The interior lighting makes us sick

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Robert Soler is the ideal name for his career: the former NASA scientist is an expert in the sun's rays.

In particular, Soler studies the effects of the sun on humans. He helped design the lighting system of the International Space Station so that astronauts do not lack light during missions. He is now one of the founders of BIOS Lighting, a start-up that creates lighting that can help humans avoid many health problems.

Out of rhythm

Sunlight plays an important role in the management of man's circadian rhythms, the internal clocks that allow our bodies to know when it is time to move on to certain activities. When our eyes detect the light of day, for example, they signal to our body that it is time to be awake, and vice versa.

But spending a lot of time indoors, under artificial light, can disrupt our circadian rhythms.

As said Soler The San Diego Union-Tribune, Humans are now living in a "constant twilight, day and night" and researchers have linked this new relationship with light to many health problems ranging from depression to diabetes.

Beat the blues

To help, BIOS has developed artificial lights that, he says, mimic sunlight more closely by including part of the spectrum called "sky blue frequency." This light signals to us that it's daylight, but other companies do not do it. include the frequency in their lights for a simple reason: it adds a blue hue to the light that looks weird.

The BIOS claims to have created an LED light that includes the sky blue frequency but without the strange blue glow. He already sells the lights to schools and offices, according to the Union-Tribuneand in the coming months, it will start selling a consumer line in a variety of styles, giving everyone the opportunity to potentially improve their health in a jiffy.

READ MORE: An engineer from the Space Station says that the interior lights make us sick. here's why[[[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]