[mh] New WiFi connected dimmers coming

[Joel D. <jr...@pr...>]

Hey folks,

I just got in from a day at the SxSW Interactive Conference here
in Austin, where I attended a hardware meetup and saw some new
products that are hitting the market soon.  One of them is a
wifi connected dimmer that'll fit behind a standard decora
switchplate and work with any dimmable bulbs with up to 1000W
per circuit.  The dimmers have realtime feedback and can provide
bulb status as well as energy consumption info.

They're not shipping yet, but expect to start this spring.  The
company is in the midst of a kickstarter campaign to raise the
balance of the funds they need to get into production.  I saw
a demo of the prototypes and they look pretty good.  The smartphone
app looks very functional as well.  I spoke with one of the founders
and he said they will be releasing an open api for use with home
automation software.

If anyone is interested in learning more about the dimmers and
the company plans:

www.myube.co (company website)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/702772580/ube-wifi-connected-smart-light-dimmer (kickstarter campaign)

I have no connection with the company, but think this looks
interesting and with an open api can likely be easily integrated
into mh.  I'm also considering getting in on the kickstarter
campaign.  For those of you who've never done anything with
kickstarter, I'd recommend that you read the "what is kickstarter"
info at the kickstarter.com webpage before you invest.

Joel
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Joel Davidson
Austin, TX