Tesla engineers before switching to lighting invention can automatically adjust the smart lights

On September 24th news, according to foreign media reports, in early 2013, a Tesla Supply Chain Engineer sitting on the Silicon Valley office chair, looked at the sunshine outside the window to wonder, "the weather is so good why the office lights are lit, if the lamp can adjust the brightness according to the light intensity is good. "So, the engineer called Neil Joseph (Neil Joseph) began to search the Internet can respond to light bulbs, but only found a number of products priced at several thousand dollars. So in October last year, Joseph left a bright future Tesla, founded his own lighting company.

The company's first product was named Alba (Italy meaning "sunrise"). Alba bulb can adjust brightness based on the intensity of sunlight, but also by learning and adapt to the user's habits and habits of independent adjustment. Joseph seems that this is the first truly smart bulbs. Although the previous smart bulbs can be synchronized with the smart phone applications, but they can not be compared with the Nest temperature controller intelligent hardware. In short, these products can be networked but can not be adjusted independently.

Alba light emitting diode includes motion, occlusion and light sensor. But this is not as simple as it sounds, because Alba must rule out their own light to accurately determine the intensity of the outside world. Joseph said, this is a bit like noise reduction headphones, sensors must remove the light bulb itself, in order to understand the surrounding environment. As a result, the Alba bulb can automatically adjust the light intensity according to the natural light, saving 60% to 80% of the energy compared with the ordinary LED bulb.

Other key features of Alba include adaptive algorithms. Like Nest thermostat, Alba can remember the user's habits. Joseph said, if we find that users will use a room at some time, we will automatically light up the room at this time. "Alba can also use the lights in the morning to wake up the user, and then slowly light up. Users can use the Alba application to create a configuration file, such as dinner and lunch break. Alba will also configure the data into its learning curve.

Joseph's goal is to create a warm home, not only to make life more comfortable, but also more healthy. However, to achieve this goal is still too early, the price of Alba is currently $150, I believe that the mass consumer market is still unacceptable.

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