On: The lightbulb reinvented

[INTPenis]

No, I agree. This idea is braindead because it's much more effective to focus on a device you plug in between the outlet in your wall and the devices you want to control power to. A standard already exists for half the project which is called x10.

[angusgr → INTPenis]

Have you ever worked with X10? It's a standard finalised in 1975, and this shows.

Take a look under "Commands getting lost", "Relatively slow", "Limited functionality", "Interference and lack of encryption" for a quick overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)#Limita...

Certainly there are good things about having a standard for home automation, but there are many good reasons for not adopting X10.

(I take heart in the fact this project has some committed hacker types involved with it, Andy Gelme was a founder of the Melbourne hackerspace and I absolutely believe the Kickstarter project when it says the device will have a specified API and be hackable. Not an open standard, but at least interopable.)

[thedufer → INTPenis]

Right, because there's no difference between the average person changing a lightbulb and messing with their wiring.

This is probably how things are going to work until its commonplace for houses to be built with x10.

[milesskorpen → INTPenis]

I think this is targeted at ceiling lights ... and it isn't easy to futz with in-the-wall wiring for the typical user.

[dangoor → INTPenis]

Sadly, most of the x10 adapters don't work with LED bulbs. (the "lamp" ones, the "appliance" ones should be okay)