Water Heater Knows When You're About to Shower

Two Illinois men are doing to the water heater what Nest did to the thermostat: Make it smart. Intellihot is a tankless water heater that analyzes water usage patterns and then automates the system to reduce the amount of water and heat used. 

After returning home in 2005 from a vacation to a basement flooded by a water heater, Sridhar Deivasigamani, 39, decided that there must be a better solution.

So he teamed with then-fellow Caterpillar engineer, Siva Akasam, also 39, and both began working out of their basements to figure out a better water heater system.

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