Gallery: A Fire-Safety Nightlight That Offers a New Take on the Smart Home

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    The Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight shows how a good smart home device can be a dead simple one.
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    It's a $99 light that pings an app if your smoke detector's going off when you're not at home.
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    You can basically plug it in, connect it to your Wi-Fi, and forget about it.
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    "Most people are interested in their homes being more efficient, or safer, or more comfortable," says Leeo co-founder Adam Gettings.
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    "But if technology complicates this, then they're not going to adopt it. Hobbyists will always find complexity interesting. But that's a very small percentage of people."
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