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The Imps get down to business the moment you wake up: Your blinds automatically open, and your coffee maker starts brewing your favorite dark roast.

But the mischief doesn’t end there. Throughout the day, the Imps assume control over other household technology. Your garage door sends you a text message confirming that it’s closed. Your fridge sends you a shopping list reminding you to buy milk. Your ambient room lighting changes color at dusk for a more moody vibe.

And when 9 p.m. rolls around, your dishwasher turns on to take advantage of cheaper utility rates.

This is the connected world envisioned by the team at Electric Imp, a six-employee startup that’s created the Imp card, a small wafer of plastic that houses a Cortex-M3 processor and Wi-Fi antenna, and taps into an accompanying cloud service. Imp cards can conceivably be installed in any electronic device, making it possible to connect conventional appliances to the internet.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/06/hands-on-with-imp-the-wi-fi-card-that-wants-to-power-your-internet-of-things/

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um... the internet is the last thing i want my fridge connected to.... let alone a garage door...

and this connection via an oh so hackable (just ask google) wifi connect ... connected to a 'cloud' service....

.....yeah.....

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