"You can't have a venture economy with only one VC firm in town, " says Gregory Johnson, a general partner at Gateway Associates, which invests nearly half of its funds in high-tech companies in and near St.
While some Engadget editors struggled to see even half the appeal of those WiFi-connected washing machines at CES 2012, Motorola's Connected Home gateway showed a realistic vision of how a wireless home should work, with its gateway router tying your Android devices to your thermostat, security system and lighting.