The Tado Cooling system controls your air conditioning unit via infrared in a similar way to that of a remote control for your HDTV, however the system also connects to your mobile phone via your local wireless network. Enabling you to tweak its settings directly from your smartphone using the Tado Cooling smartphone application.
Some of these settings include: automatic turn off and pre-cooling upon on departure and arrival, adjusting as you move from room to room, and humidity control. With 28 days left of this campaign they have raised $74K of their $150K goal. Some of their backer rewards include the product (also in colored edition, as well as a developer package that allows you to control other household devices.
Source: http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/tado-cooling-air-conditioning-controller-launches-on-kickstarter-video-12-05-2014/
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tado/tado-cooling-intelligent-a-c-control