Gadgetory

here at CNN appliances we've talked a lot about the if this and that app but it's usually in reference to fund or more novel applications actually there are a lot of practical uses for it too I'm Megan willerton with the weather related how to this sling behind me is red we'll get to that in a second but here's how you start so this recipe involves the RSS feed as the ifft and your philips hue lights as that what you'll do is go to the National Weather Service and search for the RSS feed that gives alerts in your area you can find alerts that are nationwide you can search by state and you can even search by county to get really really specific updates so just go to your scrolling list and select RSS feed as your if and then click on new feed item and add the URL for the RSS feed you want I selected New York because there are some flash flood warnings in the area and I knew that there would be some alerts so I added that URL then you hit next and then you select your Philips hue bulbs as you're that and then you can really do whatever you want you can have your lights flash you can have them change color you can't set it to blink and change color which I wish I could do but it's still a good warning in case there's something going on so this lamp has a fillip to bulb inside and I programmed it to work with this recipe and if you have multiple bulbs you can select all of them you can select some of them or just one whatever you prefer and that's really it you've selected your RSS feed for your area you've selected your philips hue lights and told them what you want them to do in the event of an alert just hit finish and you've created your recipe so now I breathe time there's an alert in Niagara New York my light will turn red so while there are a lot of novel ways to use if this is one practical way I'm Megan willerton for Cena Oh