Lighting in the future – controlled from your smartphone
The future of lighting in your home is to be controlled by your smartphone, tablet, pc or other internet-connected / network device.
Google has announced Android@home which includes a range of devices including light bulbs, dishwashers, thermostats and other electrical devices.
The idea is that you can then control your lighting and other home gadgets from your phone but that the range of devices can also “discover, connect and communicate” with each other e.g. your alarm clock can gradually turn the lights on, and other sensor that will adjust the lights brightness depending on how much daylight there is available.
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- Spot bulbs
- LED bulbs
- Candle bulbs
- Halogen capsules
- Round bulbs
- Fluorescent tubes
- Helix spiral bulbs
- Disc bulbs
- 2D bulbs
- PL bulbs
- Pygmy and other small bulbs
- Linear flood bulbs
- 3 pin bayonet bulbs (BC3)
- L1 bulbs
- Daylight bulbs
- Low energy dimmable bulbs
- Bulbs by connector - all screw cap (ES / E27)
- Bulbs by connector - all small screw cap (SES / E14)
- Bulbs by connector - all bayonet cap (BC / B22)
- Bulbs by connector - all small bayonet cap (SBC / B15)
- Double ended tubular bulbs
- Coloured bulbs
- Under cabinet lights - round, LED
- Under cabinet lights - round, fluorescent
- Under cabinet lights - LED strips
- Under cabinet lights - fluorescent strips
- Under cabinet lights - triangles and wedges
- Under cabinet lights - square
- Under cabinet lights - semi-flush
- Plinth lights
- Cornice lights
- Illuminated shelves
- Bedhead lights
- Snooker/pool lights












