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Swiped this from Daring Fireball

Among the items that could be connected: a garden planter (so it could be watered from afar); a coffee pot (so it could be set to brew remotely); or a light bulb (so it could be turned off remotely). Google said in May that by the end of this year another team planned to introduce a Web-connected light bulb that could communicate wirelessly with Android devices.

I’m with Gruber on this. A coffee pot? A light bulb? This is embarrassing. How the fuck did this get on NYT, let alone the front page?