Geek: Internet of things is getting easier all the time...

Geek: Internet of things is getting easier all the time...  There's nothing particularly revolutionary about this product (called Spark).  It's just another evolutionary entry in the rapidly-evolving “Internet of Things” front.  In a tiny device (roughly the size of your thumb) you get all the things at left (click to embiggen).  For $39.  Anyone with even minimal hardware and software skills can use one of these devices to build their own Internet-connected member of the Internet of Things.  Something much like this, for example, forms the heart of the Nest thermostat, or the General Electric “smart fridge”.

We live in amazing times...