Via DesignBoom. A Kickstarter campaign for Nuimo, a beautifully designed, wireless, multi-purpose controller targeted for the smart home/Internet of Things systems. Nuimo includes turn, click, swipe and hover sensing; in integral LED display for function; plus an app for determining the routing of … Continue reading nuimo
Fast Company just released a fantastic article exploring Philips Lighting and the technological changes impacting the lighting industry. For once, a properly researched and well-written article about the changes in lighting! Nice! For posterity I’ve saved it as a PDF … Continue reading how philips altered the future of light
Goldee is a crowdfunding project trying to launch a wall-mounted light controller that uses Zigbee communications to control “smart” lights like the Philips Hue. The references to Nest seem appropo, as Goldee includes proximity sensors, light sensors, gesture control, and … Continue reading goldee
Smart Things is essentially a home-automation system. But what makes Smart Things special is that it makes great use of contemporary technologies such as smart phones, cheap sensors, the Zigbee/Z-Wave standards, and cloud connectivity to move Ye Olde home-automation from … Continue reading smart things
If you follow Philips Lighting at all, yesterday and today you have been bombarded by the launch of the new Hue wireless RGB Edison-lamps. The real story here is the first big launch of connected lights, another step towards an … Continue reading philips hue
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