<p>Roll on the smart home: Qualcomm has an eye on being the glue that sticks wireless home automation together, and it's demonstrating that with some proof-of-concept remote control lightbulbs. Thanks to a tiny new Qualcomm Atheros chipset, the demo light hooks up via WiFi to a simple Android app which allows for remote on/off control, dimming, and even timed shutoff. It's an obvious stab at alternative lighting systems like Philips' hue, but Qualcomm won't be content with just the lamp market.</p><p>The demo bulb itself is a straightforward white example, only lighting up in a single color unlike hue's color-changing bulbs. It screws into a standard fitting and then, as long as the power is left switched on, all control over it is from the Android app.</p><p>Qualcomm's app isn't anywhere close to being the most attractive we've seen, nor indeed is it particularly advanced in its functionality. Still, it does the basics and gives an inkling of what the system could one day do: you can pick a bulb and then toggle its brightness through various different levels, as well as set timers to turn it off at a later point.</p><p>Inside the bulb, there's a new chipset from Qualcomm's QCA4002 and QCA4004 networking platforms. That SoC, about the size of a postage stamp, contains not only the WiFi radios but a CPU and memory, which means the light processing itself can actually be done within the bulb rather than demanding a separate box somewhere.</p><p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/qualcomms-wireless-bulb-wants-to-outshine-hue-with-wifi-07296917/">Keep reading...</a></p>