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The light bulbs I tested in my home are made by GreenWave Reality, a company with offices in Denmark, southern California and Singapore. The bulbs use energy-efficient LEDs for illumination, but they're also armed with an internet-enabled chip that can be controlled wirelessly. To change the mood around the house, you can use GreenWave's apps for iPhones and Android phones as well as a familiar remote control that's included. 

Widdowson is a specialist. He's one of 10 reverse-engineers working full time for a stealthy company funded by some of the biggest names in technology: Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion, Sony, and Ericsson. Called the Rockstar Consortium, the 32-person outfit has a single-minded mission: It examines successful products, like routers and smartphones, and it tries to find proof that these products infringe on a portfolio of over 4,000 technology patents once owned by one of the world's largest telecommunications companies.