Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Sengled has unveiled its new green LED lighting solution called Pulse that also happens to have a wireless speaker inside. The Pulse intelligent bulb has JBL multi-channel stereo wireless speakers ...

In yet another technological advancement, a new and innovative smartbulb has been designed by a New Zealand entrepreneur. The LimitlessLED smartbulb can be easily controlled with the supplied wireless ...

Almost everyone uses Wi-Fi every day and Bluetooth every so often. But these wireless technologies have a fatal flaw: they use radio waves to communicate. The problem with radio waves is that, ...

The number of LED bulbs on the market has exploded in recent years, and with them has come a dizzying array of so-called smart bulbs featuring wireless connectivity and control, allowing users to set ...

Kickstarter successes like SmartThings and Ubi–both of which serve to make our homes more wired–show the huge demand for consumer appliances and decor that are just as smart as our phones. So far, ...

I tend to shy away from proprietary networking solutions but a Smart Lighting platform recently introduced by Casambi Technologies Oy, a Finnish lighting specialist, uses a dual-protocol wireless ...

Philips's Hue Light Bulb combines energy-efficiency, wide-spectrum LED lighting and remote control capabilities via iOS app into a neat little package, but is it worth the high price of entry? The ...

UK researchers say they have achieved data transmission speeds of 10Gbit/s via "li-fi" - wireless internet connectivity using light. The researchers used a micro-LED light bulb to transmit 3.5Gbit/s ...

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Chinese Scientists develop a light bulb which provides wireless internet (Photo: Wikipedia Commons) Wiki Commons Scientists at Shanghai's Fudan University have created a one-watt light bulb that ...