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Blue Light Kills the MSRA Staph Bacteria
There's an article about to be published in a medical journal about the Methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MSRA) germ – apparently blue light is the bacteria's kryptonite. Scientists and...
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Mini UV-C Disinfectant Wand
I feel like there has been a ton of info on ultraviolet light lately as a germicidal method. I just ran across an article giving a review on this little mini-UV class C light that sanitizes surfaces:...
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Breastlight – Early Detection
Breast Cancer has taken a dear friend from me, and plagues other friends of mine. Over 40,000 people will die of breast cancer this year – that's over 40,000 too many. A company called PWB Health...
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Home CSI – Do I Really Want to Know???
I'm chuckling at myself right now – and I'm not sure if it's because I would be going everywhere playing David Carruso with this light gadget, or if it's because it even popped up at all. The...
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Verilux UV-C Wand – Like An Ultraviolet Light Saber
We know our pal Ultraviolet Light and the ninja germ killing abilities it possesses – and now a company called VeriLux has created the Cleanwave UV sanitizing wand. It's like a UV light saber to smack...
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Bacteria Can Grow Wires to Communicate?! RUN!
Don't worry, it's not like Night of the Replicating Bacteria By Means of Nucleic Fax Transmission or anything – at least not yet. Scientists have discovered that certain bacteria are capable of...
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Amyloidosis Gets Illuminated By X-Rays
Any Dr. House fans out there? I am totally raising my hand. If you watch the medical shows, you might hear Dr. House or Foreman say something about Amyloidosis, Lupus, or Sarcoidosis. Someone...
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Preliminary Report Shows Stem Cells Reversed Macular Degeneration
This is crazy. I just read a report in the journal The Lancet about a trial that's taking place with embryonic stem cells and human subjects with macular degeneration. The preliminary report...
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Like the Prometheus "Pups," Now Doctors Can Map Your Esophagus
Remember that scene in Prometheus where the scientist guy takes those silver balls from his backpack and started "mapping" the inside of the crazy alien mound thing? Well, watch this: This is the work...
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VIDEO: Massive Stage Fire at Mumbai Political Rally
This weekend, a huge stage fire absolutely destroyed equipment, structure, and pretty much everything that it could consume, in Mumbai during a political rally. These videos are unreal – pay...
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STOP Aiming Lasers at Pilots, Stupid Bastards!
PEOPLE! People. We have to talk. Over the weekend, there was an incident that caused a flight out of London to turn around because the pilot had experienced a laser beam in the eye from the ground...
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Are You Renting Avolites? Get On the Rental Partners Site!
Happy Tuesday, everybody! It’s been a crazy week so far and it’s only Tuesday — Grammy Awards last night, huge stage fire in Mumbai this past weekend, and the 2016 is just getting rolling. Here’s to...
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Anonymously, For Whom is Lighting Voting?
If you’ve been paying attention, you’d notice how polarizing this 2016 Presidential Race has been among our community. We’ve got IATSE saying they’re supporting Clinton, but a really large majority of...
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LIFE SKILL: Soldering Workshop, ENTTEC, #USITT2016
Happy Thursday friends and neighbors, I’m here in Salt Lake City for the 2016 USITT conference. If you’re here, and if you don’t know how to already — you need to sign up for ENTTEC’s free workshop...
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20% OFF ALL CATALOGUE GOBOS at InLight Gobos!
We here at JimOnLight.com are huge fans of the InLight Gobos brand of custom color optics work. Rick Hutton, the brain behind the processes and craftsmanship, makes the finest gobo glass on the...
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The Feature Feature: Chauvet Pro’s RH1 Hybrid and its Dual Prism Set
I’m trying a new series here on JimOnLight where I talk about features that I have found exemplary in certain pieces of equipment, or fixtures, or whatnot. CHAUVET Professional’s ROGUE RH1 Hybrid gets...
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4Wall Acquires Shadowstone (Law and Order SVU Fans, Take Heed)
A little bit of industry inner workings business, 4Wall Lighting has acquired the team and gear for Shadowstone, Inc — a pretty major player in lighting production for film, TV, broadcast, lots of work...
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You Need A Steve Shelley In Your Library
Obviously, if you work in lighting, you have read this book. Steve Shelley wrote a great text a while ago that has had three excellent revisions, called A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting. If you’ve...
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This Week’s Gobo-A-Day from InLight Gobos
You know, there is one thing that I don’t believe that our industry can live without — gobos. It’s not practical to have a projector for every logo you want to project, and it’s not vyable to think...
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YEAH! Avolites’ Ai Media Servers Solely Distributed in America by Group One!
It’s official and awesome. Group One, the exclusive Avolites distributor in America, is now going to be distributing the Ai Media Server series of products for Avolites! This is thrilling and pretty...
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