Ubi plug-mounted Android device gives your phone eyes and ears in the home | Android Central

A Kickstarter project out of Toronto called Ubi recently reached its funding goal for a tiny Android-powered computer that plugs directly into a power socket. It’s riddled with sensors and hooks up to the local Wi-Fi network so it can push out notifications to your phone about the room’s conditions - lights, temperature, sound, movement… Even humidity. It’s got a full-sized USB and headphone jack and RF and Bluetooth capabilities for added connectivity. There’s an LED light on the back plus speakers so the Ubi can do some communicating of its own, plus a decent amount of horsepower under the hood to keep things running (800 MHz processor, 1 GB of RAM). The unit itself will ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is going to have its own app ecosystem with a handful launching with the device.

• Voice-enabled Internet search
• Speakerphone
• Indicator light (light changing based on events, e.g. weather, stock, email)
• Home speaker system with sound piping
• Virtual assistant (audio calendar, feed reader, podcast etc)
• Voice memos
• Alarm clock
• Intercom system
• Baby monitor
• Noise pollution monitor
• Controlling the climate of your home perfectly (through web enabled thermostats like Nest)