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Drop Kitchen Scale review

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Can you really make a turkey in a slow cooker? Yes you can, you lazy genius

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Tame your rumpled shirt pile with ThreadStax, a magnetic storage solution

Let ThreadStax keep your closet tidy with its storage system for folded clothes that snaps together with magnets and keeps things in neat piles. 
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Keen Home wants you to install its smart vents starting Black Friday

After making its debut at CES 2015, Keen Home's Smart Vents will now be available for purchase starting Black Friday. 
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This video doorbell has built-in storage, no cloud needed

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Presence Pro Care wants to fill your parents’ home with sensors to keep you connected

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This video gives a quick look at what we used to cook over the past 100 years

This video documents 100 years of family dinners. Meat and potatoes fall by the wayside as kitchen technology advances
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This house laughs at wildfires thanks to a clever coating called Sarnafil

This $2.7-million house is coated in a Sarnafil membrane that makes it waterproof and fire-resistant.
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The Super Fleece is like a hoodie in blanket form

Rumpl is back on Kickstarter with another super-comfy blanket. Like Puffy, its earlier release, the Super Fleece is inspired by clothing.
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Samsung RF23J9011SR 4-door fridge review

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Mattress-in-a-box company Casper wants to sell you pillows and sheets, too

Casper, a mattress-in-a-box company, is expanding by selling sheets and blankets in the same one-type-fits-all model. You can try them out for 100 nights.
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The Spot security camera does all the usual tricks but is half the price

The iSmartAlarm Spot aims to be a feature-heavy security camera you can put anywhere in your home. It will retail for about half the price of competitors.
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Nest’s third-generation device goes on sale in the UK with boiler control

The third-generation Nest learning thermostat is on sale in the U.K., and it comes with some unique features, like hot water control.
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Lost your keys? The Trackr Atlas maps your house, so you know what room they’re in

The Trackr Atlas wants to help you create a database of items in your home, so your phone can remember where they are.
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Iris by Lowe’s introduces a second generation of its hub for $60

Lowe's launched the second generation of its smart-home solution, Iris by Lowe's. The lower-priced hub is more powerful and includes Bluetooth capability.
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The Muji Hut is a micro-home made for Japan

Micro-homes are catching on in Tokyo, thanks to high property values. Muji Huts are prefab homes designed to be minimalist.
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Rent a smart home? Some multi-family buildings are going automated

Instead of making renters shell out bucks for smart home gear, Stratis wants to help automate multi-family dwellings.
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Need to buzz someone in? The Monkey is a smart keyless entry for apartment buildings

Apartment intercoms sometimes make tenants' lives more difficult. The Monkey is a chip that will turn them smart.
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Collapse this food container to store it, then it springs back into shape when you need it

Tupperware is difficult to store, because it just takes up so much space. The FoldFlat hopes to solve this problem by collapsing flat.
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Lunching on larvae: This desktop farm lets you grow and harvest edible mealworms

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If your floors are a forest of pet fur, this robot vacuum is ready to help

Pet hair is sometimes a challenge for robot vacuums, but Bobsweep's Bobi Pet is meant to tackle just that problem. The Canadian company launched it today.
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Thread launches its smart home product certification program

The Thread Group, made up of Nest, Samsung, and many other companies, is rolling out its certification program.
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The Roost Smart Battery retrofits your existing smoke alarm for $35

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Forever mucking up your coffee? The Auroma One knows just how you like it

The Auroma One from the Auroma Brewing Co. is an automated coffee maker that learns your preferences over time.
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ADT rolls out its Nest partnership nationwide

Furthering its place in the smart-home space, ADT announced its partnership with Nest over the summer in a few select markets. Now it's going nationwide.
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Part aquarium, part indoor garden, Grove is an entire ecosystem in a book case

The Grove Ecosystem definitely has some automation but because it relies on aquaponics, you'll still have to feed the fish.
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Designers and artists imagine the future of furniture at NYC's Swiss Institute

The Swiss Institute's Pavillion De L’Esprit Nouveau: A 21st-Century Show Home exhibition imagines how furniture could be created in the future.
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Forget to floss? This device will remind/guilt you

The Flosstime is a device that will glow orange if you haven't flossed in 24 hours, so you have no reason to neglect to your gums.
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The inside of this RV looks part spaceship, part luxury tiny home

Tonight the Travel Channel will air an episode of Extreme RVs detailing Bran Ferren's KiraVan, which will enable him to travel with his daughter.
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The BeOn bulb wants to help protect and serve in the event of burglars and power outages

The BeOn bulb has some neat safety and security features, like turning on when the doorbell rings, but they come in a pricey $75 package.
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Who’s afraid of the smart kitchen?

At the 2015 Smart Kitchen Summit, leaders from makers of smart-kitchen devices gathered to discuss how to make a more intuitive kitchen.
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Innit wants to digitize food so you know exactly what to make for dinner

Making your kitchen smart is going to take more than one connected appliance. Innit will figure out what recipes can be made with the food you have.
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Ring and Kevo now work together to make unlocking your door a little easier

A smart door bell like Ring still means you have to physically let someone in, unless you pair with a smart lock like Kevo.
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Tell this button what you need, and it will add it to your grocery list

There are lots of ways to make a grocery list (pen and paper, anyone?), but Hiku wants to help you create one with the push of its button.