SoundBulb, a Solution for Hearing and Sight

Wireless technologies are expanding their borders further and further away and this leaves a lot of room for new and sometimes spectacular things to be created. Wireless speakers are one concept that was once thought to be a SciFi contraption never to be seen in real life... yet these days a pair of Bluetooth speakers is nothing new; on the contrary, it represents a rather normal presence in a certain setting. The SoundBulb concept can be easily placed just next to the amazingly neat speakers of David Granath and the design team he's part of, as they take wireless sound even further in the realm of functionality.

 

The SoundBulb is a concept that tries to mix in both sound reproduction and lighting purposes. While these new bulbs look pretty much like any other incandescence bulbs, they're running on multiple LED units and a special lens.

 

LED lights have been a natural choice because any other light-emitting source would generate too much heat and damage the audio components. Yet this problem is far from being solved, despite the seemingly failsafe plans presented by designers Hoang M Nguyen, Poom Puttorngul & Anh Nguyen. One thing we've missed is the opening through which the air moved by the live driver should travel; loading some 8 Ohm speakers in a completely closed cabinet isn't exactly the best idea to get a decent sound.

 

The SoundBulb connects in your normal bulb sockets and it will receive music streams from your WiFi/Bluetooth-enabled devices around the house. The speaker and the LED lights share the same power source, which we hope is not 220V; having such a voltage and the bulb-integrated chrome-plated volume dial in the same equation makes us a bit nervous, frankly. The SoundBulb is just a concept so far, but the chances to see it actually becoming real and hitting your corner shop in a few months are not to be neglected.


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