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Reflections

Notes on light, sleep and circadian rhythms from the LYS team and the researchers we work with.

Blue light is naturally everywhere

Blue light is naturally everywhere

When Donna Haraway described the speculative Cyborg she close to foresaw the average millennial. While a cyborg is a creature of half human half machine; intertwined...

The present isn't for us

The present isn't for us

As human beings, we pride ourselves in our unique nature. Homo Sapiens, the wise man, is the belief that there are many aspects that separate us...

New, improved and revised LYS prototype

New, improved and revised LYS prototype

Back from the manufacturers and freshly gold stenciled, the new and improved L Y S sensor is soon with us. A short while back we sent...

A guide to a healthier light-lifestyle

A guide to a healthier light-lifestyle

As we have been discussing light and circadian rhythm a fair bit, we thought to break it down for you just a touch; bring you up...

How LYS can be used in care homes

How LYS can be used in care homes

Copenhagen’s Aalborg University recent graduate Sofie Gammelgård Jensen used L Y S as a core case study for her Master's thesis. The Techno-Anthropology course looks at...

Technology for the sleepless

Technology for the sleepless

Sleeping well has become somewhat of a recent obsession in the modern world. Perhaps it’s because we’re living through a generation of the sleepless, with more...

LYS is on the list: 20 hottest wearable tech startups to watch in 2017

LYS is on the list: 20 hottest wearable tech startups to watch in 2017

"These small companies are making big waves in the world of wearables" We are honoured to be on the list of the hottest 20 startups to...

The Weather Project: Sensing and Observing

The Weather Project: Sensing and Observing

A source of inspiration for LYS is the Danish/Icelandic contemporary artist, Olafur Eliasson. He works in the cross-field of art and science and uses both artificial...

Modern Cave People

Modern Cave People

People who live in urban environments, essentially spend the majority of their time inside 'modern dim caves', away from the rhythmical change of colour and intensity...