The Lightcycle is able to adjust the light in a room according to the user
Dyson expands its range of consumer products with the Lightcycle, a “smart task light” that reportedly can maintain the light quality for up to 60 years.
“The Lightcycle is able to read the light conditions in a room and adjust its colour temperature and brightness accordingly to provide the right light at any time of the day,” said Dyson professional & lighting category manager Will Darvill at the launch in Singapore.
It gets the data from over one million satellite-based measurement of light conditions of the Earth’s atmosphere at different times of the day.
The Lightcycle’s built-in 32-bit microprocessor crunches this data and sends it to the optical driver for “dynamic colour tuning” so the lighting is adjusted throughout the day.
“The product’s three warm and three cool LEDs work together to simulate colour temperatures from 2,700K to 6,500K,” said Darvill.
The product is also designed to minimise eye strain which it claims to achieve with a brightness of more than 1,000 lux, glare protection and low optical flicker.
To ensure that the Lightcycle maintains its ability to track daylight without risking faded and discoloured LEDs over time, Dyson engineers implemented a technology supposedly used in satellites in which a vacuum-sealed copper tube is used to draw heat away.
This continuous cooling cycle presumably helps maintain the LEDs, which the engineers believe allows the Lightcycle to sustain its brightness and light quality for 60 years if it’s used for eight hours a day.
Users can personalise the Lightcycle according to their age, daily routine and choose from 20 different modes via the app. Or they can use the manual control on the product to tweak the lighting.
Dyson Lightcycle comes in two variants – desk and floor – in White/Silver. The price and date of availability in Malaysia has yet to be announced.
Apart from the Lightcycle, Dyson also launched the Pure Cool Me personal purifying fan.
