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(Full disclosure: I am one of the original angel investors. Love this product & team!)
It IS cool! They also made a splash at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco last month. (Full disclosure: I am one of the original angel investors. Love this product & team!) Stack
That's awesome. It should be a great invested, especially if the costs go down through the years. I mean, this is what future home living looked like to me when I dreamed about it....I can't tell from the picture what size they are though. Are they able to go where the kitchen overhead bulbs go or are they for regular areas?
They fit in any standard light fixture - but you can also order other sizes, such as flood lights. Eventually there will be a wide variety of sizes available.
I'm going to be installing a set at my 93 year-old mom's place next time I go back ... I'll set it up so that if movement is sensed during sleeping hours, it will give her a very soft light to light her way to the bathroom (hopefully to cut down on potential for a fall or confusion during the night). And I'll also be able to see if movement sensors picked up movement during the day in the kitchen (meaning she's eating) and near her medicine (implying she's taking her meds on schedule). Great for my personal 'peace of mind'.
Good to hear about different sizes and I never thought of using the product in that way. Ah.....I love technology.
Or kids have arrived home from school. Or program for the lights to repeat the random patterns you used during the last week, while you're out of town. Or alert you that there is now movement in the house when you didn't expect it. Or or or.
With the movement/light/size sensors, I think there will be new applications suggested daily for the 'at home' usage model. The challenge (oh hey, like with the Model S) will be determining priority for the new features (which can also be delivered wirelessly (again, like the S).
I love good technology too. Especially something so elegantly simple that can be used in so many ways. Simply by screwing in a light bulb.
I love it when someone comes in and disrupts a market. There's no reason GE or Phillips couldn't have seen this problem and solved it during the incandescent-to-LED market transition, but they didn't. And now Stack is going to eat their lunch.
I love it when someone comes in and disrupts a market. There's no reason GE or Phillips couldn't have seen this problem and solved it during the incandescent-to-LED market transition, but they didn't. And now Stack is going to eat their lunch.
Since there's a couple of angels on here, can I suggest some bulbs with the E12 Edison screw? So far I don't know of any smart LED bulbs being made in that format, but a lot of my bulbs are that size (ceiling fan bulbs, typically).
The very cool thing is that no additional installation, lighting control system etc. is needed. No electricians, no engineers, no pulling wires, no changing switches, all you need is a ladder and a box of bulbs...
I think you're overegging it somewhat.
9.5W x 24h/day = Wh/day. 228Wh x $0.30/kWh = $0.0684/day. $60 - $12 = $48. $48/$0.0684/day = 701 days.
I can see a market, but basic math makes it clear that the cost of the intelligence would need to be very low to eat anyones lunch.