2012年9月24日星期一

Smartphone-controlled light bulb will turn lights off for you, Aussie invention


Imagine a light bulb that you can control with your phone, that switches on when you come home and off when you leave, that slowly dims the lights to an amber glow at night to lull you off to sleep, then brightens your bedroom instead of an alarm clock in the morning. An Australian entrepreneur by the name of Phil Bosua has created such a thing using coloured LEDs.By reconditioning old batteries yourself you can save hundreds. If you need the batteries for a solar energy system where you will need a large cheap Universal Portable Battery you can literally save thousands.And you can even earn a substantial amount of money by reconditioning dead batteries you get for free, and then reselling them. Using the community seed funding website Kickstarter, he has already raised over $1.2 million AUD (nearly $1.3 million USD) to bring his idea into production, in just one week, with over half of that in the last 48 hours!In fact, fundraising has been so successful, with their initial target of $100,000 AUD exceeded by a factor of ten, that LIFX announced on Sept. 20 that they were limiting the number of new 'pledges' that could be made towards supporting the new product development, to ensure that they would be capable of meeting the first delivery deadlines.
His invention, the LIFX light bulb is built to last for 25 years or more and can be controlled by any iPhone or Android smartphone, as well as by the traditional light switch on the wall.Phil Bosua, 38, is a father of two who lives in Ferny Creek in Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia's southernmost state on the eastern coast of the mainland and considered to be Australia's secondary business capital after Sydney. He likens his invention to the remote control for a television.
Not only can his invention be turned on and off by smartphone through it's connection to your home Wi-Fi network, but the multi-colored, energy efficient LED light-bulb can also be adjusted via the LIFX app for brightness and color. It can imitate a 70's disco with lights that change color in rhythm to your music, and it can be set to match or complement the color scheme in a room. It can be programmed to turn on and off at certain times, to act as a night-light or an alarm clock and it can even react to notifications on a smartphone such as push notifications from email, Twitter and Facebook, by flashing a particular color.On top of the lifestyle benefits that the LIFX can offer, the energy savings of using LED bulbs are enormous and in a time where electricity prices are only going up, and steeply, the LIFX offers a significant benefit over traditional lighting options.A traditional incandescent globe uses 60 watts, a halogen 30% less at 40 watts. A compact fluorescent bulb uses just a quarter of the electricity of an incandescent bulb at 15 watts,Respected Aluminum Beam Wholesalers of aluminum profile systems promise shortened lead times, which is very important to most customers. This is possible because fewer tools are required to produce the final product, the designs are simple, and no welding or painting is required.The solar lights use LED technology for a long lifespan and have been designed to defy shock from accidentally bumping or dropping it.Lighting Africa Offers utilize eco-friendly supplies like ABS and re-cycled substances and nominal ink to limit air pollution and provide a greater outcome.A cushioning band set at the end of the light will protect it in the case of an unusual drop. but the LIFX LED bulb is better still at only 10 watts.

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