In many ways, the new Smart Booo lighting system bucks current smart home technology trends. The tactile, pebble like interface (pictured above on the countertop) doesn’t offer control via a smartphone. According to Fernando Arias, CEO of Booo, it all stems from the company’s form-follows-function approach. “You don’t want to arrive home and have to take your phone out of your pocket,” he says. “You want a nice hardware device you can [easily] control. Technology doesn’t need to be intimidating. We call it ‘grandfather proof.’”