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2. Nightlight - Wikipedia

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   A nightlight is a small light fixture, usually electrical, placed for comfort or convenience in dark areas or areas that may become dark at certain times, such as at night or during an emergency. Small long-burning candles serving a similar function are referred to as " tealights ".

3. Lighting control system - Wikipedia

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   The major advantage of a lighting control system over stand-alone lighting controls or conventional manual switching is the ability to control individual lights or groups of lights from a single user interface device. This ability to control multiple light sources from a user device allows complex lighting scenes to be created.

4. Street light - Wikipedia

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   A street light, light pole, lamp pole, lamppost, streetlamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform .

5. Twilight Sentinel - Wikipedia

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   The development of automatic headlight systems at General Motors can be traced back to the early 1950s. In 1952, GM introduced the Autronic Eye, an automatic headlight dimming system, for Oldsmobile and Cadillac models. [2] Twilight Sentinel, which expanded on the concept of automatic lighting control, was introduced in the mid-1960s.

6. Shuji Nakamura - Wikipedia

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   Shuji Nakamura (中村 修二, Nakamura Shūji, born May 22, 1954) is a Japanese-American electronic engineer and inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. [5] Nakamura specializes in the field of semiconductor technology, and he is a professor of materials science at the College of Engineering of the University of ...

7. J. P. Knight - Wikipedia

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   J. P. Knight John Peake Knight Inventor of the Traffic light Born John Peake Knight (1828-01-13) 13 January 1828 Nottingham, England Died 23 July 1886 (1886-07-23) (aged 58) Resting place Brompton Cemetery Nationality British Education Nottingham High School Occupation Engineer Spouse Elizabeth Knight (1832–1913) Children 5 Engineering career Employer(s) South Eastern Railway (England ...