It looks like something that’d be a project for a middle school robotics class, but there’s an undeniable ingenuity to the SwitchBot Button Pusher , down to $26 (from its $29 retail price) for Mother’s Day. It’s a squarish block about 1.5 by 1.5 inches, and on one side a little rectangular chunk of plastic pivots out of the cube until it’s reaching out 90 degrees. Use it for light switches, fan switches, coffee makers, and whatever other dumb, non-smart-home-connected device you wish you could command with your voice, operate from an app when you’re miles away from home, or set to an automatic, hands-off schedule. Videos by VICE hey bub, just a little hubbub about hubs In order to control the SwitchBot with your voice via Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant, or to control it remotely when you’re away from home or integrate it into IFTTT smart home routines, you need to buy a SwitchBot Hub. You can get one separately for $36 or in a bundle with a SwitchBot Button Pusher for $69, but that’s more money to lay out.…