KEEPING OUR LIVING ENVIRONMENT
NOISE-FREE AND HEALTHY
Sources of noise in our environment may affect us even if we are not aware of them. This is true for
both noise in light, and noise from radio electromagnetic fields (EMF). The SensoSphere is designed
to contribute to a healing environment, and consequently, great care has been taken to minimize its
emission of both types of noise.
LIGHT NOISE
“Light noise” refers to instabilities or flickering in the brightness of a light source. Very few artificial
light sources emit perfectly stable light, even if they appear to do so. This is because they often flicker
at a speed or frequency which is too fast to be perceived by our visual system (above 50 to 70Hz).
Even when not discernible to the naked eye, light flickering can have adverse effects on our nervous
system. These effects are more or less pronounced, depending on each individual. To some sensitive
people, even a low flicker may lead to migraines, headaches and eye stress. To the rest of us, it still
adds to the general environmental stress, potentially contributing, in the long run, to various chronic
pathologies.
Most LED devices on the market today exhibit significant light noise.
Sensortech recommends the use of a light noise detector such as the
LightBee
©
(available at www.sensora.com/lightbee) to identify noisy
light sources so that you can remove them from your environment.
The SensoSphere has been specially engineered with high-precision
analog LED driving electronics so that its soothing illumination generates
pure, clean light
conducive to harmonizing mood lighting, and does not
generate any light noise.
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The Proximity Sense function emits a tiny amount of light noise in the form of minute non-visible
infrared pulses. If you prefer eliminating all forms of light noise you can disable this interactivity
function with the
Proximity Sense
switch on the Options screen of the SensoSphere App -
naturally, at the cost of disabling the hand gestures interface.
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS NOISE
Even though it is nearly impossible to avoid being exposed to the EMF of the numerous Wi-Fi and
mobile devices surrounding us, we can take measures to reduce exposure in our homes. This is
especially meaningful in bedrooms, where removing active EMF emitters (such as Bluetooth and Wi-
Fi devices or cordless phones) is advisable.
The Bluetooth radio contained in the SensoSphere is such a source of EMF noise. While it can be
turned Off on the SensoSphere (either by pressing the
Push Button
for 5 seconds or with the
Turn
Bluetooth Off
gesture), doing so will prevent benefitting from the SensoSphere App. For this reason,
a Bluetooth-disabling switch is available in the Options screen of the App: you can use the App to
adjust the SensoSphere according to your preference, and once done you can temporarily turn Off
the Bluetooth radio with this switch.
Bluetooth functionality can then be restored on the SensoSphere in either of two ways: by pressing
the Push Button for 5 seconds or with the Turn Bluetooth On gesture.
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The Bluetooth state set with the Push Button is non-volatile and will persist even after the
SensoSphere is unplugged. The Bluetooth state set with the SensoSphere App or the hand gesture is
temporary and will revert to the non-volatile setting whenever the SensoSphere is power cycled.