Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by …::A U of A engineering researcher has developed a wireless light switch that could reduce the cost of wiring a house by as much as 50 per cent.

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    11 months ago

    As someone who has smart bulbs and smart switches. The switches are a 1000x more preferable. It’s nice to be able to use my phone, but it fucking sucks needing to use my phone every time I want to control them.

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      11 months ago

      Smart switches are one of the next things I’ll upgrade in the house. But some of my switches control fans as well, so there’s not a huge amount of choice when it comes to finding something that’s compatible and works with some sort of standard instead of having their own app.

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      11 months ago

      That’s where occupancy sensors shine. I generally don’t have to touch my phone or switches.