Light-up Smalt dispenses salt to a soundtrack

The smart home of the future promises so much. Lights and heating that know when you’re home. A fridge that knows when you’re in Tesco and texts you to tell you to buy milk. An oven that never burns anything. But nobody mentioned we’d also get salt shakers with Bluetooth speakers and a light show built in. Using either the app or a paired Amazon Echo, you can get Smalt (US$200) to dispense various amounts of salt, play some of your favourite songs about salt, or set a nice ambient light that’s flattering to your salt, before tucking into a lovely salt dinner. Mmmm, salt.

Tom Wiggins Contributor

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Stuff's second Tom has been writing for the magazine and website since 2006, when smartphones were only for massive nerds and you could say “Alexa” out loud without a robot answering. Over the years he’s written about everything from MP3s to NFTs, played FIFA with Trent Alexander-Arnold, and amassed a really quite impressive collection of USB sticks.

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A bit of everything but definitely not cameras.