lighting

Siri can control Philips Hue smart lighting with a little bit of help from SiriProxy

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 a 6:13 am

What could be more exciting than controlling your in-home lighting from your iPad? Yep, you guessed it, controlling you in-home lighting with your voice through the use of Siri. That is now a possibility thanks to developer Brandon Evans who has worked out a way to control the recently launched smart lighting system from Philips.

iPad controlled street lighting to be rolled out across central London

By chrisoldroyd, Sunday, Nov 4, 2012 a 8:52 am

Westminster City Council has announced that it will soon be rolling out new smart street lighting that can be controlled with an iPad. The new smart street lights will replace around 14,000 central London street lights over the next four years.

Philips Hue offers iPhone controlled LED lighting for your home

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Oct 29, 2012 a 8:34 am

World renowned electronics manufacturer Philips has announced today that it will be exclusively launching its “Hue” web-enabled lighting system through the Apple Store starting from tomorrow. The new system from Philips offers energy saving LED lights that can replace your existing bulbs and they can then be controlled from your iPhone or iPad.