Can You Guess What's Unusual About These Skylights?
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So first of all, overlook the sparse furnishings of these examples, and let me assure you, there are real photographs, not computer renders.
Can you pick what's fishy about these skylights?
How did you go? Any ideas?
The answer is, they're not real skylights. They're essentially lamps. Really freaking scientific lamps. A group of Italian scientists have just released CoeLux, an artificial skylight that imitates natural sunlight more accurately than ever before.
The team from CoeLux explain that they've essentially squashed the atmoshere into a very thin layer and then they use an energy efficent LED to replicate the sun. The point of replicating the earth's atmosphere is the same reason the sky is blue. The light's refraction as it hits our atmoshere makes the sky blue and thanks to the same effect in this 'nano atmosphere' the team at CoeLux have created produces the most realistic fake sunlight you've ever seen. Look, he explains it way better here:
So "the trick is to make 'em real, but not too real, just real enough to know that they're fake?"
Meanwhile, these beautiful skylights still come with a pretty hefty price-tag. They start at $60,000. You read that right. So while we're waiting for the cost to comedown, get some (more affordable) sunlight into your home with one of our qualified skylight installers.
So what do you think? In the future will we live in subterranean cities lit by artificial suns? Will the 'Earthscraper' become a reality in the not too distant future? Will anyone ever be able to afford the CoeLux?
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