My SO is a tech geek and has been closely watching any and all news coming out of CES.
He forward this onto me at work... I may have squealed a little.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/05/belkin-crock-pot-wemo-slow-cooker/ I'm an old fashioned girl, I plug my crock into a powerpoint timer do-hickey-whatsit if I know I want it to stop cooking an hour or two before I get home. We have however been caught late at work with something stupidly urgent, trains were delayed (when I used to live in Sydney) and things have over cooked. Annnnnd sometimes I've just forgotten to turn the switch from high back to low, or just plain turned it on.
Those days may be over, provided the unit cooks well!