Among things that frustrate: A hangnail; a pen that doesn't write; sealing a check in an envelope and then remembering you forgot to sign it — and the bulb is broken off in the socket of your favorite ...

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Home automation is not new, but a light bulb socket that lets you manage one light bulb (or more) from the internet is groundbreaking. Or ceiling-breaking, more accurately. Spark Devices has invented ...

If you stop and think about it, when Edison invented the light bulb he also had to invent the socket. Edison was a master innovator, but it must have become clear to him pretty quickly that continued ...