Light Bulb
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
We Live to Build 
the Knowledge Project 
the a16z Podcast
4 statements about Light Bulb, every show
Weisbrot: Wi-Fi light bulbs can map room interiors in real time
“Light bulbs enabled with Wi-Fi can essentially use light to create an image of the room in real time that can be recorded and sent somewhere else. You can essentially, without being inside of a room, see what's going on in that room from a distance using Wi-Fi…”
Ridley: Edison beat 20 rivals by testing 6,000 different plant filaments
“The difference between him and the 20 other people who invented the light bulb around the same time is that he was prepared to put in the slog of testing 6000 different types of plant material before settling on Japanese bamboo for the filament of his light bu…”
Ridley: Search engines and light bulbs were inevitable without their famous inventors
“You rerun the tape without Sergey Brin meeting Larry Page, without Thomas Edison, and you still get light bulbs, you still get search engines.”
Kaufman: Wink data reveals light bulbs are the primary smart home gateway
“If we look at the data we're getting through our platform, Wink, Really what you're seeing is the gateway to the connected home is light bulbs. It seems like the first thing everyone's buying is bulbs either light bulbs and fixtures or actual light switches”