The iDoorCam has a proposition for customers not wanting to get up to answer calls at their doors-- a webcam-equipped doorbell allowing one to check who is at the door on an iDevice via wifi.

Inside the rugged circular package are a camera (day and night vision), speaker, microphone and motion sensor. It is easy to install on walls (just like any regular doorbell), and users only need to connect it to wifi network once it gets power.

Kwikset and UniKey Technologies team up and reveal the Kevo-- a deadbolt lock customers can unlock without need for keys or numeric passcodes via the magic of Bluetooth and a smartphone app.

The Kevo uses Bluetooth LE, and turns mobile devices (only iOS but Android and BlackBerry options are in the works) into an electronic key (eKey). The smartphone can stay in the user's pockets while communicating with the deadbolt, and the Kevo is "smart" enough to open up with a simple touch.

Customers lacking a smartphone can use a Blueotooth fob included in the package.

Video is set to account for 50% of a global door phone market worth around $1.8 billion by 2017 IHS reports, with WW shipments to grow with a 7.5% CAGR over the next 5 years.

A number of advances push the transition from audio to video door phones, including growing integration with building automation, transition toward "hands off" indoor units, larger 7-inch screens and rising network system and megapixel camera adoption.

“The transition from audio to video door phones is occurring in all regions around the world, and is being driven by many factors,” the analyst says. “Ultimately, this change is due to a reduction in the price of video door phones, and the consumer’s perception of increased security via better identification of those who are trying to gain access.”

The LIXIL Satis is one of the fancier high-tech toilets from Japan, one that "defines toilet innovation" by pairing standard (for the land of the Rising Sun, anyway) automated bidet functionality with Android app control. However the app poses a hazard-- one of the hacking variety!

According to information security company Trustwave Spiderlabs every Satis toilet has the same hard-coded Bluetooth PIN, meaning "any person using the "My Satis" [Android] application can control any Satis toilet."

Thus, potential attackers can take control over the toilet's myriad functions (including flushing, automatic seat, dual-nozzle bidet spray, air-drying) to "cause discomfort or distress to user." Talk about First World Problems!