Adaptive lighting controls will improve our health and wellbeing, and SSL will add communications capabilities as new LED-based products control the electromagnetic spectrum in real time, explains Next Lighting CTO Steve Paolini. One way to take the pulse of solid-state lighting (SSL) is by regularly purchasing LED replacement lamps. With installed sockets in the billions, it’s hard for the newcomers to resist a run at this market even if it’s not the best way to utilize LED technology. Read more.