Switched On: Light music

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Last month, Switched On discussed two of the Android expansion initiatives announced at Google’s I/O conference — the relatively easy to execute Android Open Accessory program and the relatively difficult to execute Android@Home initiative . In support of the latter, which would seek to wedge a new home networking standard among wireless systems such as Zigbee, Z-Wave and Insteon. In making the case for Android@Home, Google showed off a new LED light bulb from Lighting Science Group that included the necessary data radio embedded in the bulb. The advantage versus traditional lighting controls is that it removes the requirement for an electrician (or at least advanced DIYer) to build the radio into the wall plate. NXP Semiconductors has also shown off both compact flourescent and LED bulbs that can be controlled wirelessly via smartphones and other devices. But in a quest to tackle two staples of the smart home in one flip of a switch,, speaker house Artison has teamed up with lighting company Sylvania. to create MusicLites. As its name suggests, MusicLites combines lighting controls and multi-zone distributed audio in in a single product, but is it an approach you’ll buy into? Continue reading Switched On: Light music Switched On: Light music originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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