PC-security giant Symantec extends protection to IoT devices and networks; outlines obvious-but-overlooked vulnerabilities to home automation and other connected products and services, whether Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, ZigBee or other platform.

Samsung's Family Hub refrigerator is an enormous four-door smart device with a 21.5-inch 1080p Gorilla Glass-covered touchscreen equipped with high-tech food shopping features, a family communication center, IoT and even entertainment.

Home robots have the functionality to do everything from mob the floors to clean the gutters, but the next generation may become integration friendly thanks to location precision and UWB communications.

Prodea, founded by the Ansari family of Ansari X Prize fame, says its ROS home automation system "has little to no direct competition."