The Lightbulb- reinvented?

[bLACKpANTHER]

I need these!!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/limemouse/lifx-the-light-bulb-reinvented

[Jase]

It seems like home automation systems do the job of these better, and probably cheaper.

I like the line of thinking, though.

[stankowalski]

Darn...the $5000 slots were all taken.

[Mother Grabber]

so, instead of taking half a second to flip a switch, I can now take 30 sec for an app to fire up and flip on my phone. Hooray! That's so useful.

[Floppin]

so, instead of taking half a second to flip a switch, I can now take 30 sec for an app to fire up and flip on my phone. Hooray! That's so useful.

[Mother Grabber]

yes I saw that...then why buy fancy wifi lightbulbs? it's like a product we are demoing here at PayPal, an iPad plugged into a coke machine. Instead of pushing a single button to get a coke, you get to scroll through menus, add a coke to your shopping cart, and then check out to get your coke. There are times when technology just isnt necessary, and doesn't enhance the user experience.

[Floppin]

I think the appeal is more for the remote and color changing aspects. You can turn on the lights upstairs before you get up there, or when you are away from home. Or if your back is hurt you can turn down the lights in the room without having to get off the couch. You can turn on your house lights from the drive way so that you can walk into a lit house. If you hear a noise downstairs while asleep you can turn on the lights down there before you walk down the stairs with a baseball bat. Etc.

[Ja Rhule]

Or AK47

[Mother Grabber]

sure, but that ability (except for the color changing part) should be built into the switch, like it already is, and not the bulb. You basically have to pay for a new switch every time you get a new bulb. That's a waste.