Apr 19
LED lighting is great. The right bulb
Oct 22
GreenWave Reality ships WiFi-aware light bulbs that flick on through motion and smartphones
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We’ve seen connected light bulbs before, some more sophisticated than others, but they’re rarely as straightforward as GreenWave Reality’s just-shipping Connected Lighting Solution. Eco-friendly LED bulbs in the lineup include support for WiFi and are immediately controllable from a smartphone or tablet as soon as they’re receiving power. Basics controls like group presets and timed lighting are just the start; if you’re not worried about leaving anyone in the dark, the bulbs can respond to motion sensors and only illuminate the rooms that need attention. And while the intelligence isn’t new in itself, GreenWave would argue that sheer accessibility gives it an edge, with electric utilities in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden skipping the retail middleman by selling directly. Don’t despair if you live in the US: the linked-up lighting is cleared for eventual use by Americans who’d like to save both energy and a trip to the light switch.
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GreenWave Reality ships WiFi-aware light bulbs that flick on through motion and smartphones originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Oct 22
GreenWave Reality ships WiFi light bulbs that flick on through motion and smartphones
Posted in: Today's Chili We’ve seen connected light bulbs before, some more sophisticated than others, but they’re rarely as straightforward as GreenWave Reality’s just-shipping Connected Lighting Solution. Eco-friendly LED bulbs in the lineup include their own WiFi and are immediately controllable from a smartphone or tablet as soon as they’re receiving power. Basics controls like group presets and timed lighting are just the start; if you’re not worried about leaving anyone in the dark, the bulbs can respond to motion sensors and only illuminate the rooms that need attention. And while the intelligence isn’t new in itself, GreenWave would argue that sheer accessibility gives it an edge, with electric utilities in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden skipping the retail middleman by selling directly. Don’t despair if you live in the US: the linked-up lighting is cleared for eventual use by Americans who’d like to save both energy and a trip to the light switch.
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GreenWave Reality ships WiFi light bulbs that flick on through motion and smartphones originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Oct 01
Ikea to sell only LED-based lighting by 2016, wants to be greener than your sofa bed
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While some wouldn’t necessarily associate Ikea with eco-friendliness given that its business revolves around plywood, the furniture chain has just staked out a clearer position as a green pioneer. It’s phasing out sales of all lighting that isn’t LED-based by 2016, making it the first major home furnishing shop with a US presence to entirely banish less efficient illumination. Ikea also wants to take advantage of its economies of scale with the “lowest price on the market” for LEDs, which could shake up an industry where anything beyond incandescent technology usually carries a premium. We’ll still have some time to wait for the full switch, but the company at least plans to practice what it preaches by replacing over a million store lights with LEDs — so those of us with no light replacement plans can still feel as green as the Beddinge Håvet we’re taking home.
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Ikea to sell only LED-based lighting by 2016, wants to be greener than your sofa bed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sep 17
It seems every year we’re treated to promises that lightbulbs are going next-gen, complete with networking features that will help us automate our homes. Few of these products get past the concept stage, so Phil Bosua decided to use a Kickstarter to make the networked bulb a reality. Fully funded in less than one week, the LIFX Lightbulb is a multicolored LED lightbulb which can be both networked and controlled from your smartphone.
Networked lightbulbs offer potential ranging from automated setups to increased energy efficiency, but you’ll probably notice the remote control features first. The Kickstarter promises that you’ll be able to change the color and brightness from your phone, or even have the quality of light match the beat of the song you’re playing. And since it’s all packed into the bulb, all you have to do is simply change your existing bulbs, instead of installing a whole new system. We haven’t tried it out yet, but it seems pretty cool. If you pledge $65 right now, you’ll get a LIFX lightbulb when they come out later this year.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Hitachi G-Connect: A Wireless Storage + Router for Mobiles, Philips Fidelio SoundSphere docking speakers work with AirPlay,
Sep 06
Green House outs the GH-LED10WBW a new LED based lantern that runs on salty water
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Here you are the latest “Green” gizmo from Green House (no pun intended) the GH-LED10WBW LED Lantern! This rather “bland” LED light hide an ingenious system that let it runs on salty water (Salt + Water) instead of electricity and is capable to offer you up to 8h of light on a single charge of Salty Water. To make it possible the GH-LED10WBW comes with a unique power rode that will use the basic electrolyte principal on the Salt + Water combo to provide the GH-LED10WBW …
Jul 06
You’ve got the music, the air conditioning, and the chemicals. All you need now is Hue — an RGB case light controller from NZXT that fills up a spare drive bay with dials to set the color, brightness and pulsation of a bundled two-meter, 24-LED light strip. Fake some ID, hand over $33 and reach for the lasers.
NZXT hosts rave in your PC case, charges $33 for entry originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jul 2012 02:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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