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Oh there are good ones... the bathroom and hallway lighting comes on only when people are present, and turn off automatically.
The colour of the lighting changes through the evening to help me sleep better, removing more blue light with each hour past sunset.
It's all excessive of course... you could just have halogens on a light switch. But then, this entire setup uses way less power, helps you save even more power, helps you sleep better, or have peace of mind when you're out, or make better use of your time when you're in, etc, etc.
Yeah nerds are going to nerd, yet the entire setup I have works perfectly fine manually too so absolutely none of it requires anything special. There's no weird cabling left behind for the next house owner, and if the WiFi and internet is removed all light switches and appliances work manually.
All of these capabilities are in addition to whatever the default experience is.
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Hallway lights that turn on and off automatically when you go in there (and are dim at night) are great.
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It's nice to see clever people doing clever things with tech in their lives, but none of these use cases seem particularly life-enriching to me. I never resent turning lights on/off or pressing start on a dishwasher. Presumably you can set lights to come off/on at particular times which is a good security benefit and does away with the old plug socket timer i have in my hallway...