Tech News and Commentary Dave and the team discuss SMGs, Apple's ratings for their own apps, tech gift Ideas for the holidays, and more. Our guest this hour: Christian Mueller, Director of Sales & Marketing - Magnat Audio Products Lance in Dearborn, Michigan listens online and asked: "I've been getting into gardening lately. Since I live in the northern states, I'm planning to try some indoor gardening. Are there any sensors I can use, any sort of tech, that could help me in my desire to get the perfect tomato, either outdoors or indoors?" 26-2021-H1S2.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/content.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/11-26-2021-H1S2.mp3 Lance, the main sensor youd be able to use is a soil moisture sensor. Theyre relatively inexpensive, for example a PlanetLink soils sensor will cost you about $35 and can be calibrated to monitor for the moisture requirements of tens of thousands of plants. Those kinds of sensors are not all the same, but you can find smart ones that will alert your phone if the plant needs more water, which can be a helpful hint if youre new at this hobby. Its not rare for sensors like these to need to be linked to a hub like Samsungs SmartThings hub. That is a little bit of a pain because youll need one extra device, but it does help extend battery life by using less energy hungry radios than what WiFi requires. Since you mentioned indoor gardening, you may be interested in some of the all-in-one indoor smart garden devices. These are boxes that have room for the plants themselves, but that also include monitoring and grow lights. Some can control their humidity as well to create an ideal environment for the plants. There are lots and lots of these boxes to the point that theyre fairly generic and itd be hard to recommend an actual brand. A few years ago they made up probably 30% of all of the major tech trade shows. They normally start at around $100 and go up in price depending on both size and features. For example, the soil sensor and humidity control, but also WiFi alerts, automatic watering, automatic light schedule, etc. Lex in Benton, Louisiana listens on 710 KEEL - calling in via the App and asked: "I have a question about the Alexa communicating with the Fire Stick, and having speakers connected to the Alexa so that I can hear my television through the speakers, to effectively make a sound bar with the equipment I have on hand without having to buy anything. Is that possible?" 26-2021-H1S4.mp3">https://media.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/content.blubrry.com/into_tomorrow/11-26-2021-H1S4.mp3 Lex, you can do part of what you want to do, but not exactly what youre asking us about. You can control Amazons Fire TV with Amazon Alexa, at least to a good extent. And you may be able to reuse the speakers you have, but you cant route your TVs audio to the Alexa. You may be able to connect your existing speakers directly to your TV, though, and use the Alexa to control the TV. The speakers will still do their jobs even if they dont know about your Alexa existing. Keep in mind that you will probably need some extra equipment for your speakers to work anywhere near the way a sou...