The ‘smart home’ is the new ‘internet of things’, or objects that can serve you better by communicating with each other or directly with you through apps on your smart phone. In the ideal version of the wired future, all of our appliances and gadgets talk to each other seamlessly. What could living in a smart home look like? Picture something like this: The lights in your bedroom slowly illuminate to quietly awaken you in the morning, replacing the typical blaring alarm. The