Someone should probably start a bright home lighting company (2019)
DIY Perks [1] has a good tutorial on how to make a super bright LED panel from LED strips. Quite easily, actually.<p>Been using one of those in my office for the last eight years or so. I use a server PSU for power.<p>I was surprised to see how bright it is when I once went outside while it was on. Not only was my window the brightest in the entire street by far. But it actually illuminated the trees around my window.<p>If I was to build it again - and especially for a place like living room - , I would build it so as to also simulate sunset. That is to say, that it will automatically lower the brightness and shift to a warmer spectrum in the evening. Otherwise, this thing messes with your biorhythm and gets you out of sync with normal daylight hours very quickly.<p>[1] <a href="https://youtu.be/jLia59KfkSw" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/jLia59KfkSw</a>