Telephone Controller Lets You Adjust Your Thermostat on the Road

17 December 2008

You’ve just left for a business trip, you’re about to get on the airplane and be gone for two weeks, and then you remember: you left the heat on at home. Even if you’re financially well off, it’s hard not to cringe at the waste of energy (and extra money on your electricity bill). Too bad you can’t just call your house and tell it to turn the heat down.

Actually… you can.

If you install the Honeywell Aube Telephone Controller Deluxe, you can control your thermostat and three other household devices from your touchtone phone. The gadget is password protected (hey, you wouldn’t want just anyone calling up your house to mess with your heating system) and lets you operate each appliance independently.

$85: Telephone Controller Deluxe