GE
(General Electric ) has now finally decided to jump on the Smart LED (Light
Emitting Diode) Light Bulb Train by making their very own set as announced in “GE
JOINS THE SMART LIGHTING PARTY, UNVEILS ITS OWN CONNECTED LED BULB”,
published June 27, 2014 By Drew Prindle, DigitalTrends.
Phillips
Intelligent Lighting System can track shoppers movement in a supermarket
setting and beam them information about coupons of items on sale via using light, basically an early variant of Li-Fi
Technology as described in my blog article
entitled “Phillips
Intelligent Lighting System launched at Euroshop Retail Show - Li-Fi Network
for In Secret Personalized LBS Coupons and Services at the Speed of Light”.
Both
these systems have LED Light Bulb systems that can be controlled with a
smartphone app. Apparently, people seem to like this idea of being able to
control lights in their homes from a distance. This is very handy, especially
if you want to get the mood right just before your girlfriend or wife comes
home of makes sure your house doesn’t look unoccupied at late hours of the
night.
The
specifics of the GE’s Link Lights are what might set it apart. Throw in a price
of US$15 per Bulb and this will start looking like a very good deal given that
they have such a long lifespan.
Not
only can they be remote controlled via the Wink App but they can also be linked
to other smart gadget in the home. Thus these gadgets can control the turning
on of the lights instead of you having to be mindful of them from afar, a step
towards the eventual ideal of home automation, one Bulb at a time. This
suggests that these Link Lights are not only controllable over Cellular Internet,
implying that they have a built in SIM Card, but they may also be controllable
via Wi-Fi as well.
These
Link Lights have been out since Monday June 30th 2014. But
hopefully, GE will make them a little more sophisticated and add other
capabilities such as Wi-Fi Hotspot via Powerline AV 500 or Homeplug AV Protocol
or even a Li-Fi to beam information to your Wink App.
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