Ah, the eternal optimism of the crowdfunding era! This 'modular smart ecosystem' promised to unite every gadget in your expat villa, from the artisanal coffee maker to the bespoke smart toilet, into one glorious, interconnected, utterly baffling whole. It failed to get funded, naturally. Perhaps the thought of a single app controlling both your mood lighting and your dog's automated water dispenser was simply too much existential dread for even the most tech-obsessed digital nomad. Back to shouting at your Alexa, I suppose.