Cost at least $5 billion of Apple's new headquarters Apple Campus2 is opening in 2017, the "spaceship" except for British architect Norman Foster (Norman Foster), indoor lighting also special attention. Planners, is responsible for the lighting, is the building lighting design expert Luo Xier Liechtenstein citizenship, Jim vandehei (Rogier van der Heide).

Jim vandehei is currently the oda Group (Zumtobel Group) design and marketing officer at fort, the former Philips Lighting company (Philips Lighting) design, long last Year by the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization named as "International Light" (International Light of Year) Lighting ambassador.

Lighting design of his works all over the world, from Iceland opera house, Beijing Olympic stadium the bird's nest stadium, large vertical boutique department store in guangzhou tower, kaohsiung integral illume design plan is by Jim vandehei, in addition, he is also responsible for the apple retail store and a number of lighting design, and between 2009 to 2014 to participate in the new headquarters lighting planning.

As long as three light source, it can do indoor positioning

When lights combined with the Internet of things, can have what effect? Jim vandehei firmly said: "I think the light and the Internet of things will become a one hundred percent concept." He further explains, "if we are equipped with sensors on the lamp, let the light bulb become smarter, so it can provide us a lot of information, for example temperature, air pollution index, such as human dynamic." Jim vandehei said, people can through the mobile phone camera to capture the light, and gained a lot of information, not only cheap and safe.

For applications in the building, and lighting can be used to do indoor positioning. In general, a building can't GPS positioning, "but as long as my cell phone can receive the three different illuminant, can identify you in the building of the floor, which room." Him about the lights, for example, auxiliary, not only can more quickly when an emergency rescue those trapped, you could also have a cup of coffee at ordinary times, and have it automatically sent to your office. And Jim vandehei think, indoor positioning, is known as the Killer application (Killer App).

"This is two hundred years ago, the sailors in the basic positioning of sailing on the sea. At that time, they just look at the stars in the sky, you'll know where you in." Jim vandehei poetic flavour ground said.

IOT can be "the Internet of Light"

And when we walked out of the building, to outdoor lighting can also be information receiving and transmission nodes.

Jim vandehei said, the street lights can sense the traffic on the road, traffic information. "If I go to a European city, want to find out which side have a parking space, Google maps will not tell me the answer, but the street lights can help me to find it. We may gather information through the light, to the phone again. It is a great application." He thinks, if you understand the potential of the lamp, can definitely find out more than 200 kinds of, or even 1000 Internet applications. "I like to call it" the Internet of Light ", "he said.

As to the curiosity of apple's new headquarters, Jim vandehei low-key said he couldn't say too much design details. But, he says, apple for the present discussion of the issues are very interested in, including embedded lights, induction lamps and lanterns and user's health and well-being. In addition, Jim vandehei was also involved in too many apple retail store lighting design. He pointed out in apple west lake in hangzhou store, for example, they spent so much time to research and development, to make the inside of the LED lights don't see the one bright spot. In addition, when designing the lights of the apple store, also hope that customers in, like to the apple's products, "the design and not only for lighting, but also in order to create a space."

So, for the Taipei city, Jim vandehei can give some advice? Although the cultural background is different, he said, it's hard to say what, but he can start from small place try think Taipei iot applications. , for example, if a particular street after two a day, the street lights automatically go out, and in some accident incidence, lighting can be configured so bright, once an accident, emergency workers will be relatively easy to salvage. "The key is to begin from a street, a block to try things, slowly to learn from them."