People with smart homes can control all their appliances using a mobile phone like a TV remote control. All they have to do is tap an app to unlock their door, turn on the lights and adjust their crockpot’s temperature while dinner is simmering inside.
Today, few people actually live in this Jetsons-like reality. But many are open to the convenience it promises.
Equipping a home with smart devices is expensive. Google’s Nest smart smoke detector – it alerts you when its battery is running low via an app – costs $100, for instance. Meanwhile, a connected crock-pot is $129 and an intelligent air conditioner is almost $300.
Enter retrofitting, which involves cheaply retooling appliances so that they’re no longer dumb. In fact, it can be as easy as installing a new sci-fi battery in your thermostat. You won’t have to replace your “dumb” appliances with smart ones, so you can hold onto that favorite (and perfectly good) toaster you bought three years ago. Here are some options:
Garageio: $149
Garageio lets you open and shut your garage door from your phone. Install Garageio’s black box in your garage, hook it up to your Wi-Fi network, and download the app. Presto, you can now open your garage door remotely and give temporary access to friends, family and babysitters. Garageio will also send an alert to your phone if your garage door is open and provide you with an activity log showing when your garage door was opened as well as who opened it. It's compatible with 96% of all garage door openers. For an additional $20, you can control two doors, and for another $20, you can connect three doors. Garageio’s site is set to pre-order because the demand is so great it can’t be kept in stock, but units ship every other day.
Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight: $99
If you have a deep-seated devotion to your smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarm, or frankly, just can’t face the thought of installing new ones, never fear. You don’t have to toss good old Smokey aside to get the programming Nest promises. The Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight is a round nightlight that plugs into a wall-socket. It can detect when your smoke detector or carbon monoxide alarms go off, and then send a notification to your phone. If you can’t respond, Leeo can send alerts to your emergency contacts. In addition, Leeo can let you know your home’s temperature and humidity levels. Still, it’s pricey at $99. Those willing to wait, should consider Roost's $25 nine-volt battery which slips into any smoke alarm and connects it to your phone. However, Roost ships in 2015.

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