A Utah-based startup just launched a smart lighting collection that focuses on aesthetics just as much as it incorporates digital intelligence. Viro’s new lights are smartphone controlled, smart assistant capable, hand-blown, and one of them just won a LAMP international lighting design award. While they’re more costly than the smart lights IKEA is now testing in select European markets, they’re also classy enough to complement the most upscale decor.
Smart home products have typically followed one of two paths: focusing on intelligence over looks, or attempting to be so small they disappear into your walls or shelves and become outposts of your home’s ambient intelligence. In other
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