{"id":6359,"date":"2015-01-22T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=6359"},"modified":"2015-02-24T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T20:57:49","slug":"your-lightbulbs-are-watching-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/22\/your-lightbulbs-are-watching-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Lightbulbs Are Watching You"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The New York Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

How Pink Is Your Floyd?<\/h2>\n

The Rise of the Smartbulb<\/h1>\n
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By\u00a0BOB TEDESCHI<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Get ready to dust off the old jokes about how many (fill in the blank) people it takes to change a light bulb. I just spent a week changing some of the bulbs in my house, and the complexity was enough to give me a migraine.<\/p>\n

Programmable light bulbs \u2014 you never knew you needed such things, but maybe you do \u2014 are among the latest offerings of a technology industry that wants to fill homes with new Internet-connected appliances. So now the humble bulb of old is no longer a throwaway commodity.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a\u00a0smartbulb<\/em>, complete with a computer-chip and wireless technology that connects it to the great hive brain in the sky.<\/p>\n

The punch line, I suppose, is that these bulbs are worth considering if you ever fantasized about living in a Jetsons-type household, and if you have enough disposable income to pay the early-adopter tax currently being levied on them. For that price, you\u2019ll enjoy features that may impress your friends, lower your electric bills and possibly even save the life of a loved one. But more on that later.<\/p>\n

[ click to continue reading at NYTimes.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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