Green Bean: Making you home smarter

Technology now is getting smarter. Our society has developed many innovative features into many of todya's electrical devices such as SIRI from Apple, or virtual reality headsets from Oculus. In fact, in recent years, society has now introduced smart technology into our homes; new platforms are developed that allow the user to control and survey many home appliances such as microwaves, laundry machines, and even a door lock, which can all be done through a smartphone application. Despite the excitement over these enhanced devices, they do require a large investment of money as they tend to cost thousands of dollars, hence, few are sold as buying a thousand dollar laundry machine that simply notifies the user when the laundry is done is impractical. Fortunately, there is a way to make your current appliances smart without replacing them. Its called Green Bean, developed by FirstBuild, a $20 electronic module that allows users to control the elements of their appliances. The only problem is that the person must have knowledge of programming, Green Been is open sourced and requires a javascript program created by the user to actually work, and could require significant modifications to current appliances, but there is a community creating and sharing ideas and applications for the user to access and utilize. Therefore, one can use that application on their smart phone and manipulate that appliance to their specifications. Clearly, smart technology will one day become so prevalent in today's society that they will be in everything, from cars to trucks, from lawn mowers to toys, and can be manipulated in a touch of a button. To see, in more detail, about the Green Bean, go to this link: http://www.gizmag.com/ge-green-bean/33877/