On Monday, 7 November 2016 19:53:32 UTC, Rod Speed wrote:
whisky-dave wrote
David wrote

Now I think about it, the bulb problem and the dimmer switch
issue could be related. You could use the same (dimmable)
bulb throughout the house with pre-set dimmer switches.

Anyone think there's a market for a normal-looking
light switch with a dimmer pre-set adjusted with a
small control (screwdriver slot?) on the face of the switch?

Nah wait for the IoT version then you can set it via a phone while in
another country :-)

Not as silly as it sounds actually.

It wasn't meant to be silly but what's happening.

Once you have bulbs that can be switched
on and off using the phone, and have the color anything you want set by
the phone app, doesnt cost any more to have the dimming done that way too.

Yep even smart kettles are availible for under 100 UKPs.


And to have it programmed with different configs for say when watching TV
or cleaning the room at night, or to make the house look occupied why away
etc.

Yes lots of things have the possibility of IoT hopefully it'll be usefull things first, then I'll have to buy a smartphone.


And with sensors so most of the time it switches automatically as you come
into the room and off when you leave the room for long enough too.

Corse dinosaurs like you will just sneer and keep furiously flicking
switches...

Not me here were developing IoT not merely using off the shelf products.