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4/17    Indoor Solar Lighting:
        http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/005409.php
        http://www.parans.com/products.htm
        \_ A friend of mine has some of those; they're pretty cool.  -tom
        \_ Where do you buy it and how much does it cost?
        \_ These are cool except on the days with no sunlight or at
           night-time.  Then you need two sets of lights installed in each
           room, electric and solar.
           \_ Couldn't you just feed a light source into the fiber?
           \_ This is more to augment areas of low light and has benefits
              of no electricity usage and (I assume) minimal wiring.  Use
              it as you would a skylight.
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Parans has found a way to collect sunlight by panels in over 500 lenses, transmit it through fibre-optic cables and illuminat e light-deprived interiors. In each room, the sunlight flows out through specially designed luminaires. jpg Parans luminaires give a mixture of parallel light beams and ambient ligh t, just as when the sun strikes through the foliage of a forest. The sys tem allows you to tell the weather even without windows or skylights, re -establishing a connection with the outside environment. Extracting sunlight from Preoccupations In Gulliver's Travels, Swift's satirical treatment of contemporary scienc e, particularly as focused in the section dealing with the Grand Academy of Lagado, reached great new heights.
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The Principle Imagine an indoor environment where the variation of the outdoors light i s always present, or a house that has sunlight in every single room. Now , Parans releases the first sunlight-transporting product of its kind. A bove to the left, the simple principle of Parans system is shown. The sunlight is then transporte d through fibre optic cables. Indoors, the sunlight flows out through be autifully designed luminaires. The Products The products consist of the light-collecting panel SkyPort, the light tra nsporting cable SunWire and the light emitting luminaries Bjrk. The Bj rk luminaries are beautiful to use in a wide range of spaces, such as bo utiques, stores, offices, entrances, etc. Almost any room is improved wh en natural light is introduced. The flexible SunWire cable makes install ation very easy, also in existing buildings. The SkyPort panels are with standard building elements easily mounted on practically any roof. Parans luminaires seen above give a mixture of parallel light beams and ambient light, just as when the sun strikes through the foliage of a for est. This is the reason why the patent-pending luminaires are named Bjr k, which is Swedish for birch tree. By installing Parans system, you wil l be able to tell the weather even in the absence of windows or skylight s, re-establishing a connection with the outside environment. The lumina ire Bjrk comes in three geometrical variations in order to give optimal illumination to different rooms. The patented SkyPort can be mounted on roofs or facades, focusing incoming sunlight into optical fibres. These fibres are bundled into a flexible cable with a diameter of 3 cm, permi tting transportation of the light up to 15 metres, or about three storie s down a building. Indoors, the light flows out through carefully design ed luminaires. The light intensity on the floor with 7 metres of cables is 4000 lux. Two SkyPorts mounted in angle makes it possible to bring in both the morning- and afternoon sun.