The method of making the ordinary light bulb change in seconds

Like PHILPS Hue bulbs, and from LG, general electric and Samsung's products, for those who want to try things home is a good choice to get started. However, the whole set of smart home system installation complex, expensive, such as Hue 3 entry-level bulb set retail price of $200. A new company called Emberlight hopes to provide people with easy to use, the price of a product of the people, so that more people enjoy the smart bulb, the product can make the ordinary smart bulb. This product is different from other smart bulbs, because it does not support wireless hub.

Emberlight team members, including engineers from Google, YAHOO, has 10 to 20 experience.

Emberlight working principle

Emberlight device installation is simple, and it can be compatible with any of the current adjustable light bulbs, including incandescent bulbs, halogen lamps, dimmable fluorescent lamps (CFL) and adjustable light LED lamp. The team also wants to create an upgraded version of the Emberlight device, compatible with any light bulb.

The user only needs to insert the light bulb in the Emberlight base, then opens the wireless network connection function through the handset (does not need other hardware assistance, like wireless center device) to be possible. Emberlight combines Bluetooth and wireless network features, the phone will automatically identify the bulbs to be connected, the installation process becomes simple and convenient. After connecting to the wireless network, everything is ready.

After the installation of the device, the user can use the corresponding application to control the light bulb. Easy to get through the application of mobile phone smart bulbs: control switches, brightness. You can also set the "mood mode" (such as the light of a romantic dinner), to achieve a person to go out of the lamp, or the gradual bright lights as a more natural alarm clock".

When people go out of the lamp, the function of the person coming to the lamp is related to the intensity of the use of the Bluetooth signal. When the user is set, the user can press the button in the mobile phone to go to the door to set the functional range of the room size. After the software update, Emberlight users can use this function.

The Emberlight team has joined the Orange Fab accelerator, but the $20 thousand seed money in addition to the related project, the company is always fight a lone battle. Now in order to allow Emberlight to put into production, has been launched in the Kickstarter to raise the public activities, raise the target funds for $50000. Kickstarter supporters can buy a single product at a predetermined price of $49, 10 sets of $399. The company plans to adjust the retail price to $60 for a single product, with a retail price of $10 for a $499 package.

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