AI security light scans visitors’ faces to blast unknown intruders with ‘harsh red light’ – and recognizes your family

A CUTTING-edge tech company has launched AI-powered home lighting that detects intruders and douses them in a bath of red light.

Anker Innovations Co., a Chinese electronics manufacturer, has rolled out its latest lineup of smart home products under its Eufy division.

Eufy is an electronics brand known for home security equipment like cameras and sensors.

Among the new releases are permanent outdoor lights that change color depending on whether visitors are friends or foes.

The Permanent Outdoor Lights E22 are compatible with Eufy’s motion-detecting video doorbells and cameras.

Some cameras support facial recognition and allow users to add “face profiles” for trusted individuals.

If the network of devices picks up on an unidentified visitor, Anker says the lights can be programmed to glow a harsh red.

The lights work alongside Eufy’s Life App, which allows users to input their lighting preferences and generates color palettes tailored to specific occasions or moods.

The E22 models are sold in sets of 30 lights (50 feet) and 60 lights (100 feet).

They are new and improved versions of the existing E120 model, which can still be found on the Eufy website.

The lights have guaranteed protection against water and dust resistance with an IP65 rating.

Meanwhile, the power adapter is IP67-rated, which ensures full protection against solid debris and the ability to survive in a body of water for at least 30 minutes.

In addition to the smart home integration provided through Eufy’s WonderLink system, the lights can pair with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.

That means you can control your lights with a simple voice command – no hands needed.

Anker says the possibilities for customization are endless, as the device can be set to “16 million colors” with adjustable saturation.

While the lights may seem like a worthy addition to your home, Eufy has a contentious history.

The brand formerly claimed that all data recorded by its webcams was stored locally on a user’s machine.

However, it emerged that images and videos were shared to Eufy’s servers, which were leased through Amazon Web Services.

The company swiftly updated its site to remove any mentions of secure data storage, including promises that data would be encrypted.

With that in mind, Anker has come clean about its transgressions and vowed to clean up its act.

• eufy Permanent Outdoor Lights E22 (50 feet) for $199.99 – buy here
• eufy Permanent Outdoor Lights E22 (100 feet) for $299.99 – buy here

All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed.

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