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- hackernews@derp.foo
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- hackernews@derp.foo
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.
So, I’m not sure this is new. Unless this article is several years old.
These have been around for a fair few years, and it’s a pretty cool idea. Big Clive did a teardown video of a set 2.5 years ago.
So, unless this guy invented this thing considerably before that, I’m going to say it’s a tenuous claim at best.
My grandparents house has a chandelier controlled by something like this… The house is 24 years old now. This is nothing new at all.