​Cooking, gardening and car seats go high-tech at CES

The home is getting ever more connected. Deloitte estimates that one billion wireless Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be shipped in 2015, a 60 percent jump over last year. And while the more we put our lives online, the more we open ourselves up to hacking on the home front, companies are increasingly digitizing, automating and connecting what was once mechanical and mundane.

As CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports from the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, even baking cookies takes a tablet these days.

Remember when you used to have to just remember that your kid was strapped into the car seat? Not anymore. Intel's ChildMinder SoftClip attaches to the safety straps. Sensors detect whether it's clipped or open, and alerts parents via Bluetooth communication to a smartphone app if the child has been left behind in the back seat.

Once you do safely carry your child from the car through the front door, your home will be heated to the perfect comfortable temp. The Automatic smart driving monitor connects to the Nest smart home thermostat, switching on the heat as you get close to home.

That's not the only way home and car connect. Toyota claims its hydrogen fuel Mirai can power your home for a full week in case of a blackout.

And then we see the evolution of chores.

LG's Twin Wash machine is attracting quite a bit of attention. The front-loading washing machine has a secondary compartment below so you can do a second, smaller load of laundry simultaneously.

Forget measuring cups: The Perfect Bake scale connects to your phone or tablet and displays weight in real time on the screen as you pour, shake or sift.

And finally, for green thumbs on vacation -- or those of us who just can't be trusted to keep a plant alive -- the Parrot Flower Power H2O turns any regular screw top bottle of water into an automatic watering can powered by sensors that know exactly when your flora is thirsty.