Aussie invents LIFX The WIFI lightbulb
An Australian entrepreneur has developed a reimagined light bulb that can last for 25 years and be controlled by smartphone – and in two days he’s raised more than $600,000 on crowd-funding website Kickstarter to make it come to life.
Phil Bosua of Ferny Creek in Melbourne, 38, a father of two, is the creator of LIFX, a Wi-Fi enabled, multi-colour, energy efficient LED light-bulb that you can control with your iPhone or Android smartphone.
LIFX can not only be turned on and off using a smartphone, but can also have its colour and brightness changed. It can also be programmed to be turned on at certain times and can even be set to match the beat of a song, as well as react to notifications on a smartphone like those from Twitter and Facebook and flash a certain colour.
