Niko's Mysterious wave control switch activates by waving close to it. The technology is built into walls, and Niko says the results are almost invisible.

If one waves from 50cm distance, the switch's circular edge lights up. The switch itself activates by waving within a distance of 10cm.

Once installed the switch can be painted over or covered behind wood or marble paneling.

The Mysterious wave control will be available from January 2011, and Niko plans to extend use of its wave control in dimmers and shutter controls.

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Startup Daintree Networks wants to become the ZigBee-enabled provider of wireless lighting control technology to the big boys in the field.

Maybe ZigBee faces a lot of competition, but its OEM-focused approach on the market could yield big dividends.

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Lutron’s newly launched fully scalable Energy Suite can control light levels and usage across multiple floors, whole buildings and entire campuses throughout corporate, industrial and public sector facilities.

Some of the products in the Energy Suite shown at ISE included Lutron’s new Green Glance, Radio Powr Savr and Rania Wireless RF Switch, the GRAFIK Eye QS Wireless (multi-zone control unit) and Lutron’s Energi Savr Node QS.

A display software package, Green Glance provides real-time and historic reporting on energy savings within a building. Green Glance can educate as well as motivate employees to be energy efficient and socially responsible. On top of this, businesses can use Green Glance to display other environmentally efficient facts about their buildings such as details on waste reduction programs or water efficiency systems.

Lutron’s new Radio Powr Savr and Rania Wireless RF Switch are an innovative, wireless sensor and switch designed to automatically turn the lights off when a space such as a conference room, small office, staffroom, classroom or cloakroom is unoccupied.

GRAFIK Eye QS Wireless is a preset light and shade control system for the easy adjustment of lights and shades in any commercial space.

Lutron’s Energi Savr Node QS controls light by connecting occupancy sensors, daylight sensors and wall-stations to DALI (digitally addressable light interface) ballasts. Additional Energi Savr Node QS modules can be linked together to allow integrated control of several floors. The system is totally scalable as it can be linked to Lutron’s Quantum solution for whole-building light management. In addition, installation and commissioning are simple thanks to its Apple iPhone and iPod Touch application.

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Crestron’s CLS-EXP line of lighting expansion modules. Providing custom installers and integrators with an added level of versatility when using  Crestron dimmers and lighting solutions, the CLS-EXP modules enable the Crestron iLux™ lighting system and other Crestron lighting dimmers to handle more load types, a wider range of voltages, and larger loads.

CLS-EXP modules work with iLux integrated lighting systems, CLW-Series in-wall dimmers and select CLX-Series lighting control modules. Easy to install, CLS-EXP modules connect to the output of the controlling dimmer just like a light fixture. Each model can be quickly wall mounted and include conduit knockouts on the bottom and lower sides.

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Add even more LEDs to your privy. Made of polyethylene, this bathtub features multicolored, programmable LEDs. Available in red, white, lemon yellow, pink, and fluorescent orange.

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Lighting Science Group will sell a portfolio of LED replacement white lightbulbs which use the same sockets as Edison bulbs.

The bulbs should perform well on a warmth and color rendering index--blue looks blue, yellow looks yellow, etc.--they have a long life cycle, and consume 80 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs.

Lighting Science Group sells its products through wholesale stores and on its own Web site, but it expects to announce distribution deals with one or two retail chains to make the new LED bulbs more available.

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