We teach you how to protect your eyes from harmful blue light thanks to improvements in Creators Update
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In recent times we have seen a growing tendency to improve aspects related to he alth when we use computer equipment. The screens and the uses we give them are one of the most controlled points, especially now that we are permanently connected.
Gone are the times of the filters that were used in front of the screens to avoid the effects of long exposures in front of them and now companies are committed to the use of technologies that mitigate the problems derived from long exposure to emitted light whether on mobiles, tablets or computers.
And it is that the excessive luminosity of the screens, the so-called blue light of the panel and remaining exposed to it can make It is impossible for us to fall asleep, cause an increase in heart rate and elevation of temperature, fatigue and visual stress or alteration of circadian rhythms (it affects the brain that confuses it with sunlight), For all this it is interesting to reduce its effects. Furthermore, in the words of Dr. Serge Picaud Neurobiologist and Director of Inserm at the Vision Institute:
Limiting Exposure
On mobile phones we already have applications, either from third parties or already included in the system itself that are responsible for filtering so as not to have to suffer in fact this blue light. We even find manufacturers that already include it in their monitors. However, in Windows 10, the most used operating system has not been known about it until the arrival of the Creators Update.
"And it is that with this update from Microsoft they have added a kind of night mode or as they have called it, Night Light. A mechanism by which the blue light emitted by the screen is filtered by _software_ for which we play with the control of the color temperature of the screen."
Warmer tones are therefore favored instead of colder ones, especially annoying before bedtime but do you know how is this new option set? A function that we can program at the times that we consider so that the color temperature of the screen is accentuated or decreased according to dusk or dawn.
To activate the night light (it is deactivated by default) we must go to the section Display Configuration and look for the button in the list night light activation. We activate it and at the bottom, click on the legend Night light configuration"
In this new screen we see different options such as the possibility of adjusting it manually at certain times by adjusting the color temperature ourselves or even programming its activation based on the sunrise and sunset in our region.
This is a more than useful option and yet it is not well known by most users.A way to avoid problems such as loss of sleep although the important thing is to forget to use the mobile when we go to sleep if it is not strictly necessary.
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