Electric Imp Raises $7.9M To Power The Internet of Things

Bzzt. Stop talking about controlling lights! No average consumer is going to put a new module + $25 Imp card in every light switch in their house. But hey, let's put a single Imp in an X-10 controller and do it that way! Now I'm still rewiring every switch and messing with neutral bus bar jumpers? C'mon.

Getting devices on the net is nifty. Let's start with the big items first. Thermostat is a good place to begin. But now we already have wifi thermostats. So why do we need Imp?