Or go off when you turn off the device. Saves power.-- UnaBubba, Apr 27 2005 Smart House http://masseynews.m...ases/13_05_03e.htmlIt's a house. It's also smart. [st3f, Apr 27 2005] Bluetooth Home Bluetooth_20HomeI kinda did this one already....note in particular the third paragraph. [krelnik, Apr 27 2005] Pluto home automation http://plutohome.com/... would be ludicrously overengineered for this, but will do it. [moomintroll, Apr 19 2007] Why use bluetooth? Is the bluetooth transceiver within the lightbulb itself? what causes the detection of the presence of a person?
Presence detection circuits for turning lights on are well known (most people have something like this at their front/back door).-- xaviergisz, Apr 27 2005 Mmm, what was that movie that had pictures that changed whenever someone entered a room?-- finrod, Apr 27 2005 Are you saying that you carry a small bluetooth device on you and it activates parts of the house when you walk into a room?
If so, then this is pretty much what the 'smart house' concept is about.
I'm still looking for a pun.-- st3f, Apr 27 2005 No, no pun. Just a bluetooth-activated lighting system.-- UnaBubba, Apr 27 2005 I did a quite similar idea a while back, see link.-- krelnik, Apr 27 2005 I like it. We have the Lutron Radio Ra lighting system. It uses a priority protocol. I assume you can hook the Radio RA up to a computer and then control however you want. Bluetooth would be kinda cool: controllable from a CELL PHONE, PDA, LAPTOP or whatever you are carrying around.-- SeltzerH02, Apr 18 2007 So I guess "bluetooth" is the new "usb"? So why bluetooth? Why not firewire? Why not infrared? Why not.... microwave? Why not..... infrared hopping?
I'm looking for a pun too. Am I at least close?-- sweet, Apr 19 2007 halfbakery