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Nest Labs: Can Apple Alums?Make A Thermostat Hip?+ Comment nowDoes the world want a groovy thermostat?A thermostat for hipstersThat is the multibillion-dollar question facing?Nest Labs, a well-funded start up founded by some of the engineers and programmers who brought you the iPod.?Nest?has created an intelligent, stylish thermostat that it says can slash your household heating and cooling bill 10 to 35 percent while making your home more comfortable than it’s ever been.8 imagesPhotos:?Energy Savings MythsPhotos:?In Pictures: 10 Tips For First-Time Home Buyers10 imagesPhotos:?The Most Energy-Efficient States In AmericaThe thermostat cuts bills by essentially studying your habits. If you come home and you inch the thermostat up to 73 degrees a few days in a row, it will learns to turn up the heater to 73 at 5:45 every day on its own. A motion sensor squeezed into the device, meanwhile, can detect the presence of humans: if everyone goes away, it will turn down the heater (or air conditioner) to save energy.The device—which goes on sale in November for $250 at Nest’s site and BestB—also encourages consumers to use less power by tracking energy data and awarding them green digital leaves, the same way a Toyota Prius gives drivers a green leaf when driving conservatively.“It’s the world’s first learning thermostat,” claims Matt Rogers, Nest’s founder and vice president of engineering, who headed up software development for the iPod. “It does what you tell it to do…If you teach it well, you will save.”If it’s a hit, it could help the home networking market finally take flight as well as put a dent in energy consumption.?Homes account for 22%?of all of the energy consumed in the U.S., according to the Department of Energy, and heating and cooling account for 54% of the total. Put another way, residential heating and air conditioning constitute 11.88 percent of the U.S. energy budget: cars only account for 8.9 percent. (see?spread sheets 2.2 and 2.6) Worse, a good portion