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John Pederson stands near his LVX System offices at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The smart LED technology developed by Pederson is being used in a couple of buildings by NASA.
(Photo: Photo courtesy of LVX System)
Much later his aspirations took him to Florida, where patagonia women full ziphe is CEO of LVX System, which is working on smart LED technology in collaboration with NASA at Kennedy Space Center.
For years, Pederson worked on producing high quality light efficiently in a system that could transfer data. Now Pederson s organization is ready to transition its Visible Light Communication technology from development into commercial service.
What better way to grab attention for LVX System than to bring seven former astronauts to his high school to demonstrate the technology especially since some day his invention might be uspatagonia guide jacket quilted1ed in space?
Like any coming out party, you want to be dressed up as good as you can, said Pederson, 55, who attended St. Cloud State and later developed a patented form of communication using light.
Participating astronauts will include Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Walt Cunningham (Apollo 7), Jack Lousma (Skylab 3), Jerry Carr (Skylab 4) and Ed Gibson (Skylab 4). Those Apollo astronauts will be joined by Jon McBride, a former pilot of the space shuttle Challenger. Pederson will fly with the astronauts from Kennedy Space Center to St. Cloud by midday Wednesday then return with them on Thursday.
Apollo High School, which opened 44 years ago, was named for the Apollo space program, which lasted from 1963 72.
We were very excited about space when I was growing up and rpatagonia outlet store renoumor had it that astronauts were going to come to Apollo High School, Pederson said. I could never verify whether that was official or not. . Eventually some of the teachers worked with NASA to get that space capsule we have there now, though that was after I was out of school. But I thought it would be awesome if we could have this visit now.
The event will include demonstration of LVX LED technology, which harnesses light photons to carry high speed data. The technology was first installed at Apollo High School nearly five years ago and provides a higher quality of light than in many othmens patagonia alpine guide jacket red delicious rs20er systems.
Right now, generally, you have a florescent light bulb that pulses 60 times a second and it gives people headaches and we ve learned to tune out that noise that our eyes hear, Pederson said. Our lights don t do that. They re smooth and can change colors to fit whatever the user wants from early morning to midday, different color temperatures.
NASA interested in LVX
Since tpatagonia outlet store 8290he lights produced by LVX System also can deliver secure wireless Internet capability, among other possibilities, NASA became interested.
LVX has solid state lighting technology that is very energy efficient and we have some aging facilities that we re working to upgrade, said Jack Fox, chiepatagonia guide jacket quilted3f of the surface systems office for NASA at Kennedy Space Center. We re going to do a pilot project of solid state lighting to prove to ourselves that we can get savings through thpatagonia guide jacket quilted2e lights as well as in air conditioning because the lights aren t hot. It s a challenge to work in federal facilities and we want this to prove that it s the right thing before we do any major modification.
Fox said an entire wing at the Kennedy Spacpatagonia guide jacket quilted0e Center Visitor Complex has the lighting from LVX, which also haspatagonia everlong review kumho its headquarters there. He said NASA plans to create a demonstration space that uses LVX technology for crew performance optimization.
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Dr. Eirik Holbert, research scientist in advanced light concepts with NASA, is bullish on its potential.
LVX is working on the next generation of lighting, Holbert said. We share the patagonia guide jacket for wintervision that this is going to be a huge technology advancement. This isn t just about NASA. It s going to be huge for the IT commpatagonia guide jacket quiltedunity at large. I m excited about this because I can see it going in about a million different directions.
Hopatagonia guide jacket 3xllbert said improvement in space exploration comes down to saving energy and weight in vehicles.
Without going too much into detail, we re already working on a partnership agreement to develop this technology further, Holbert said. It would be for what NASA would need, but anything we develop here would have to have a use in the commercial sector.
patagonia guide pants 44x34Holbert said LVX technology could reduce the amount of copper needed in a space station, saving money and weight. If the technology uses less energy, as expected, it could reduce the size of solar array needed for power.
