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LG IS FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Philips and Belkin by launching its own smart bulb product in its home of South Korea.
The smart bulb, which can be controlled by your iPhone or Android device, allows you to manage your home lighting anywhere so long as you’re connected to the web.
Connecting to both Bluetooth and wifi, the bulbs can be set up to alert you to incoming calls – blinking while your phone is ringing – and can turn on slowly to wake you up in the morning.
According to LG, the bulbs should run for up to a decade, and can save users up to 80 per cent on their lighting bill.
Some of the major features included are a security mode – which switches your lights on and off while you’re away from the house, giving the impression that someone’s there – and a party mode – which causes the bulbs to brighten and blink to the beat of the music – the latter feature is only available for Android devices.
A smart bulb will cost 35,000 won (€23) and is only being released in South Korea.
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really, not sure anyone would do that even back in the day. why bother putting a note on the door to tell em where the key is, just leave the key in the door . duh.
We used to leave our front door wide open during the summer, until my Granny was stolen :(
Was your granny insured?
Yes we even had a disc on her cardigan but they wouldn’t pay out because we didn’t report it to the guards for a week
When I’m out on the town I just telephone the wife and have her switch them on and off instead.
Doesn’t flicking the light switch on and off mean you’re available for the next customer. And you’re out of town too.. ohh dear
The insurance would be invalid unless she was locked at the time
The door was wide open and she was in her room watching Jerry Springer, that’s the last time we saw her
Have a look on donedeal or gumtree she might show up there
Gone are the days when you could leave your home and leave a note on the door to say the key is under the flowerpot!
“According to LG, the bulbs should run for up to a decade, and can save users up to 80 per cent on their lighting bill.”
No one is saving 80% on their bills anymore cause hardly no one is using incandescent light bulbs, they need to stop comparing LED to incandescent as most people by now have fluorescent which runs at 5 – 15 watts and I’m sure this LED bulb will be in the region of 3 – 9w , with the added cost of the bulb (€23 – if you’re lucky), you probably won’t save any money in the long run compared with just buying a fluorescent @ €1 – €2.
Nice idea though about controlling it when out the house. or setting it like someone is in when you’re not
Got a set of ‘hue’ lightbulbs by Phillips for Christmas, I love ‘em.
Yeah…I want one
Note to all would be burglars – keep your eyes peeled for houses where the lights go on and off at bizarre times. This means that the owners are on holidays, have not allowed for the time difference and the bulbs they use are worth a small fortune
Now let me tell ya if them expensive bulbs don’t last for years you won’t save money ,you save on electricity costs but the cost in money terms transferes into the bulb price , think about it and the environment element transferes to some village in China ,did I spell transferes right
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