But I also agree there are limits to what needs IoTing. I don't live in a house large enough that I can't go see if the box needs cleaning within about 20s. I also sure as hell don't need a notification on my phone that one of them just made a deposit.

*ding!* 1 New Notification: "clean my filth, human servant." My wife has been campaigning for one for about 2 months now. I'm unsure how it'll do with 4 of varying age from 1 to 16 though. Still tempting. John C. Lyden Manager of Network Infrastructure Infrastructure Services, Division of Information Resources & Technology Rowan University