By David K. Warfel, Light Can Help You Digital lighting is better than analog in many ways. As a lighting designer, I am drawn to the incredible flexibility inherent in many digital systems that allows me to get picky about color temperature, intensity, and fade rates down to the granularity of a single fixture. That downlight is now pointed at a cherry armoire? Let me warm it up a bit and add intensity so it looks great. The next downlight is pointing at the rug on the floor? Okay, I will knock down the intensity a bit and cool it off to pull out the grays in the weave. Oh, now it is 8:00 PM? Let me adjust all of it for a softer evening look. Sadly, most homeowners have never experienced great lighting, which means they have no way to understand how much they are missing.
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By John Sciacca AI was front-and-center and woven through all the technologies discussed during Samsung’s 2025 CES press conference. Samsung began its press conference with a montage showing how the company’s messaging about AI and smart home technology has progressed over the past decade. Starting in 2014 when the company said the home of the future would be smart, to 2016 when the promise of the connected smart home became a reality, to 2018 when the company rolled out next-generation technology, including IoT, AI, AR, to 2020 when the focus was on future technologies that are safe and responsible, to last year when the message was for AI to be transformational in its capabilities, but that it must be safe and accessible to all.
By John Sciacca For more than 40 years, TCL has been developing technologies, and now the company holds the number two spot in the global TV market. In a press conference at CES 2025, company founder and chairman, Li Dongsheng, said that TLC will continue delivering great consumer experiences with new products and technologies in 2025.
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