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    3 unique tritium pendants: DNA helix, radiation, twisted cone lantern

    There is a certain irony in using a radioactive gas to represent DNA base-pairs :) Where do you source your tritium vials from? Doug
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    LED backlight for stained glass

    The edge lit approach has limits to size but lighting the long side(s) of the panel might work nicely. I was surprised by how shallow the direct backlight implementation was on this Panasonic. Probably less than 2" but with a very large array of reflected LED's. I only wanted the diffusing...
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    Layman's Terms: Efficacy vs. Efficiency...?

    I think one important point that is missing in the number is the actual meaning of that number. While efficiency is dimensionless (no units), efficacy does have units associated with it but that really doesn't define what efficacy is. In healthcare, efficacy considers outcome, which may be...
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    LED backlight for stained glass

    Here is an alternative for you. I would check out Craigs List or similar (IE Kijiji in Canada) and look for a scrapped 60" LCD panel TV. In these sales, the person is often parting out a TV with a cracked LCD screen. What you want is behind the screen, so to speak. In the backlight for the...
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    Side mounted LEDs on frosted acrylic

    Hi folks, First post and something I'm moderately interested in. As far as the "best material", I would suggest looking at LuciteLUX. This product was developed by Misubishi Rayon a number of years ago for the specific purpose of guiding light. The product contains nano sized particles of...
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