The Spectrum article was very informative. Thomas Pynchon riffed on this story extensively with his iconic (for geeks) 1974 novel "Gravity's Rainbow" in the ta

The Spectrum article was very informative. Thomas Pynchon riffed on this story extensively with his iconic (for geeks) 1974 novel "Gravity's Rainbow" in the tale of "Byron the Bulb". Another of Pynchon's prescient fantasy creations that is breaking into reality, the sentient light bulbs are self aware and communicate with each other.