Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Gadget review – Philips Hue LED light bulbs

As you may have gathered by now, I love gadgets and I’m particularly interested in home automation gadgets. It is an area that has been on the verge of taking off for well over a decade. Of late, however, it really seems like its time has arrived. 

Consequently, I could not resist Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting when it came out late last year. The starter pack of three LED bulbs sells for $199.95 at the Apple Store. The LED lights can change color and can be controlled from a smartphone app or the Web.

I thought they would be cool to use on the front porch. I could set them to automatically go on (and off) every night. And, during holidays, I could set the colors. Unfortunately, the Hue LEDs have a number of limitations that stop me from using them that way. 
 

To read the rest of this review, visit its new home at Principled Technologies' Tech Everywhere.

9 comments:

  1. Really interesting articles. I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing a nice info.

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  2. These Hue LED light bulbs seems to be a very interesting gadget. Though it has some limitations, as you've mentioned, but I think these limitations will definitely going to be ruled out in the advance version of these bulbs.

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    1. I am hoping they address some of the issues in subsequent versions or in software updates. I'm also looking forward to the LIFX bulbs (http://lifx.co/main/).

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  4. It rate it a major breakthrough. Seriously, I didn't know this level of automatoin in LED lights before this post. thanks Bill, keep posting information on these amazing gadgets.

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  5. Led light has made my life easier to the refrigerator.

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  7. Every house needs a lot of light. Present time nany people use led light bulbs and save energy. Thanks for share a nice review.

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