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Nanoleaf entered the spirit of Star Wars with an epic Canvas design to celebrate May 4th today. Based on 48 of the company's Canvas light panels, Nanoleaf has designed an incredible Yoda, which puts the icon in color, above an equally sweet office configuration.

Nanoleaf's Canvas lights are our favorites for their modular nature, which allows those with real creative talent to bring to life almost anything they can believe. Canvas squares can display up to 16 million different colors and shades of white, and each square can display a color that is independent of the others in the same configuration.

Lightweight canvas squares also offer sports capabilities that allow for all sorts of controls, such as touch to change colors, and even play games like Simon or Memory. HomeKit integration takes touch panels even further, allowing everyone to function as HomeKit buttons. Yes, you read that, every bright square Canvas can trigger actions or scenes for other HomeKit accessories, which means that this wonderful Yoda acts like 48 HomeKit buttons!

An initial package of 9 square Canvas is currently available for $ 200 at various retailers such as Amazon or directly from the Nanoleaf online store. Expansion packages consisting of 4 and 25 panel sets are also available, starting at $ 80.

Logitech briefly revealed the existence of a successor to its popular Circle 2 camera on its website today before shooting it once the word came out. First noticed by user reddit u / D00Duk on the HomeKit subreddit, the Logitech Circle View camera, which was available for orders earlier, features a new matte-black design and support for HomeKit Secure Video.

Secure your home in a better way with the Circle View HomeKit-enabled home security camera. Designed with the best in Logitech TrueView ™ video class, a 180 ° wide field of view and built-in privacy features to provide total peace of mind, both inside and out.

The new Logitech wired camera has full HD 1080p resolution and a 180-degree field of view. Circle View includes 2 infrared LEDs for night vision, which are listed as covering a distance of up to 15 meters.

The camera has a degree of weather resistance IP64 and can be mounted on the wall both indoors and outdoors, with hardware included. Unlike the Circle 2 camera, it seems that the new offer does not have accessory supports such as a window or plow option.

In addition to the privacy-focused HomeKit Video Security, Circle View has hardware privacy controls on board. At the back of the camera is a camera mute button that "immediately cuts both audio and video," and the camera can simply be titled down to hide the view.

Logitech also says the camera can be set up in minutes using just the Apple Home app. It is unclear at this time whether the camera will support other platforms or the existing Logitech Circle application.

The next Circle View room was priced at $ 159 on the Logitech website. The camera was available for pre-page controls, suggesting that an official launch may be coming soon.