Is Your Dishwasher Really Yearning for the Internet?

A startup called Ube http://myube.co/ thinks smart devices and smartphone apps will make home automation cheap and easy. But will consumers go for it?

In the not-so-distant future, Glen Burchers believes, the gadgets in our homes–not to mention our homes themselves–will be replete with microprocessors, enabling the automation and remote control of everything from your lights to your laundry. Until this is a widespread reality, he’d like to sell you a wall outlet.

Not any old wall outlet, though. It includes an ARM processor, runs Google’s Android mobile operating system, and can connect to the Internet. This means anything you plug into it can be controlled via your smartphone, and it will also track how much power your devices are consuming.

By Rachel Metz

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