Pebble + LIFX: CompE Club 2014 Hackathon Project

https://github.com/indragiek/pebble-lifx

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1. Smartwatch Controlled Lightbulb The intersection of wearable computing and home automation.
2. Wearable Computing • Pebble smartwatch raised over $10 million dollars on Kickstarter. • One of the biggest categories at CES 2014.
3. Home Automation • LIFX lightbulbs raised over $1 million dollars on Kickstarter. • Nest Labs, makers of WiFi connected thermostat and smoke detector, acquired by Google for $3.2 billion.
5. DEMO
6. How it Works ➞ ➞ ➞
7. Challenges • LIFX bulb does not have an SDK, so we had to use a reverse engineered Node.js implementation (lifxjs) • Various iOS libraries like AFNetworking, Mantle, and RSColorPicker were used to speed up development to finish within the time constraint. • Severe resource limitations on the Pebble (e.g. restricted inbound and outbound message buffer sizes).
8. Only the tip of the iceberg • This is only a proof of concept to show the kinds of things that can be created by combining wearable computing with home automation. • Other possibilities: door locks, garage door opener, thermostat and smoke detector (Nest + wearable tech = whoa dude).