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Melatonin, Circadian Rhythm and Displays, Part 2: Some Products

by Matthew Brennesholtz

In yesterday’s Display Daily, I discussed some of the science behind blue light, melatonin and circadian rhythm. In today’s DD, I will discuss some of the products display companies have introduced in response to …

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Melatonin, Circadian Rhythm and Displays, Part 1: The Science

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Recently I did a Display Daily on the Eyesafe blue light logo program from TÜV Rheinland and Eyesafe. The goal of this program was to reduce the possibility of physical damage to the retina …

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Seeing the Light: Are Displays Creating a Myopic Generation?

by Sri Peruvemba

Most emissive display devices use backlit LCD screens that emit a powerful light—equal to a car headlight before it’s filtered–directly into our eyes. It’s generally accepted that the blue light emitted by phones, tablets, …

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Displays, Eye Health and Blue Light

by Matthew Brennesholtz

There has been a lot of talk about blue light from displays and other LED sources recently. On March 6th, TÜV Rheinland announced an Eyesafe Display “Standard”, an industry guide to improve display users’ …

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Your Display’s Night Mode Could Keep You Awake

by Ken Werner

At first look you might not think an article in the December 16th issue of Current Biology entitled “Cones Support Alignment to an Inconsistent World by Suppressing Mouse Circadian Responses to the Blue Colors …

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TÜV’s Blue Light Secret is not a Secret Any More

by Bob Raikes

There’s a topic that I have been looking at for a long time, without making much real progress – but which finally became clearer after a webinar that I attended last week. That topic …

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What Bob Saw on the Net 29/05/2019

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Blue …

NTHU Prefers new iPhone for Less Blue Light Effect

by Bob Raikes

We reported on work done by the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan on the potentially negative effects of blue light on humans (Back to Candlelight – the Shift Away from Blue Spectrum Light) …

Back to Candlelight – the Shift Away from Blue Spectrum Light

by Steve Sechrist

This is one of those ‘coffee will kill you’ stories that points to the large body of research showing the ill effects of short blue wavelength light on human health, and in particular cells …

MWC RoundUp Part 2

by Bob Raikes

Mantis Vision was showing a professional system for facial scanning that creates high quality avatars or images for use in access control systems. The images took a couple of minutes to produce, but were …

Is a Wide Color Gamut the Wrong Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release Corning and Healthe announced their collaboration on protecting eyes against damage from digital device blue light exposure. This collaboration is based on Healthe offering Eysafe covers for smartphones, tablets, …

Falling Asleep by Reading Books or Watching Videos?

by Kenneth Li

You might have heard many times from many people that reading a book is the best way to fall asleep. I am not a consistent book reader and I fall asleep quite easily with …

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