Ex storage exec talks up smart lighting technology

Once the head of storage leader Seagate Technology, Bridgelux CEO Bill Watkins now seeks to tackle the inflection point faced by the lighting industry as the world embraces more energy-efficient technologies.

In an interview published on our sister blog network, Smart Planet, Watkins waxes prolific about why light bulbs will get smarter, the implications of connecting lighting networks to the Internet and how Bridgelux hopes to claim more than its fair share of the $100 billion global general lighting market.