Smarthome controls are clunky, so Bastian Andelefski developed an alternative. With precise indoor positioning technology (using the ultra-wideband chips in modern phones), one can point at any connected light bulb (or other smarthome device, like a thermostat), and relevant controls will pop up on the phone.

It's an intuitive way of turning on and off smart home lights—certainly a lot better than scrolling through a list of connected lights and reading the lamp names to find the one you want to toggle. I think it nicely exemplifies how ubiquitous computing (in this case, a mobile phone + ultra-wideband positioning beacons + smart light bulbs) can give rise to embodied interaction: the bodily movement required, both in pointing and in …