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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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Every time my wife and I drove up to our Lake Tahoe ski cabin on Friday nights after work, we’d have to keep our snow jackets on until the next day. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. I got married, had kids. I was busy.

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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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Reviver Auto is making the so-called Rplates, and they aren’t cheap—the plates are listed at US $700, plus an $8 a month subscription fee. [ Switching between multiple special interest plates ; drivers won’t have to commit to supporting, say, Lake Tahoe, at the expense of Yosemite or the California coast. See updated pricing above. –Ed.

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