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Lighting systems in interior design provide one of the highest visual impacts upon entering a space. In the same way that colour impacts the senses and has the ability to create a mental and physical reaction, lighting sets the tone and atmosphere of a space.

Perhaps nowhere more so than in public bars and restaurants. A mood is expected from these spaces, with atmosphere highly impacting on the experience of the space.

One recent interior design development, the Whisky Mist Beirut, located in Beirut at the InterContinental Phoenicia hotel has taken this design principle on board and created a striking, high impact lighting experience for its exclusive clientele.

A custom created ceiling LED lighting system has been created by A.C Special Projects Ltd (ACSP), which has included over 100sqm of Chroma Q Colour Web 250 LED panels in addition to 165 metres of RGB LED strip and 90 metres of warm white LED strip  which all combine with a complete integrated technology control system

The end result is a sight to see. The ceiling of the space almost imitates the night sky, speckled with the colour changing lights, morphing from a soft relaxing blue in key socialising areas, to the vibrant white at the entries, exits and amenities.

However, cleverly, different sections of the LED system have colour changing abilities to sway the atmosphere of the space according to the client's needs.

In fact, the clever lighting system has the ability to change the actual function of the space, with the inclusion of 40 Chroma-Q LED strobe lights the space can be changed from a laid back chic bar to a high energy club scene. This goes so far as to changing the wallpaper, creating the 'liquid wallpaper' moniker due to the graphics and lighting effects that can be splayed across the venue's walls.

In terms of interior furnishings, the designers have included chic black leather curving booth couches and dark rust affected walls; the space cleverly designed to add a subtle style that doesn't take away from the overall effects of the lighting system.

It cannot be attested to enough, but the power of lighting solutions are extreme in their high impact effect on interiors. Clever designs like this one, can create multi-functional spaces that are ever changing and evolving at an overall cost, both operation and construction, that is a fraction of conventional designs. Having a changing and flexible lighting system allows for constant updates with almost zero design limitations at the switch of a button and the use of LED lights drastically cuts running costs.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has begun a special inspection at the Cooper Nuclear Station to review the circumstances surrounding a maintenance procedure that led to unplanned radiation exposures to three workers.


The incident occurred on April 3, when workers led tube removed a long tube contaminated with highly radioactive material through the bottom of the reactor vessel, rather than through the top as is usually done, triggering radiation alarms. The workers set the tube down and immediately left the area. The licensee does not believe the workers received radiation exposures in excess of NRC limits.


The plant is operated by the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD).


Inspectors, who began their work April 11, will look at the circumstances and decision-making by NPPD officials that led to the exposures, review the licensee’s response to the event, calculate the exposures the workers received and review corrective actions taken to prevent a recurrence.


“We want to understand why normal work practices were not followed, resulting in unplanned radiation exposures to three workers,” said Region IV Administrator Elmo E. Collins.


The team consisting of two NRC inspectors will write an inspection report on their findings within 45 days of the end of the inspection.

Japanese scientists have accomplished a feat thought to be impossible - for the first time, they have produced fertile mammalian sperm in a test tube.

The technique holds significant promise for male infertility, reports Nature.

Biologists have been trying to make sperm outside the body for almost a century.

So, a team led by Takehiko Ogawa of Yokohama City University designed a way to culture sperm and allow them to mature outside of the body.

They found that the key to getting sperm through meiosis lay in a simple change to standard culture conditions.

Ogawa and his colleagues took tissue fragments from neonatal mouse testes to mature.

They then soaked the testes tissue in a mixture called KnockOut Serum Replacement, often used to grow embryonic stem cells.

To track sperm development, they used a fluorescent protein that marked cells undergoing - or that had undergone - meiosis.

After several weeks in the mix, the testes looked normal and were producing sperm. Nearly half of the samples contained cells with sperm-like tails.

Finally, the researchers injected the sperm into egg cells. A few weeks later, surrogates delivered a dozen live, fertile offspring.

“These dimming LED tube lights are something we are really proud of. No other company has thought of using on/off switches to control dimming functions on tube lights before. Innovation is one of our primary goals and it is very rewarding to be able to offer a product that is truly the first of its kind.” -Alan Lin, CEO of FZLED

Already released products will also be on display, including FZLED's Bike Torch, Hiking Torch, Waterproof Torch, and a variety of high-power LED bulbs such as the following: MR16, PAR20, PAR30, PAR38 and GU60 bulbs.

FZLED is now looking to expand distribution into several other major markets around the world. The Taiwan International Lighting Show will provide an excellent venue for interested parties to meet with FZLED associates to discuss expansion and collaboration opportunities.