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Matsushita Electric Works to Strengthen R&D on Wavelength Applications that Focus on Optical Effects on Living Organisms.


Tokyo, Japan, Nov 21, 2005 - (JCNN JCNN Japan Corporate News Network ) - Matsushita Electric Works Matshushita Electric Works (MEW), Ltd. can trace its beginnings to a company that was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. Matshushita began making the flashlight components for bicyles, then progressed to making lighting fixtures.  (MEW mew, miaow

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 R&D on wavelength applications that have effects on living organisms. The company has conducted R&D for optical effects on living organisms for the past decade, and has marketed lighting products friendly to humans and the environment, as well as lighting equipment to control insect behaviors such as Mushi Veil, which became the biggest hit product in 2005.

MEW has two research focuses. One is "lighting that supports the rhythm in our lives." This concept can be realized by controlling lighting environments in our daily life. The company has already applied the idea to care facilities for the elderly, hospitals, and hotel rooms.

The other is "controlling insects' lives by adjusting lighting environments." This is intended to be applied to making our living domains inaccessible inaccessible Surgery adjective Unreachable; referring to a lesion that unmanageable by standard surgical techniques–eg, lesions deep in the brain or adjacent to vital structures–ie, not accessible. See Accessible.  by insects as well as reducing damage to agricultural products by insects.

MEW expects that the field will become one of its mainstay lighting businesses by 2010. The company plans on product development for applications at schools, offices, and sporting facilities in the future.

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