I have one of these ... holy crap. It works. I've had SAD for twenty years. Not any more.
For those thinking "surely this is bollocks":
These is some very credible, peer-reviewed, medically journalled research linking the particular frequencies of light used to serotonin production in the brain.
For those thinking "why not just open the window":
I live in a country that has a wet, grey, overcast winter. There is nowhere near sufficient sunlight. I could move ... or now, I can stay!
For those thinking "can't I just visit a blue website"; no. It won't be remotely bright enough. Also I have a feeling that 440nm LCD blue doesn't have research to back it up, unlike the 470nm blue light used in this device. Plus, you won't be able to multitask.
I love my goLITE BLUE. It's changed my life, vastly for the better.
yay, thumbs up for design concepts that are kinda stupid?
c'mon, really, FoA: get me that simple earbuds wi-fi with battery that goes on for more than 14 hrs.
2nd: Color study is not that simple as "red is love", they kinda skipped the part where you do an EXTENSIVE research before you start spamming millions of concepts.
@laio: Well, assuming we are allowed to tag our own songs via colorwheel, this could be a fun and playful concept. I would tag some things purple, some red, shades of orange, etc. It would be a fun way to catalog the music, an dcould lead to interesting screensaver effects if the software carried over to the PC... if inexpensive, this is a very playful and amusing concept.
Let's not get so carried away with only function that we forget to have some fun with our tech once in a while...
I think this would be pretty sweet. I have quite a bit of music, and it gets old listening to the same playlists all the time. I don't like random shuffle because then I get Simon & Garfunkel thrown in with Ladyhawke and Muse. It throws me off.
Maybe this is a stupid (or impossible) idea, but I am wondering why someone hasnt set up a website using this color, brightness, light or broadcasting sunshine. Sell ad space (probably to Prozac) and make a fortune.
(If it was possible wouldnt Gawker have done it already?)
@ripfire: I opened that link (breifly) and saw lots of boobage, which, sorry, does nothing for me. I heard Kotaku was a real sewer as well. I will check it out from home.... ;)
@Curves: B/c only T-Mobile has been able to trademark a color? On the plus side, since two days ago, the amount of sunlight in the day has gone up, so that makes me feel better.
The $250 price tag may seem like quite a bit to pay for something you only use 30 minutes a day, but think of it like this. We buy electronics all the time in order to give ourselves and emotional boost; the goLite is one that's actually designed for that purpose
while i don't argue that one's emotional health is tough to put a price tag on, I do question why you need to pay $250 for, ostensively, light in the 470nm spectrum, when people with aquariums have been doing it for 1/10th the cost for a long time.
I understand the basic concept behind this device and the practice in general, but I'm curious as to why it has to be blue. Does that wavelength have any special properties? Why can't I have a red light instead?
@phoenix6666: It's not a blue wavelength perse as much as it's a full spectrum lamp, containing all wavelengths, or the wavelengths the Sun affects through our atmosphere. We end up responding quite naturally to the "sunlight" and trick our endocrine system into believing that it's summer, then it can release the good stuff into our bodies ;)
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For those thinking "surely this is bollocks":
These is some very credible, peer-reviewed, medically journalled research linking the particular frequencies of light used to serotonin production in the brain.
For those thinking "why not just open the window":
I live in a country that has a wet, grey, overcast winter. There is nowhere near sufficient sunlight. I could move ... or now, I can stay!
For those thinking "can't I just visit a blue website"; no. It won't be remotely bright enough. Also I have a feeling that 440nm LCD blue doesn't have research to back it up, unlike the 470nm blue light used in this device. Plus, you won't be able to multitask.
I love my goLITE BLUE. It's changed my life, vastly for the better.
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c'mon, really, FoA: get me that simple earbuds wi-fi with battery that goes on for more than 14 hrs.
2nd: Color study is not that simple as "red is love", they kinda skipped the part where you do an EXTENSIVE research before you start spamming millions of concepts.
Yanko, learn how to IDEO.
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Let's not get so carried away with only function that we forget to have some fun with our tech once in a while...
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As conceptual designs go, it's probably the most interesting and original I've seen in a long, long time. Kudos to whoever came up with the idea.
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(If it was possible wouldnt Gawker have done it already?)
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while i don't argue that one's emotional health is tough to put a price tag on, I do question why you need to pay $250 for, ostensively, light in the 470nm spectrum, when people with aquariums have been doing it for 1/10th the cost for a long time.
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Side effects may include: singed stump, spontaneous combustion, blindness, boiling anal leakage, diarrhea, headache...
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I still miss that show.
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