{"id":129128,"date":"2015-12-15T06:12:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T13:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/15\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-smart-light-bulb-edition.html"},"modified":"2015-12-19T18:33:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T01:33:55","slug":"this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-smart-light-bulb-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/15\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-smart-light-bulb-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"This Is Why We Can&#039;t Have Nice Things (Smart Light Bulb Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smart light bulbs and fixtures, connected to this and that via external control and intelligent lighting systems &#8230; may not always work as you think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20151214\/07452133070\/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtml\">https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20151214\/07452133070\/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TL;DR: Phillips has uploaded new patches to its Hue &quot;smart&quot; ambient lighting system to exclude light bulbs from competitors to Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is basically saying that expensive smart lamp will only use bulbs from accepted (ch-ching) manufacturers, not from manufacturers who are producing compatible bulbs but haven&#39;t reached the proper, ahem, arrangement with Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>Does this sound really, really short-sighted of Phillips? I sure hope so. Getting rid of compatibility while selling sophisticated hardware doesn&#39;t seem like a winning combination to me. But, hey, what do I know, I&#39;m just a potential consumer &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6228389502038026177\/6228389500374818418'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-h9AumvRKtx8\/Vm-vQEydHnI\/AAAAAAADets\/FYNp7VG-PzM\/Philips-Hue-Smart-LED-Light-Bulbs-1%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/EVZJKqCrpv7'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart light bulbs and fixtures, connected to this and that via external control and intelligent lighting systems &#8230; may not always work as you think. https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20151214\/07452133070\/lightbulb-drm-philips-locks-purchasers-out-third-party-bulbs-with-firmware-update.shtml TL;DR: Phillips has uploaded new patches to its Hue &quot;smart&quot; ambient lighting system to exclude light bulbs from competitors to Phillips. Yes, this is basically saying that expensive smart &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/15\/this-is-why-we-cant-have-nice-things-smart-light-bulb-edition.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This Is Why We Can&#039;t Have Nice Things (Smart Light Bulb Edition)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,131,20,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-energy","category-hi-tech","category-media-intellectual-property"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Philips-Hue-Smart-LED-Light-Bulbs-15B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41231,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/27\/planning-for-maintainability-the-light-bulb-goes-off.html","url_meta":{"origin":129128,"position":0},"title":"Planning for Maintainability: The Light Bulb Goes Off","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 27-Feb-14 9:39am","format":false,"excerpt":"This story's from last fall, but it got raised in a discussion at my office. In particular, the beautiful and \"smart\" lighting setup in Heathrow's \u00a0multi-zillion dollar new Terminal 5.'Heathrow's Terminal Five currently houses the world\u2019s largest controlled-lighting system, featuring 2,600 sensors designed to automatically switch off when no motion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15162,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/09\/building-a-better-light-bulb.html","url_meta":{"origin":129128,"position":1},"title":"Building a better light bulb","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 9-Jul-09 9:16pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The NY Times has an interesting article on improvements in incandescent light bulb technology, as manufacturers, driven by government energy efficiency mandates and competing CFL (and LED) technology, try to come up with alternatives. \u201cThere\u2019s a massive misperception that incandescents are going away quickly,\u201d said Chris Calwell, a researcher with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hi-Tech&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hi-Tech","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/hi-tech"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/uncle-fester-light-bulb.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":26405,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/dim-bulbs.html","url_meta":{"origin":129128,"position":2},"title":"Dim bulbs","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-12 12:44am","format":false,"excerpt":"For the record, I'm not thrilled by CFL bulbs. 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