Nest

Pull a Nest: modernize the ugly, forgotten household gadget

Shaan and Sam riff that Nest didn't reinvent the thermostat, it just added a screen and phone control. The repeatable play: find decades-old household products (thermostats, routers, pool chemical testers, radar detectors) and give them a modern, app-connected redesign.

“Nest is not that amazing. It's like well-designed for sure, but it's not a thermostat. It's okay. It's okay. Yeah. And, you know, it's got a screen and that's the core innovation. You can control it from your phone. Great. There's— how many other sort of household products could use a little modern, modern touch-ups?”

Steal thisList boring household products that are ugly, hard to set up, and don't connect to your phone, then build the modern version.