A Light-er Feeling

Background

Although I do not own any of the hardware similar to anything described in this Project, i have chosen to expose my ideas.

Idea

Given the omnipresence of light fixtures in homes, they would serve as the ideal base for a system that could protect a home from potential intruders.

Implementation

In fixed light fixtures, there are often energy-wasting bulbs. Instead of replacing them with LED lights, or even smart LEDs, they would be replaced with network-connected lights that contain motion, light, etc. sensors. Thus, it would even be possible to create light systems that can turn themselves on at night, without tripping the alarms.

The concept for non-immobile lights would be similar, but more care wold have to be given to programmability for a satisfactory experience.

Using simple web-based tools, and/or a database of known floor maps, fixed lights, as well as movable lights, could be positioned for more control.

Feedback

For this Challenge, I do think that it is hard to create a project in such an abstract way. Not having any smart lighting, I had to start from scratch on my ideas. While I do think that the challenge is interesting, not having any hardware, nor any obvious preexisting services present, rendering it harder to create.

Thanks for reading, and thanks to GE and Hackster.io!