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Most homes feature standard in-wall light switches to easily turn your lights on and off. However, many newer light switches include features that allow you to adjust the brightness of your lighting ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Replacing every light in the house with a smart bulb can get pricey quickly. One easy way to add intelligence to a room’s lights is with a smart light switch. Once installed, you’ll be able to ...

Even for a seasoned renovator, installing a new light switch in a room isn’t the easiest of tasks. There’s holes to be cut, wires to be run, and the worry that you’re somehow going to short out your ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Smart lighting is the most important innovation in lighting since the invention of the lightbulb. It adds so much ...

Lutron Caseta Wireless light switches make controlling the lights in your home impressively simple and Sonos delivers rich, room-filling sound through wireless speakers. Together, you can automate ...

What do you do if your light switch is too far from your desk, and you’re in a rental property so you can’t put in extra wiring to install an electronic control for it? Get up and turn it on or off by ...

NXP and wireless light-switch firm EnOcean have demonstrated the use of near-field communication (NFC) to simplify the addition of control nodes to lighting. “Using NFC technology, the EnOcean switch ...

Last week, at CES 2013 NXP Semiconductors and Cherry showed off a light switch. It might not seem like something that could stand up against huge OLED televisions or Android-based mobile gaming ...