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Transcript
00:00good morning it's monday december 1st and that means two things uh there is no table you can
00:21set no meal you can prepare no dessert you can have catered in that will make everyone have good
00:28table manners if you want that you got to fix it somewhere else speaking of fixing things this
00:36series is brought to you by keystone technologies keystone tech is home of amazing fixtures just
00:44amazing fixtures i'm so glad to have them supporting me for six years in a row now but again uh we're
00:51going to talk about their exit signs and emergency units they have something that fits what you need
00:56you need white you need black you read you need square you need curved you need red you need green
01:01they've got something they've got edge lit options all of them come with guaranteed power supplies
01:08guaranteed performance guaranteed to make light easy that's what keystone tech does the link is
01:15in the description let's get into the news because cree is extending their furlough no work until
01:22december 12th at least lumileads is moving their california facility to asia this is part of the
01:30buyout process from nn opto electronics and inari amerton uh ray tech has bought a tech
01:38at xor oy uh this is a finnish hazardous lighting company coming under their brand uh no details on that
01:46moscow has bought insane impact insane impact does sports lighting but also like the jumbotron
01:52they do both of those things they do oled screens and oled field lights on the tariff tracker canada is
01:59finding new ways to disincentivize foreign steel both by bursting boosting local production and uh
02:07cutting disincentivizing foreign imports time magazine fell for a completely made-up quote from the
02:15beaverton that was attributed to u.s ambassador to canada pete hoekstra this is part of the beat
02:22the beaverton's ongoing campaign of making pete hoekstra look silly in minnesota the fluorescent ban
02:31begins on january 1st that is a stage sales ban on mercury-based lighting that'll take two years to
02:39fully roll out the missouri department of national resources insists that there is uh rare earths in
02:47them their hills uh there may be as many as 30 critical minerals ready for extraction ready ish for
02:55extraction in the state we'll see if that scores them any investments paper beats plastic uh this is
03:03a new uh an entirely new paper spool for led strips and other components developed by ams osram mzom
03:10zomtobel it weighs 30 percent less it cuts co2 in production and shipping by 75 percent q4 at semi-leads
03:19shows revenues down 13 million and margins down three percent signifies share buyback is still going on
03:27uh this week 162 737 shares bought back at roughly 19.8 euros apiece the program thus far is almost at
03:417 million shares back with the board and has spent almost 147 million euros to make that happen we have
03:49a new dividend from hubel that's a buck 42 per share going ahead at the end of the quarter
03:55we have a new ally in the fight for the right to repair it's the army uh the u.s dod is pushing for
04:04more field serviceable gear over uh the subscription model models defense lobbyists want siemens has
04:12launched a new repair service uh this is mostly for their industrial automation project products and
04:17projects but they are calling it the circular repair service arizona outdoor lighting has a
04:24grand opening with a new luxury company setting up shop in phoenix uh american signature inc has
04:31filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy they're a home furnishings retailer that is planning on liquiding
04:37stock stock quite soon uh s&s signs has expanded operating the operating a new sign shop in peoria
04:46zuma has a new website that's cool gm lighting has named a canadian center of operations um somewhere
04:56the press release doesn't say maybe it's ottawa maybe it's barnaby maybe it's moose jaw who can say
05:05not me i didn't i'm not following up i'm not calling anybody about it um survey says 90 percent of
05:12building pros have adopted ai but only five percent are satisfied with the results in rep agency
05:20updates belouse canada will be repping acuity in the greater toronto area of ontario in legal news
05:28nano leaf and signify have finalized their settlement deal and patent licensing agreement the actual
05:35settlement is light on details uh buy one lighting has secured a new downlight patent this is a new
05:42design patent for connected downlights in events and webinars the munich management colloquium
05:48is hosting an all-day conference on industrial ai today get there get to munich do it you can do it
05:58uh we have a webinar on uh light pollution research meeting controls tech this is on december 10th from
06:05the dlc and the dallas market center will be hosting a design and build day on the 7th of january
06:11in iot news white pearl tech is integrating their smart businesses uh they have a number of recent
06:18acquisitions in cyber security smart cities and agritech they're all coming together for the african
06:24market a moon has debuted a smart vodka that's right uh this is a bottle that incorporates motorized
06:33stir sticks rgb leds and other features uh if it was really smart it would be gin though etc joins the lca
06:43that's good for them uh new york state is set to ban subscription based features that is to say that
06:50if you have to pay to unlock a hardware feature in a car you can't you you you you you can't they can't
06:58make you do that they just have to give that to you this is under assembly bill a 1095 in new york
07:06state which means that that could extend to other products and could extend to other states we'll see
07:13how that goes in research and development timed color changes are good for alertness this is a new
07:20study from the university of bergen that studies melanopic stimulation in young adults our house
07:25university has built energy storing concrete this is a new microbial super capacitor and we have a new
07:32glowing rare earth coating developed by heilongjiang university in singhua and singhua university as well
07:41as the national university of singapore all teaming up for a new coating for oleds on the dark side of
07:47things you can find the danger zone in the circadian stimulus model night time light has been linked
07:54with cardiometabolic diseases again albedo which is to say reflections from snow is disrupting circadian
08:02rhythms uh circadian disruption has been linked with inflammation neutropenic fever and symptom burdens
08:10in multiple melioma patients uh you cannot catch up on sleep in one weekend that's just not how it works
08:18if you're a night person like me you can't recover over a weekend that's science not just an anecdote
08:25even though anecdotally that's why so much of my life is weird caprock canyon texas is now a dark sky
08:33park light pollution mitigation has joined the green infrastructure strategy program for castilla la
08:40mancha in spain dexter michigan is updating their lighting ordinances warwickshire uk is pushing back
08:47on a planned business park over lighting issues uh colonna bc is debating adding lighting to the
08:52bennett bridge stallings texas is debating banning pickleball after dark exmoor has named the dark
09:00skies children's competition 2025 winners and we have a ribbon cutting for a new dark sky international
09:06group in salida california porticulturally we have a new greenhouse going up in fort burthold indian
09:14reservation in north dakota we have new lighting for a monkton new brunswick cannabis farm we have
09:21new lighting going up at five indoor farms in alberta and nasa is celebrating their 10th year
09:27of growing crops in space in their fun little box on the iss in recommended reading all these uh links
09:35are available on nail.org if you know where to look but we have what tariffs are doing to west coast
09:41ports we have buy now before the q1 price hikes we have the shrinking world of cob tape lights we have
09:49solar street lighting could compensate for data center energy use but data center electricity demand is set
09:57to triple in the u.s we have leora radetzky of the dlc on ssl requirements version 6 interviewed
10:06we have indoor lighting and china's aging population we have a controls approach for day lighting can we
10:14light our way out of pedestrian fatalities probably not because there's a question mark in the title
10:20that's how uh question marks and titles work uh consumers and smart appliances but how do motion
10:27sensors work and a case study of moving fixtures entirely from one building to another
10:33in local news we have 86 million in contracts going ahead with the georgia department of transportation
10:41connecticut non-profits have a new way to secure grants durham region ontario is honoring their green
10:47buildings waverly iowa has gotten grants for plaza lighting uh new york city has found a new way to pay
10:55for met lighting salinas california is adding more lighting to the region to fight crime uh frederictown
11:01ohio is planning new streetscape projects woodlawn virginia eagle scouts have planned a new way to
11:08light a flagpole because that's uh one of the way you get your eagle scout badges is just doing a
11:13community project orinda california is upgrading their soccer field lighting trenton michigan is
11:19approving new park lighting we have new trail lighting going ahead in tucker georgia and we have new
11:24lighting for tennis and pickleball courts going ahead in sevierville tennessee internationally
11:31signify is fighting dutch unions uh to prevent them from doing what unions do we have a new e-waste
11:39program going ahead in the eu and the tramlines festival in sheffield in the uk damaged park lighting
11:46to a degree that is you know not really acceptable from a festival attendee and people news we have
11:54alexandre boileau and francois garbois joining stanpro we have andrew dawes set to retire matthew jenkins will
12:01now be serving as president and ceo of uptronics kevin zach is now the vp of industrial automation at
12:09graybar and we have inside lighting recapping 53 moves for people in the past quarter and things that
12:17i thought were weird we have a new goth light fixture just dropping just in time to miss halloween
12:23entirely how to make your own satellite tracker and a robot arm to reduce your screen time speaking
12:32of your time i want to thank you for it thank you for your support as well i want to thank all of our
12:36sponsors i want to thank nailed until next week uh enjoy yourself and enjoy the music see ya
12:43first to make a f at the place you're on the ground from the desert back i think so i've been
12:47just so far from the place that we know i've got ability i think it's out of me
12:52reflecting our choices i mean i mean really like we're living where we're just gonna have a
12:58day i live in the rest of my time to try out my skin drinking and running and all that's up with that
13:05i'm sure there's nothing but not looking back
13:07it's not that's my deal
13:12i'm so much with you i love the net and you're the found that you're the found that you're the
13:16the found that you're the found that you're the found that you're the found that you're the found
13:17it also makes you a few different times that you're playing in the side of mine the foreign
13:20that's the proof of the essential fact that you have on you
13:23it's the guarantee it's the right society
13:26a need to deflect and protect your security
13:29can you still not see energy that's the gate
13:33watch out the wall from the act
13:36track the blood on his feet
13:40no but seriously
13:44that's on you
14:03so
14:12so
14:14so
14:18so
14:28We'll see you next time.
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