Floorplan Light Switches

Re:Floorplan Light Switches by newbrict on Monday January 27, 2014 @12:41AM (#7129000)

Just yesterday I was thinking about how to solve this exact problem, this is a great solution. However it takes a lot of effort to get switched like that made.

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Re:Floorplan Light Switches by nitrogen on Monday January 27, 2014 @01:16AM (#7129076)

However it takes a lot of effort to get switched like that made.

It would probably be cheaper just to use a touchscreen, and the switches could be updated if the room changes.

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Re:Floorplan Light Switches by BrandonMarc on Monday January 27, 2014 @01:47AM (#7129141)

Plus, there are economies of scale: that same device can be used for just about every room / configuration, instead of having to create 100's of unique versions of the thing.

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Re:Floorplan Light Switches by qq66 on Monday January 27, 2014 @02:49AM (#7129281)

The hoped-for outcome for 3D printing is that it will bring the cost of a custom faceplate to maybe 5x times that of a generic faceplate instead of 100x. Of course the hardest part would be the software to turn the room layout into a 3D printed faceplate.

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Re:Floorplan Light Switches by ekux44 on Monday January 27, 2014 @04:49PM (#7133512)

This.

I question the need for custom smart light switch hardware like Goldee when low end Android tablets are significantly cheaper thanks to to the economics of scale.

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