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The Internet of Things is made of promises. Promises and, well, junk. Take, for example, the HapiFork; the smart utensil, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show around this time last year, monitors the pace of the user’s eating and alerts them when it’s time to slow down. Helpful, thanks. Really.

This year, Belkin is showing the rest of the IoT and connected home manufacturers how it’s done. They’ve teamed with CrockPot to apply their WeMo connected appliance platform to slow cookers. Helpful! Thanks! (No, really this time.) Users can adjust timing and temperature of the Wi-Fo connected cooker through Belkin’s iOS or Android app. Peace of mind goes a long way.

The slow cooker will be available this spring for $99.

Corinne Iozzio
Corinne Iozzio

Corinne Iozzio is the former Editor-in-Chief of Popular Science. In that role, she oversaw an award-winning crew of science journalists—both editors and writers—who are obsessed with shining a light on the thousands of ways science and technology transform our lives daily. She lives in Washington Heights in New York City (or, as she affectionately refers to it, “Upstate Manhattan”) with her partner, an ever-expanding collection of vintage hand-blown glass, and a talkative tuxedo cat hellbent on knocking it all to pieces.