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than dawn and dusk) and night time.The
latter makes sense,asyou can sayany
motion between midnight and 7amshould
trigger alow-level reddish light to help people
find their waywithout waking themup too
much and ruining their night vision. Yo ucan
also set atime before afurther change
happens, whether that’s turning offthe
lights after 10 minutes or returning them
to their previous state.

Usefully,the HueMotion Sensor

incorporates alight sensor,unlike the £29

Hive alternative.Asthere’s no ability to check

the solar position with any of the Labs

Recipes forthe Motion Sensor,there’s stillno

chance of replicating LIFX’s killer feature of

decoupling power and colour.But the light

sensor could be useful to tell lights to switch

on when you open acupboard.

The Hue Motion Sensor also incorporates

athermometer,soyou could monitor ababy’s

nd turn your lights blue or red if the

mperature gets outside your preferred

limits. Yo u’ll need theTemperature

Monitor Labs Formula forthis.

Again, integrating motion

sensors intoother lighting mixes

(or just avoiding having to use the

Hue Labs interface) is possible

through IFTTT.Just select your

sensor as the ‘This’ and select an

outcome as the ‘That’.IFTTT has lots

of pre-made recipes you can use

mmediately,but we had to search for

ue specifically,asitwasn’t listed in

estandard set of choices.

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alight sensor and athermometer –not bad for£30

⬆You can use the Hue Motion Sensor to turn on

lights when it gets dark, but without acheck on

sunlight, it’s not that helpful

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