Smart appliances

Many of us will soon be opening our doors, and indeed our homes, to smart appliances, embracing smart refrigerators, cookers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and other smart technologies in an effort to make our everyday lives a little easier. The `smart?? in smart appliances can refer to one of two aspects of communication with any given appliance; first the interaction with an existing smart device such as a tablet or smartphone to allow a homeowner to control the smart appliances remotely, and secondly with the smart grid itself, responding to utility signals that provide consumers with reminders to use periods of lower-priced energy.