'Smart' way to deal with household daily grind

From robots that chop up your vegetables to detectors that measure how long you sleep, "smart" appliances are becoming more and more a part of daily life, according to industry players.

Developers at the Dublin Web Summit, one of Europe's biggest technology conferences, said links between people, their homes and their devices were opening up new frontiers.

The developers of Everycook, a cooking device that takes in raw material and independently processes it to a finished meal, hope their product will transform healthy eating.