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The lightbulb reinvented

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Re: The lightbulb reinvented

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Post by Wistar »

If you had a few of these in your house a an iPhone camera app could be made that controls the lights so that you could compose the shot and the lighting. It could even briefly brighten the lights like a flash setup for just the duration of the exposure. That way the lighting needed for the moment of the shot needn't interfere with the ambience of the room.

Interesting things could be done by having lighting shifts programmed to change during video shots, too.

Re: The lightbulb reinvented

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Post by Wistar »

tomkin wrote: post #2

Unfortunately, I know from working on my own smarthome project that the "turn lights on or off based on location" is patented and secured already.

I think Color Kinetics has locked up almost everything useful with RGB LED arrays.

Re: The lightbulb reinvented

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Post by dakrisht »

Wistar wrote: post #4
tomkin wrote: post #2

Unfortunately, I know from working on my own smarthome project that the "turn lights on or off based on location" is patented and secured already.

I think Color Kinetics has locked up almost everything useful with RGB LED arrays.

I'm assuming the LIFX did their due-diligence and attained "freedom to operate" before undergoing this venture - or is "assumption the mother of all f-ups"?

Re: The lightbulb reinvented

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Post by dakrisht »

I like the project. It's neat. Also neat is watching the video and seeing hundreds of dollars pour into the Kickstarter project.

I guess the WiFi/logic controller is on-board each individual bulb? Then you would pair(?) the bulbs to the app?

If that's the case, I wonder what they're doing about security - since most anyone skilled would be able to hack different homes with different light setups.

Hopefully this doesn't get held up by patent trolls...

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