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A Milwaukee company has received a national award for an app that is shedding new light on light bulbs.The app was entered into the Environmental Protection Agency's "Apps For The Environment ...

At its heart, the SmartCharge 2.0 is a battery-backup bulb designed to work when your power goes out. It’s the size of a normal bulb, so you can screw it into any lamp or fixture. Compared with other ...

Tech companies are known for taking bright ideas and turning them into cool products. Sometimes, it's surprising how bright those ideas can be. This week's products proved to be very illuminating, ...

Want to set the mood for a romantic evening? Try turning on the Lumen TL800, a smart bulb that takes cues from an app on your phone. Setup is fairly simple: Screw the bulb into a socket, download the ...

Weirdly enough, my first foray into smart lighting sucked. My partner purchased a random brand from Amazon, and the bulbs were finicky, hard to set up, and barely produced any light. However, it was ...

“Mood lighting” used to involve buying a colored bulb, say, to give your room a mysterious green or red tint. The concept almost has a groovy 1960s vibe. You can bring this approach to ambiance into ...

The Yeelight color smart bulb is bright enough and boasts some clever lighting features, but its quirky app gave us trouble. One of the few smart bulbs we’ve seen that is compatible with Alexa, Google ...