Helia's smart lights are like Apple’s Night Shift for your home

Soraa, a lighting company that typically sells to corporate clients, plans to release its first smart LED light for general humans. Instead of relying on Wi-Fi and a hub, like other smart lights, the company’s Helia bulbs communicate with one another over a home’s existing electrical wiring. The technology, called HomePlug Green Phy, essentially turns your existing electrical lines into Ethernet. The technology has been used in various gadgets, like Wi-Fi extenders, security cameras, and routers.

After being set up through the companion iOS / Android app, Helia bulbs automatically adjust the type of color they emit, sort of like Night Shift on iOS, according to the time of day. Soraa stressed to me that its bulbs remove blue light, aka...

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via The Verge
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