A Wallflower smart plug and an iPhone means you'll never forget to turn off the stoveThere are two kinds of people in this world: those who know they turned off the stove and everyone else.
For the latter group (at least for those with electric stoves), there's a new product that aims to give some peace of mind. Wallflower turns your dumb range into a semi-smart (more on that in a second) stove that provides some insurance should things be left cooking.
It takes about 2 minutes to make your dumb stove smart.
This whole thing is cleverly simple: Wallflower is a plug that fits between your stove and the power outlet and can tell when juice is flowing. You set up an account with Wallflower, and it lets you know via your phone — Android and iPhone, of course — when the stove is in use or when you've left it on.
That's it.
The hardest part of all this is getting to your stove's plug. For me, that was simply a matter of pulling out the drawer underneath and then plugging everything in. (Note that Wallflower is a little larger than a standar...
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A Wallflower smart plug and an iPhone means you'll never forget to turn off the stove
