It seems a little too nerdish and too simple to have one device shaped like a desktop speaker that literally monitor any suspicious movement withinin your humble abode, aimed to replace a high tech security alert systems.  A box that can simply be plugged in anywhere you deem discretely fit for placement to replace those costly intricate alarm systems bundled with those monthly subscriptions for monitoring purposes, so what if you could harness smart phone technology to do the monitoring yourself when you receive an alert.  I always find myself having one too many monthly bills, so if you are adamant about keeping your place safe from some intrusion and theft, a device in the making called The Canary ($149-$249) is attempting to change all that.