When I started writing about the smart home in 2013, influential startup Dropcam, purchased by Google's Nest in 2014, set the industry prices for DIY security cameras.

Dropcam cameras weren't the first to offer impressive features.

Its products helped define the contemporary concept of DIY home security technology, and video camera technology in particular.

With Wyze's pricing, my total before tax for all of those devices would come to $365 (using the $30 Cam Pan as my camera of choice over the $20 Wyze Cam).

Wyze doesn't charge for cloud video storage, either, so don't expect any monthly charges to view saved clips.

For example, if I bought two $199 Nest Cam Indoor cameras, 30 $20 Lifx Mini White bulbs, six $23 TP-Link Kasa Smart Wi-Fi Plug Mini smart plugs and one $399 Nest Secure system (which includes two door/window/motion sensors), I'd end up spending $1,535 (not including tax).

The Presidential election is generally an extremely intriguing political event, as it includes the selection of a President to lead our nation.

The presidential elections and its accompanying Vice-Presidential Election are essentially a direct election in which individuals who have enrolled with the U.S. Census Bureau to vote at one of the fifty U.S. States or in the District of Columbia cast ballots not for its candidates, but instead for individual members of our Electoral College.

As such, the winner is the individual or persons with the most votes.

The results of the election are declared soon after the national polls close at the time of each election.The procedure for choosing a Presidential candidate starts at the state level, where the candidate with the most popular votes will be announced the national election's winner, and will grow to be the President of the United States.

Moreover, the individual members of the Electors aren't bound by state law to support a specific candidate, so the procedure can frequently be quite distinct.

Each State has its own rules for picking its own delegates, as well as the process by which their votes are counted and compared with the nationwide results.