While much of the country is still thawing from this year's snowy winter, Quirky and General Electric are thinking about keeping you cool in the summer months.

GE last year set aside $30 million for Quirky, a NYC-based startup that crowd-sources big ideas and helps bring them to market. One of those big ideas is Aros, a smart A/C from the mind of Garthen Leslie, that enters the growing field of digital home gadgets.

Aros puts a new spin on an old appliance, turning the classic window-mounted A/C into an app-controlled, sleek unit with a mind of its own.

Similar to Nest's Learning Thermostat, the Aros connects to an accompanying smartphone application to manage homeowner's cooling costs. Weighing in at 45 pounds, the smart window A/C collects personal information like your location, schedule, usage, and monthly budget, then learns over time to automatically maintain the right temperature for your home. It also suggests changes that could help save money.

With the companion Wink app for iOS and Android, users can program and control the Aros from anywhere: the house, the office, a coffee shop, the gym. And don't worry if you forget to shut off the system while you're away for the weekendAros automatically turns on and off based on your smartphone's GPS settings.

Available now for pre-order on Amazon, the $300 unit cools medium-sized rooms (350 square feet), fits windows 24.5 inches to 40.5 inches wide and 13.5 inches high, and offers three cooling modes and three fan speedsaccessible via touch-capacitive sensors (pictured right) on the 8,000 BTU device.

The Aros will begin shipping in early May, just in time to replace your old window A/C and prepare for a scorcher.

"I was tired of choosing between wasting energy or suffering through the stuffy summer heat," Leslie, a former Department of Energy worker, said in a statement. So he came up with the idea for a smart air conditioner, and pitched it to Quirky.

"After receiving the submission for this invention, it was clear that this was a product that absolutely needed to exist, but [also] a challenge that most companies would shy away from," Quirky CEO Ben Kaufman said.

With some financial help from GE, the company went to work on "leveraging our community's ideas into a beautifully designed product where every aspect of the product's interaction was attended to," Kaufman said.

Take a closer look at Aros in the video below, and get a sneak peek at the Quirky unveiling of Leslie's smart air conditioner.

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