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Tiny sensors let smartphone users monitor their homes

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A Toronto-area technology startup is pre-selling a series of postage stamp-sized sensors that connect to your smartphone via Bluetooth and let you remotely monitor the environment in your home and garden.

Markham, Ont.-based WiMoto is offering four different models of the devices, called “motes,” including one designed for home security that features an infrared motion detector and accelerometer; and another targeted at gardeners that detects when your plants need water and how much light they’re getting.
via cbc news

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Image: WiMoto is pre-selling four different types of motes for $39 each
or five for $149 on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo. (WiMoto)

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