Artificial Intelligence (AI) supports machines to learn people’s behaviors and correspond actions to fit people’s needs. Now, there’s even an AI built-in light bulb wants to automatically adjust light bulbs for the homeowners.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) supports machines to learn people’s behaviors and correspond actions to fit people’s needs. Now, there’s even an AI built-in light bulb wants to automatically adjust light bulbs for the homeowners.
The smart light bulb, Helium, is created with machine learning technology so that the device learns the user’s behavior to automatically adjust the lighting at home, without the user to setup anything via a smartphone app. More, it can even improve the user’s home Wi-Fi coverage.
With bluetooth low energy technology and measuring the proximity, Helium senses and learns the user’s movement and behavior. This enables the device to function automatically. For example, as the user enters the room, the light turns on; or when the user go to the desk and sit on the chair, the desk lamp knows to turn on with proper color temperature and brightness based on the current time.
Helium also learns the user’s sleeping pattern. If the user usually goes to bed around 11pm on Monday, the Helium app will send a notification 30 minutes before. The lights will automatically switch off if the notification is ignored, however, the user can also respond to the message and choose to extend the light-off timing if staying up late.
The biggest difference with machine learning skills in Helium is that the device knows what the user’s life pattern is, so that the user doesn’t need to store many different settings before using the light bulb or control every action via a smartphone app.
To create a more comfortable living environment, Helium will also adjust the light color based on the time of the day. And, it reduces blue light. According to the company’s statement, studies have shown that body exposure under bright blue light can affect the circadian rhythms and too much blue light will excite human’s nerve that makes it harder to fall asleep. Therefore, Helium is set to turn on maximum in 5,000K cool white during the day and will shift to 2,700K warm white to relax the user in the evening and at night.
Besides providing lightings at home, Helium can also work like a Wi-Fi extender. When people place their Wi-Fi router at one corner in the house, it is easily to create some Wi-Fi dead spots. To solve this situation, they then spend hundreds of dollars to buy and install Wi-Fi extenders at home.
Helium has a built-in Wi-Fi extender which enhances the Wi-Fi signal when detecting weak signals. As the users place the light bulb around the house, they also improve their home Wi-Fi coverage.
The Kickstarter campaign of Helium has started since 28th October. One single light bulb is priced at $39 and the company also provides different packages with various prices. The Helium light bulb, if the campaign is successful, will start shipping in October 2017.