The attack allows snooping of data from environments that are highly secure or air-gapped, using infrared signals from smart bulbs. Lightbulbs were invented to do one thing: illuminate a room or a ...

This means, says Harald Haas, professor at the University of Edinburgh, that the light bulbs can be used as conductors for data. Haas recently demonstrated this technology on stage at the ...

“The light bulb, you can just come back and switch it back on,” Jackson admitted. “Once you’ve gotten rid of data, it’s gone.” Even my feelings about the train video—which did not ...

The standard light bulb used in U.S. households is an A19 bulb with an E26 base. The E means that the bulb has an Edison Screw, and the 26 means the base is 26mm across (in Europe, you'll find E27 ...

A commercial product started shipping several months ago. What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? In July 2011, Harald Haas, a professor of engineering at Edinburgh ...

Incandescent light bulbs will soon be relegated to the past starting this July, thanks to a forthcoming ban from the Department of Energy. Here’s what you need to know about the incandescent ...