Science Of Light
Lighting a Green Path to Health & Productivity
Enlightening Tomorrow's Leaders... today
About
Science Of Light (SOL) is a 501C3 non-profit corporation (pending) focused on research, development and implementing the use of light for therapy and for enhancing wellness, productivity and energy efficiency in the indoor environment.
The late Dr. John Ott, time-lapse photography pioneer and the father of full-spectrum light, was the driving force behind the "Vita-Lite" — the first full-spectrum fluorescent light tube with added ultra violet light (UV). However, inherent radiation hazards captured on film by Dr. Ott's time-lapse photography sequences inspired him to invent a full-spectrum, 'radiation-shielded light fixture' in order to contain low level x-ray radiation and radio frequency emissions that were being emitted from all fluorescent lights.
Understandably, a very costly light 'fixture' versus a much less expensive light 'tube' was not practical for most people. Unfortunately it went out of production — however, the radiation problems identified by Dr. Ott still remain today!
SOL's Vision to advance Dr. Ott's full-spectrum fluorescent light technology to the green technology of light emitting diodes (LED) is being realized. SOL is dedicated to being a voice for the silent epidemic of "Mal-illumination" — a condition that Dr. Ott likened to malnutrition. Mal-illumination is brought about by limiting our daily intake of (full-spectrum) daylight and by shielding ourselves from the sun with such things as tinted windows, windshields, sunglasses and suntan lotions.
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A fascinating nature study for both adults and children!
Does mal-illumination create childhood learning and behavior disorders? Do fluorescent lights cause nervous agitation and cancer? Can long-term exposure to low-level radiation from TV sets, computers, fluorescent lights, and similar devices harm your health? Does living behind window glass and with glasses covering our eyes over years affect our health? Is natural sunlight and trace ultra-violet light really harmful to our health? Or is it necessary and beneficial? How do cells, plants and animals respond to constant exposure to different light color frequencies? These and similar questions were the subject of Dr. John Nash Ott's pioneering investigations in the field of photobiology, using the methods of time-lapse photography.
In an era of increasing low-level electromagnetic pollution, where everyone is "wired up" to the internet 24/7, and even children have the latest cell phones and other Wi-Fi gizmos, with eyeballs glued to display screens, Dr. Ott shows we are paying the price with our health and biology.
Our indoor lifestyles and chronic wearing of UV-blocking eye-glasses and contact lenses additionally has deprived us of biologically-necessary natural trace-ultraviolet and bluer frequencies of light, with an irrational and nearly superstitious fear of natural sunlight. Dr. Ott's time-lapse movies, show how plants and animals are deeply affected in movement, growth, form and sexual behavior, by these significant bioenergetic changes in our natural living conditions.
This is a wonderful video showing Dr. Ott's original film sequences, including entire plants growing from a seed to fruit in less than a minute. Many of the time-lapse sequences in several of the late Walt Disney's films, such as Secrets of Life and Nature's Half Acre are the work of John Ott, as well as the time-lapse sequences in Paramount's production On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.
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Exploring the Spectrum: The Effects of Natural and Artificial Light on Living Organisms
The following video is an 8-minute low-quality preview of a remastered, digitally enhanced 90 minutes from Dr. Ott's original films.
