Somewhere between The Clapper and awesome

Coming soon to the nerdy homes in your neighborhood. . . lightbulbs that connect to Wi-Fi.

Sure they might look like your average fluorescent lightbulb but according to the Fast Company article these babies will have tiny wi-fi boards in them.

“Why on Earth would you want a lightbulb with an IP address? It’s not obvious until you realize we’re not talking regular incandescent bulbs here. The tech will go into advanced compact fluorescent units as well as LED light bulbs, both clean low-power replacements for Edison’s aging invention. These lights already incorporate a few chunks of silicon in their bases to help control them, and it’s this tiny circuit board that enables all sorts of new things–adding NXP’s tiny Wi-Fi system to the board is relatively easy and cheap. And then you can turn your lights on and off from a computer hooked up to your home’s wireless grid.