Smart lighting isn’t just cool—it’s smart for your wallet, too. Thanks to ambient sensing, lighting systems now know your daily activities. They know when to turn on, how bright to shine, and when to ...

As you select lighting for your home, it's important to understand the difference between ambient lighting, task lighting, and accent lighting and develop a sense of the purpose that each type serves.

The feature utilizes interior lights mounted around the cabin to enhance the design and maybe even soothing driver and passenger. In addition to the foot wells, some ambient lighting systems often ...

Over the past few years, more and more vehicles are starting to offer ambient interior lighting as a standard or optional feature. Ambient lighting is the soft illumination around the car’s center ...

Ambient lighting is most simply thought of as “indirect lighting.” It’s lighting that isn’t focused directly on an object and is used to add to the available amount of light in a room. You can use ...

In-car ambient lighting is a relatively new idea in the auto industry. Although customers have for decades tried to bring their own unique touch on how the interior of their cars looks like at night, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Terri Williams is a journalist covering housing trends. When designing or decorating a home, much thought is given to the colors, ...

When it comes to designing a living room, the element most often overlooked is also the most critical: the lighting. How you light your living space will determine how, and when, you use it. It may ...

A big part of my extreme home office makeover was setting up ambient lighting around my desk and keyboard using inexpensive LED rope lights. Many of you were interested in more details, so let's take ...