14:43my heart was so dumbass it scared the world from view

14:47now it sure was all over when she said she loved me too

14:51but i felt back home habits before i realized i knew

14:55and then of course i'm making fun and i forgot my love was true

15:01the pursuit of unintentional humor and Есть

15:05……

15:08you had to be there

15:11i guess it had to be there

15:19the difficulty of this manoeuvre

15:21it's you that affair will fall

15:25You had to be there

15:28I guess you just had to be there

15:32No one should have known

15:35I'm not ashamed of it

15:39Not a bit at all

15:41I'm not apologised

15:43Not in the middle of a game

15:45You can only win by believing your own bullshit

15:49Cause I'm on the path

15:50For the intention of humor

15:52I'm on the expressway to the relevance

15:56Unintentional humor

15:58But it's even at last

16:01Unintentional humor

16:03Didn't think of the best

16:05Unintentional humor

16:07The job's the worst

16:09Unintentional humor

16:11On a feeling of

16:13The pursuit of unintentional humor

16:17Is warning to the goal

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16:24I guess you just had to be there

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