What I was going to say before thinking to check the link, is that there must be a wealth of applications available to the instrumentation engineer, using modern microcontrollers without making the full step to Internet of Things.
The smoke alarm with the "I'm cooking for the next ten minutes" button. The simple alarm clock that knows weekends from weekdays, or even your work shifts. The thermostat with a few dozen more available states than the traditional ones and a sane interface. Electric showers that deliver a pleasant showering experience. Smart dumb devices.
Twist seems like a pretty clever idea, especially by integrating it all into the lightbulb.
Can anyone think of potential downsides to this approach? Other than the audio probably not being of very good quality compared to a serious speaker system.
We also have a half a dozen other products designed to fit into this form factor, all of which provide a superior lighting experience to what is available on the market today.
Good heuristic. I've started to only trust research results that have very high confidence in their results and which is peer-reviewed, e.g. nut consumption cause towards life span [1].
