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Anyone for an 80 light bulb?
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9 years ago
Don't think I'll be bothering with that one :-)
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I thought it was going to be a Russ Andrews lightbulb that had a special filter to stop optically induced hum :)
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Walked past it on the shelf a few hours ago, and thought much the same.
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In message , The Other John writes
What I find odd is that it uses wifi. It doesn't say if it has wpa2 security, so will it work on most reasonably well set up home routers?
Wouldn't home automation (with which I am totally unfamiliar) be better done by mains-borne ethernet?
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The intelligence is in the marketing department, not the bulb
NT
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9 years ago
Four pennies less expensive at John Lewis. :-)
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I might consider it if the decimal point were moved in the right direction!
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I'd only consider it if the decimal point were moved in the left direction
NT
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For me, it mustn't be in the wrong direction!
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Right as in "correct", you fool!
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There are mains borne signalling protocols. X.10 was the first in widespread use for home automation, and is the cheapest because the patent is long expired. Newer protocols have more features, but the price is much higher because they're still protected by patents.
However, this product isn't really aimed at home automation - I think it's rather more aimed at impulse buying. Wait until you lose your phone in the dark - if you could only switch the light on, you might be able to find your phone so you could... switch the light on...
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SNAP! :-)
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Which, in this instance, would be the right direction (the correct direction being the left direction).
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Its marketting..
if you buy the screwfix lightwaveRF lamp and add the lightwaveRF gateway its about the same price (for one lamp, which is all you need to play with).
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Possibly in the long term, but at present far more people have wi-fi than ethernet over the mains.
-- Richard
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Intelligent, is this one of those you used to see pictured over a cartoon characters head to represent an idea? Brian
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Not a bulb specifically - but lots more WIFI remote control here:
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So humour is foolishness is it?
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It is a bit like those earlier demonstrations of forthcoming products = like refrigerators with a built it computer to do your shopping list. It can be done - but is it honestly needed???