Bees

HiveIQ has won a Design Award for its innovative beehive.
One innovation is to make it out of a type of plastic rather than the traditional wood - and the plastic insulates the hive and the bees more effectively. It makes for more honey and healthier bees.
The not-so-simple innovation is to pack the hive with all sorts of electronics which allow the hive to be monitored from many miles away.
The bee keeper gets information about the temperature and humidity of the hive. He or she also gets the weight of the hive, and that information reveals the state of the bees.