Gadget Connects to Lights to Help Hearing Impaired

The Spark Socket can do for the lights in your home what apps have done for smartphones, says Spark Socket founder Zach Supalla in a video on the project's Kickstarter page.

Spark Socket is a small Wi-Fi device that screws onto any standard dimmable light bulb and lets you control the light from your smartphone. It fits between the light bulb and light fixture.

Spark Socket offers a lot of uses for the average consumer -- the ability to wake yourself up in the morning by programming your lights to turn on, or having your lights turn on and off when you're on vacation to make it look like you're home. You can also program your lights to dim depen…
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