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High-Efficiency LEDs Grow Crops, Stimulate Alertness
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
Two former Kennedy Space Center contractors are using expertise gained from NASA work in LED lighting to benefit agriculture and human health. The two engineers are now vice presidents at BIOS Lighting, based in Melbourne, Florida. The company produces agricultural LED lighting that maximizes efficiency by emitting light only in the wavelengths that drive photosynthesis, as well as human lighting with peak output in wavelengths in the blue-green region, which suppresses melatonin production, inducing wakefulness.