Nanoleaf’s triangular, color-changing Aurora gentle panels charmed us final yr after we examined them within the Proinertech Sensible House. This yr, Nanoleaf launched an improve for these panels — the Nanoleaf Rhythm music sync module. Plug it into your panels, and you can use its built-in microphone to sync colourful lighting adjustments to the beat of no matter music you are listening to. The price: $50 by itself, or $230 in case you purchase it bundled with a nine-panel Aurora starter equipment.

Putting in the Rhythm Module is about as straightforward because it will get. Simply plug it immediately into any of the open connector slots on the edges of your Aurora panels, then wait just a few seconds. After that, you can choose from quite a lot of rhythm-based presets in Nanoleaf’s app for Android and iOS gadgets, and you may additionally have the ability to set off these presets utilizing voice instructions with Alexa, Siri or the Google Assistant.