Video: Philips has new lights in its Hue line-up, cheaper ones that only create white light from cool to warm rather than the reds and greens and blues of the original Hue. White light can be invigorating and calming across its different temperatures — but calming enough to exorcise a bunch of ghosts? We’ll be the judge of that, Philips.
Obviously this is just a fun stunt because obviously ghosts aren’t real, but it’s fun nonetheless. Manly Quarantine Station is one of Australia’s most haunted sites, at least according to the people that want to sell you a ghost tour, but Philips proves — to the sceptics like me, at least — that ghost stories are just stories, and that if you’ve got some nice calming lighting and a comfortable bed you can sleep through anything.
You can buy a single Hue white bulb for $49.95 and a two-bulb starter kit — with Hue Wi-Fi bridge and a dimmer switch — for $189.95 from the Apple Store or Harvey Norman. If you don’t need fancy colours, that’s a pretty significant saving from the Hue white and colour bulbs which are $89.95 each or $289.95 for the kit. [Philips]