Electric Imp's Wi-Fi Cards Turn Appliances Into Smart Devices
The startup’s Wi-Fi cards turn appliances into smart devices
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Innovator: Hugo Fiennes
Age: 43
Co-founder and chief executive officer of three-year-old Electric Imp in Los Altos, Calif.
Form and function: A small, cheap, low-power Wi-Fi card equipped with cloud software that manufacturers and hobbyists can use to help build smart devices such as Web-connected appliances.