LIFX - The Beginning
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2018
- The story of how LIFX began is this weeks episode of State of Electronics. Three guys (Phil Bosua, Andy Gelme and John Bosua) got together at Hack Melbourne (CCHS) www.hackmelbourne.org and prototyped what would become a wifi controlled light bulb. At that time, it hadn’t been done before. A timely confluence of things allowed this to happen - smart phones, apps, cheap & efficient LED's, wifi modules and an idea.
They ran a very successful kickstarter campaign in 2012 and raised over 1.3 million dollars in the process. That allowed them to overcome many engineering hurdles and set course for China to find a suitable factory.
In this video, we speak with John Bosua, Andy Gelme and Marc Alexander. Marc was the first hardware engineer and former CEO of LIFX (now chief product & technology officer at LIFX) who, together with the team, overcame heat issues, wifi chip selection, factory selection and more. This episode looks into the founding years of a bright startup company, who created a category in lighting and a dream in the process. From humble beginnings in Melbourne Australia to becoming a global player in the world of domestic lighting, LIFX is a great beacon for those who want to follow in their path.
In a followup episode, SOE will tour the LIFX production line and learn how an idea can be manufactured at scale.
For more about LIFX visit www.lifx.com
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LIFX is a great company and their lighting is awesome.
I backed this kickstarter, easily the most professionally run kickstarter I've ever seen. I still have my original bulb. Great to see the company is doing well, although you wouldn't know it from their facebook page, their posts are like a ghost town which is weird. This was a fantastic video by the way.
Hey thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated. Stay tuned for the LIFX production line tour if all goes well
I own a couple LIFX3 bulbs for a few months now and they are pretty impressive!! Nice range of colors and quick response time. Works with Alexa, IFTTT and other home automation systems. This was a great presentation of how LIFX came to be, I learned a lot!! Nice work to everyone on that team!!
Thank you for the comment. Much appreciated
I saw lifx on cnet few years ago and am slowly converting them threw my entire house i love there products its amazing how much your room can change just with a different hue of light
Fred Leparski thanks for your comment. Cheers
Fred Leparski thanks for your comment. Cheers
State of Electronics thank you :)
the best smart bulbs out there but i wish the price comes down a bit.
segger EDU in company?
really love lifx they are awesome colour but only downs sides are the music visulizer is just random and does not go with the beat of the music and lifx can not sync with movies like philip hue can
A great idea and product, a great pity you had to manufacture it in China though. It would be nice to stimulate home industry.
As much as its nice to support home industry and manufacturing in your country, why do it in Australia where it's expensive, and no idea of what the quality will be. In China, if you want your product to be made cheap and nasty, then cheap and nasty is what you will get, if you want it to be the best quality in the world, then that's what you're going to get. Like you say this is a great, idea and product, and the team (Andy Gelme, John Bosua & Phil Bosua) Wanted something to do it quickly and with exceptional quality.
Fair enough guys, I hope it does as well as I suspect it will.