So it hopes to become an alarm system for everything, not just robbery and fire. The smartphones are replacing specialized devices like cameras and music players, so maybe there's an opportunity for a generalized alarm system. People want to listen their babies, prevent kids from going to the pool alone, and this anti-flooding alarm seems quite unique too. Certainly the pods should alert us when the batteries are empty, and it should be an install-and-forget type of thing.

We'll see if it's the iPhone or the Newton of alarms systems.