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I never thought I would see the day I'd find myself excited by lightbulbs. The LED lighting revolution has come of age. After recently replacing every remaining incandescent bulb in my house with LED bulbs that perfectly mimic their respective incandescent counterparts, I decided it was time to get rid of a potentially dangerous halogen-powered torchiere floor lamp, and replace it
I'm intrigued by a lot of these new "connected home" devices. My inner geek gets abnormally excited by the idea of being able to control everything (or at least most things) from a smart device or computer. That's why I was excited when electronics manufacturer 1byone offered to send me one of its Smart LED Bluetooth Light Bulbs. Unboxing
Pocket-Wouldn’t it be cool if you could carry around a big screen smart TV in your pocket? Actually, that is now possible. I recently purchased a Lumex Picomax Smartpod pocket pico projector via Amazon.Com. A pico projector is a miniature pocket-sized projector that typically has a built-in battery that can also be operated off of AC household current. Pico projectors
For the past couple of years I have gotten interested in home remote access devices and methods. Initially I started with inexpensive remote-access IP cameras. I next moved on to getting the original Nest thermostat, which I still have and has been worth every penny. You can read about my experiences here. Lately I've been wanting to be able to
LED lamps are undoubtedly one of the most energy efficient ways of producing light, but even then the conversion from household AC to low voltage DC creates extra heat that needs to be dissipated. Switch Lighting Co have developed a technique that not only keeps the lamps cool but provides are more natural diffuse light. Todd and Don are illuminated
BenQ aren't really known for their designer lighting but this is what Bob Wudeck brought along to Don and Todd at CES. BenQ has a range of about forty different lights and lamps sold under the QisDesign brand, and on show is a beautiful flexible table LED lamp. Inspired by the human spine, the Hatha LED table lamp won a series
Despite not actually being in attendance at the Consumer Electronics Show, I was not immune to the fever as I covered the great videos being fed to the writing team here at GNC. One company in particular caught my attention -- Striker was offering a couple of very cool little devices at even cooler prices. In short, writing about that