Honda is building a smart home prototype, which uses a 9.5kW of solar panels to charge a 10kWh battery in its garage, although there is a growing discussion of the security threats that the smart home faces. Start-up Evrythng secured $7m in funding from Cisco, and Ayla Networks grabbed $14.5 million in Series B financing. Itron and its IPv6 partner Cisco has secured the smart meter and grid automation deal for Duke Energy’s 4 million customers, and elsewhere in the utilities industry France’s Alstrom has accepted a $17b buyout from General Electric. Google is defending itself from accusations that it is ripping off customers and developers, by charging $1500 for it Glass when a teardown suggests the components are worth…