After a prolonged dry spell Chrysler's product lineup looks to be the freshest among the Big Three, says Merrill Lynch, with 88% of its volume scheduled to be replaced by 2008, compared with 66% for both General Motors and Ford.

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The dry spring and summer has left the company with "more of this product around than we otherwise would, " he said.

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When it comes to consumer-level IoT, the classic example is Botanicalls, a dinky little product which sends plaintive tweets when the soil it is planted in becomes dry, to ensure plants stay watered.

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