Thursday, August 18, 2005

The Smart Lightbulb

By David Ponce

Now this is really good. It’s a lightbulb (making use of technology developped by Fujitsu) that alerts you via SMS when it burns out. A signal is engraved in a contact part of the bulb. When it dies, it sends you a message. How? This is the great part.

It shoots an SMS via the electric wires of your home, to the Internet, then to your phone, telling you to “Buy a new lightbulb on the way home”.

No clue on price though. Story VIA Textually.


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  • Thomas
    Well, I don't need an SMS to notify me when a bulb goes out in my home. I think I am quite able to see that with my own eyes.
    But it might be useful for industrial buildings maintenance. Or within small households where the owner is actually blind.
  • ander
    and why not use energy saving lights, then you wont have that many problems with them blowing up
  • Waves
    How smart can it be when they can't spell "lighbulb" properly???
  • Bob
    Burned out? The concentration should be on making a light bulb that doesn't burn out. I have heard they exist, but selling replacement light bulbs makes more money.
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