Quirky and GE unveil new suite of affordable smart home devices

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In a quest to bring home automation to the masses, Quirky+GE unveiled seven competitively priced Web-connected devices, all of which were dreamed up by outside inventors and voted through to development by crowdsourced "influencers." The iOS-controlled Aros Smart Window air conditioner is another Quirky device born from this idea-to-manufacturing scheme.

Taking aim at advanced HVAC units like Google's Nest learning thermostat, the Norm is boldly advertised on Quirky's website as the "death of a thermostat." Controlled by the Wink app, Norm is a wall-mounted box that performs many of the same automation duties as the Nest Learning Thermostat, including scheduling, geofenced activation and usage tracking, but at a significant cost savings.

In conjunction with other sensors, Norm can intelligently adjust climate control settings based on temperature and humidity readings. Norm is priced at $80.

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