Internet-enabled house jewelry?  Feh. It will be fun for a week, then boring.<p>Here&#x27;s what I want: stuff that will make me a better neighbor and citizen of the world.<p>Specifically:  Realtime smart energy and water consumption meters.  Wouldn&#x27;t it be great to get some sort of alert if there was a pipe burst or even a water trickle?  Wouldn&#x27;t it be fabulous to track electricity consumption?   That could generate the creation of sets of light bulbs each of which consumes a different prime number of watts. Then your smart meter can say, &quot;hey chump, you left a light on in the attic. Turn it off.&quot;<p>Combined with a smart grid and demand-pricing of public utilities (yeah, fat chance, I know), this kind of thing could make a dent in my carbon footprint.