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24 alternatives to Dyson Lightcycle
A new desk lamp from Dyson
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dyson Lightcycle launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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f.lux▲1,353Adjusts your computer's display to adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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Intelligent, adaptable lighting simulating natural sunlight
2020 · dyson.com · its alternatives →
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Virtual Sun▲101We built CircadianLab, a free in-browser tool for lighting design. It uses webGPU shaders to calculate melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (mel-EDI, formerly EML, relevant for circadian rhythm and WELL v2 compliance), photopic illuminance, UGR glare per CIE 117, and actual daylight through windows and skylights. It has a database of 400,000+ IES files from 81 lighting manufacturers and supports easy sharing of scenes/configs with other people. Daylight uses the NREL Solar Position Algorithm and a Perez clear / intermediate / overcast sky model, mixed into the same…
2020 · innerscene.com · its alternatives →
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A smart lamp with paint your light technology
2019 · luke-roberts.com · its alternatives →
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What time of day - and color - is it right now?
2014 · thecolourclock.co.uk · its alternatives →
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NightTone▲121Colored light filter, screen dimmer & brightness control
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Daylight▲149Simple app that tells you when the days are getting longer.
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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3D movements telling you the time to the next sunrise
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Sunn▲118A smart light fixture that brings the changing sun indoors
2015 · sunnlight.com · its alternatives →
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Noon Home▲80A scene-based lighting system for different rooms
2018 · support.savant.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · chronozone.xyz · its alternatives →
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I love the sunlight and dread the long, dark winter evenings of Northern Europe. I often look up sunrise / sunset times and count off the days until the darkness is gone. Now I've written a terminal app for this (Mac/Linux) Features: a colorful summary of daylight times for your location; projected change over the coming days; handles NO_COLOR and a ---short flag if you dislike the output format. The location is IP-based but you can override this if you're on a VPN. Just create a terminal alias with the --loc flag. The app supports areas in the arctic / antarctic circle too.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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There should have been a video here but your browser does not seem to support it. Over a number of years, I’ve experimented with various projects which use luminous paint and ultra violet LEDs to make raster or vector displays. You can see an indifferent video of the very first one here:
2025 · blog.karliner.net · its alternatives →
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Hue Log▲162Philips Hue logging, monitoring and analytics for macOS
2023 · huelog.app · its alternatives →
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Sunflower▲86An autonomous robotic shade that tracks the sun 🌞
2017 · idc88ori.com · its alternatives →
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I shared this a little while ago. Since then, I've implemented some feature requests and added a small weather widget. There are also static pages for major cities if you prefer not to use the location-based version. e.g., https://sunrisewhen.com/new-york I know most phones and browsers already provide this kind of info, but it's a fun little project I enjoy keeping alive. cheers
2024 · sunrisewhen.com · its alternatives →
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f.lux▲72color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day
2014 · justgetflux.com · its alternatives →
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The Orb▲116Intelligent lighting that adjusts to your needs + home
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
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60 LED arrays power an all new kind of time keeper
2021 · luminousobjects.com · its alternatives →
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