Imagine being able to check your air conditioner from your smartphone, or buying a clothes dryer that saves money for you automatically during critically hot days, or simply getting some helpful customized hints on how best to save energy and money in your house or apartment.

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He has air conditioning, a car, a microwave, a refrigerator, a stove, and a clothes washer and dryer.

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The scent must be immediately noticeable when removing clothes from the washer, and it must survive the heat of a dryer.

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It was a sort of robotic Ebay auction in which the thermostat in one house, say, bid against the clothes dryer in another for scarce electrons.

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