Nest’s smart Thermostat is now available to buy in the UK, priced from £179

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Nest, the company looking to reinvent dull-but-worthy household items such as the smoke detector, has announced that its Nest Thermostat is now finally available to buy in the UK. Tony Fadell, ‘father of the iPod’ and founder/CEO of Nest, actually hates the word ‘smart’, which is why Nest describes its unit as a ‘learning’ thermostat instead. In reality, what that means is that there’s very little for you to actually do with it once you’ve got it installed and set up, which is a good thing. The device has been available in the US since back in 2012, but due…