The ‘smart home’ is the new ‘internet of things or objects that can serve you better by communicating with each other or directly with you through apps on your smartphone. In the ideal version of the wired future, all of our appliances and gadgets would talk to each other seamlessly. What is it like to live in a smart home? Picture something like this: The lights in your bedroom slowly illuminate to quietly awaken you in the morning, replacing the typical blaring alarm. The aroma of fresh brewed coffee drifts in and stirs your senses. Once the lights are up, the heating system kicks on, just in time to warm up your room, so you’re not shocked once you crawl out from underneath the duvet. When you step into the shower, it turns on automatically and remembers your preferred temperature and water pressure. And it shuts off on schedule as it knows how long you take to bathe. Once you’ve driven out of your garage, your home alarm system arms itself. And it will only unlock when it “se...