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Wasn't there a Kickstarter project floating around earlier that was supposed to have the exact same functionality as this 'Phillips Hue'? Or are they the same?
by Draco6slayer 14y ago
Wasn't there a Kickstarter project floating around earlier that was supposed to have the exact same functionality as this 'Phillips Hue'? Or are they the same?
- prawn 14y agoDifferent to Hue. I'd just written a comment about LIFX when you posted: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341347 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341347 LIFX is led by an Australian guy. Their email updates have covered their design process, prototyping in China and so on and they're getting close to delivering the first preorders. There's a tech blog about how it will all work here: http://lifxtech.blogspot.com.au/ http://lifxtech.blogspot.com.au/
- Draco6slayer 14y agoSo the chief difference there is price and the WiFi interaction between the bulbs? Is everything else the same between the two products, then? Or does LIFX offer any additional advantage?
- prawn 14y agoHaven't looked into Hue much or used it and obviously haven't used LIFX so someone else might need to chime in. Hue needing a base station seems a bit annoying to me so that is a pretty key difference. Very keen for the LIFX bulbs to arrive so I can experiment and see what they do. It was a very popular Kickstarter foray, so I'm hoping that a strong community forms from those customers to build all the fun stuff you'd hope to see like music- and game-related applications.
- tlrobinson 14y agoLIFX: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341347 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341347