Researchers predict that wireless power will make a significant contribution to energy supplies in the near future. The term “wireless power” describes the process of the transmission of energy from a ...

I’ve been playing around with various LED smart lights for over a decade. The first set of household bulb replacements that I really got into was a Philips Hue kit I bought in 2012. It was pretty cool ...

Regular light bulbs straight from the shelf could be the future of wireless technology. Energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LED) have long been eyed as a convenient replacement for energy to ...

Nyrius' Bluetooth-connected lightbulb might get the job done, but there's nothing that really sets it apart from rivals, and there are several things that set it back. "Smart" LED bulbs have become ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Back in 2011, during a TED Talk in Scotland, professor Harald Haas introduced a revolutionary idea to the world: what if a wireless Internet system could run on nothing but an LED lightbulb? Back then ...

LED driver IC connects with networking microcontroller to provide a full digital dimming range from 100% to 1% through ZigBee, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, PLC... The 88EM8189, a new ac/dc LED driver IC from ...

Power Integrations introduced its LYTSwitch(tm)-0 ICs, a new series of devices within the LYTSwitch family, offering a unique combination of simplicity, reliability and efficiency. The LYTSwitch™-0 ...

Brian Cooley is CNET's Editor at large and has been with the brand since 1995. He currently focuses on electrification of vehicles but also follows the big trends in smart home, digital healthcare, 5G ...

I tend to shy away from proprietary networking solutions but a Smart Lighting platform recently introduced by Casambi Technologies Oy, a Finnish lighting specialist, uses a dual-protocol wireless ...