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Swidget is a modular electrical outlet designed to turn any home into a smarthome using existing wiring, replacing a traditional outlet with one capable of using "snap in" inserts. These inserts offer smart home functionality, including Wi-Fi, motion and temperature sensors, and so on.

University of Washington researchers have developed Wi-Fi transmissions that use 10,000 times less power than conventional methods. Known as Passive Wi-Fi, the system also uses 1,000 times less power than current energy-efficient wireless communication platforms, like ZigBee and Bluetooth LE.​

New York startup Robotbase is turning to Kickstarter to build a highly ambitious robot that would serve as a smart personal assistant for your home. It would be able to converse with you, act as a personal stylist, and even tell bedtime stories to your kids.

The team behind the Zen thermostat believe that most competitor smart thermostats actually end up being more complicated and overloaded with features that go unused. To that end, the Zen thermostat has been designed with real simplicity in mind, in both form and function.

One device that's leading the connect home charge is the light bulb, with products like The Lumen Smart Bulb and LIFX LED light bulbs all featuring connected coolness. Now, GE is entering the space, as the company has just announced Link, a connected LED bulb with a fairly reasonable price tag.

A new system that incorporates LED lighting and radio frequency communications could be used to help consumers find products in large stores.

Eurotech's new Zypad WL1500 wearable computer is said to be faster and lighter than other members of its wearable range, and also benefits from a longer battery life and numerous communication options.

Seems not even babies are safe from the advances in wearable electronic technology.

At CES 2010, home automation and entertainment company, Control4, released a new energy-saving system, an app that turns Blackberries and Droid handsets into remote control for its system, and even added an app store which it is hoping will have the same impact on home automation that iTunes had on

The SilverPAC SilverSTAT 7 touchscreen energy management solution controls your HVAC and wirelessly monitors your household energy use.