Here’s a handy hack for an Android controlled, Arduino driven, RGB light setup. [Kerimil] recently wrote up this project on the Arduino.cc, and is sharing all of the source code and plans. While many ...

Today Google flipped the switch on a remarkable new LED bulb that can be controlled by any Android device using the company’s new open-source wireless networking protocol. The search giant worked with ...

Set up of the new LED bulb is easy through INSTEON’s free app for iOS and Android: just link your smartphone or tablet with INSTEON’s SmartLinc Central Controller ($100), swap out your old light bulbs ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Light bulb maker Cree has created a smart bulb that not ...

LIFX’s, well, life on Kickstarter is only nearing the 48-hour mark, but the reinvented light bulb already surpassed its set goal and hit $402,707 (as of press time) worth of pledges. In a nutshell: ...

[Alan] was commissioned to make some wearable, radio-controlled LED strips for the Travelling Light Circus. It has taken some time, but he has recently finished some prototypes, and thought it was a ...

There's more to Android than just hacking that app or operating system, says Google. You'll soon be able to hack Android hardware too, thanks to a new Arduino-based platform. Senior writer Seth ...

Purveyors of fine home automation technology INSTEON claim to be first to market with a "networked remote control dimmable LED light bulb". Compatible with any INSTEON remote control, the bulb can ...

Recently, we published an entry-level Arduino project with a single seven-segment LED display. Although it’s an amazing DIY project, we noted that most of the readers are looking for more advanced ...

Philips is jumping into the smartphone-controlled LED lighting market with a new system dubbed hue. Initially available through Apple Stores only, hue light bulbs screw into a regular ES fitting and ...

The Raspberry Pi is all the rage for hobbyists in search of cheap, credit card-sized computers that can run a full PC operating system. Arduino boards have been around nearly a decade, meanwhile, ...