Really neat idea: inter­net con­nected lamps that turn on when the Big Lamp turns on. Per­fect Kick­starter material.

We’ve cho­sen to con­nect the lamps with wifi tech­nol­ogy. When you receive your Big Lamp you use a USB cable to con­nect it to your lap­top and pro­gram it to remem­ber your wifi name and pass­word. Once that’s done, you can plug in your Big Lamp any­where you like. The Lit­tle Lamps con­nect to a Power House which also has a wifi chip which you pro­gram in the same way. When you col­lect many Lit­tle Lamps, sim­ply con­nect them to each other.

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This is some­thing that seems right in line with what James Sapara and I were talk­ing about on The YXE pod­cast ear­lier this week — a com­puter doesn’t have to be in every device, but hav­ing every device con­nected in some way can make for some really neat tools and toys.

At £89 (approx. $140CDN) it’s an expen­sive lamp set. But this is ver­sion 1. We’ll see what hap­pens in a few years.

Via @jasonfried