Built-in WiFi light bulb outlet: Turn the iPhone into a lamp controller)

Now we should have lived in the 2064 utopia century in Jetsons, but despite the various innovations in computer technology and the convenience brought by Cloud technology, our family is still in the fun stage.

That's because the personalized home automation system installed by contractors remains a costly dream. However, a new round of small devices that integrate inexpensive and online functions seems to free us from the dilemma of waiting for rich people to use the rest, this allows us to achieve full automation in our own home step by step.

We have already witnessed the successful application of this concept in nest's hot and cold control. Now, it is applied to spark sockets, a lighting device. Spark socket, a new Kickstarter product, is a wireless network adapter designed by SCOT Herbst that can be embedded in any lighting outlet. With this small device, you can use the iPhone to control the light bulb.

"Home automation products are always disappointing. Generally, their design is not satisfactory, and the price is high and scary (the price of the automation system can be as high as US dollars or more). The design of the user interface is also very bad, the key is that they are basically useless, "Zach supalla, founder of spark devices, is the same as Co. design talk. "We are trying to use spark products to break this deadlock ."

 

The price of a spark outlet is $59. Once you turn the light bulb in, it gets power from the socket and automatically joins your wireless network like a laptop. There is no need for tedious wiring or installation. This small device also has a very intelligent color system, which can keep all the socket Management in good order-there is an LED lamp in front of each socket to automatically flash different colors, color (such as red, blue, or green ). Your matching iPhoneProgramIt creates a switch for each socket and automatically coordinates with the color system.

"You can also label the socket, but if you don't want it, you can easily view all the sockets through the quick color coding system," supalla said. "That is an experience that combines software and hardware. For me, it is the future of the PC industry: the network is noisy, but it is unstoppable to intrude into every corner of the house ."

By combining the power of applications and Cloud Technologies, spark is far more powerful than Remote Control of switched lamps. Spark's built-in settings allow it to respond to a lot of network-based input commands, so you can set the bedroom lights to turn slowly on the alarm, or you can flash it to receive an email or text message.

These functions are very convenient for general users, but they are revolutionary for deaf/mute users. Supalla was inspired by the deaf father who raised him and created spark. His father used to concatenate the doorbell and the electric lamp. When the doorbell rings, the electric lamp will flash.

However, even if the spark outlet seems to be an interesting small device, the technology it carries is like a Trojan horse. Undoubtedly, as long as there is a small change, these wireless network plug-ins integrated with the application programming interface can implement more automation functions for your home, connect any powered item to the wireless network (especially spark products is planning to integrate the super sensors produced by twine ).

However, although the current company team "absolutely" saw a wide range of possibilities that far surpassed the socket, they still need to ensure the perfect Implementation of the Kickstarter solution.

From: http://www.kuailiyu.com/