I saw an ad the other day where a husband is video-chatting with his wife, and explaining why his sickness kept him from doing the chores. The wife then uses her smartphone to turn on the lights in the house, and there is a party going on behind the husband. Busted!

For some reason, I am seeing a trend of devices that allow you to control your home from a smartphone. One of them is the Neoji (“Neo” meaning new and “ji” meaning crucial moment or machine). The Neoji allows the user to control devices and security from the home security from the smartphone.

The Neoji is definitely designed to help you monitor your home’s energy levels, so you can make the proper adjustments to save you money and the planet as well. It looks like it is designed to be a kind of baby monitor as well, not to mention a monitor for elderly parents. Yeah, there is a huge market for stuff like that.

Now, this is a crowd-funded project from Indiegogo, so you have to donate to get. Find out all the information about it’s pre-release here.