With the help of a microcontroller, a few strings of GE Color Effect Christmas lights can be easily turned into a fully programmable LED strip, or if you are so inclined, a huge RGB LED display.

David Murphy was formerly the Senior Technology Editor at Lifehacker. Across his 15+ year career in technology journalism, his reviews and how-to guides have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall ...

I’m a sucker for a good smart light. Even if smart home technology hasn’t quite revolutionized our lives in the ways we thought it would, the one thing I consistently rely on at home is the ability to ...

GE Lighting’s new Cync Dynamic Effects Smart Hexagon Panels, originally announced at CES, are available now. Each panel is made up of six segments, each with their own individual directional control ...

When I was a kid, neon lighting was amazingly cool, but having neon lighting in your house wasn’t a thing. But technology has changed things, and LED lighting can simulate neon lighting well enough to ...

GE Lighting has announced the availability of GE Cync Dynamic Effects Smart Café Lights. Originally unveiled at CES 2025, these new corkscrew filament outdoor smart lights feature unique filaments ...

[Jim] wrote in to share some work he did with GE Color Effects LED lights in an effort to create a light display for his boat. He saw our coverage of the Color Effects G-35 hacking efforts by DeepDarc ...