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   * **[[https://dornob.com/windowless-daylight-fiber-optics-project-sun-sky-inside/|Fiber Optic Daylighting]]** These systems use solar collector systems outside (usually some sort of multi-lens rig mounted on motors to seek the sun throughout the day, though some are simpler and passive) to redirect sunlight into fiber optic cables, which are used to bring it indoors to simple diffusers that scatter the light at the destination, usually a dark interior room. The advantages over light bulbs are that it's genuinely natural light, and that it lacks the strobing effect you get with most electric lights. It only works during the day, but that's the time when humans are most active. They also make some sense in some kinds of [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X22007484|agriculture]]. Perhaps they'd be a good fit for growing crops in [[winter_greenhouses|walipinis]] or underground during the winter.   * **[[https://dornob.com/windowless-daylight-fiber-optics-project-sun-sky-inside/|Fiber Optic Daylighting]]** These systems use solar collector systems outside (usually some sort of multi-lens rig mounted on motors to seek the sun throughout the day, though some are simpler and passive) to redirect sunlight into fiber optic cables, which are used to bring it indoors to simple diffusers that scatter the light at the destination, usually a dark interior room. The advantages over light bulbs are that it's genuinely natural light, and that it lacks the strobing effect you get with most electric lights. It only works during the day, but that's the time when humans are most active. They also make some sense in some kinds of [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X22007484|agriculture]]. Perhaps they'd be a good fit for growing crops in [[winter_greenhouses|walipinis]] or underground during the winter.
 +  * **[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_tube|Light Tubes]]** If fiberoptic daylighting sounds a little over-complicated for your setting, perhaps a light tube is a better fit. These work in a similar way, but are passive and simpler to maintain. The downsides are that they capture less light and work best when the 'tube' is short and straight.