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5 Tech Products to Help You Work While You Soak Up the Sun They keep the tunes coming and the bugs at bay.

By Sal Vaglica

This story appears in the June 2022 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

1. Getting out the bugs.

WFH in the summer means sneaking time with the laptop outside on the porch or in the yard — that is, until swarming mosquitoes send you running back indoors. The Thermacell LIV Smart Mosquito Repellent System [from $699; thermacell.com] can fix that. Its wireless hub plugs into an exterior wall outlet and connects via plug-and-play, low-voltage cables to discreet repellers that you place around your yard or patio. Controlled from your smartphone, the system emits a harmless, scentless chemical that creates a 20-foot-wide mosquito-free zone of protection around each repeller.