Storing energy in red bricks
Imagine plugging in to your brick house.
Aug 11, 2020
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News tagged with home
Consumer & Gadgets
Samsung's home helper shaped like ball and rolled to CES
Samsung at CES showed its ball-shaped rolling robot that follows you around, beeps and performs tasks as your personal assistant. The company posted a video showing just how Ballie would help out in your home.
Jan 12, 2020 weblog
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Hardware
Cooking Raspberry Pi for the smart home
Researchers in India describe the potential of the low-cost Raspberry Pi computer to be used as a control system for home automation using the so-called Internet of Things. They outline details in the International Journal ...
May 12, 2020
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Engineering
Device tracks house appliances through vibration, AI
To boost efficiency in typical households—where people forget to take wet clothes out of washing machines, retrieve hot food from microwaves and turn off dripping faucets—Cornell University researchers have developed ...
Sep 09, 2020
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Engineering
Wearable brain-machine interface could control a wheelchair, vehicle or computer
Combining new classes of nanomembrane electrodes with flexible electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly control an electric wheelchair, interact with a computer or operate a small robotic ...
Sep 20, 2019
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Robert W. Gore, the inventor of Gore-Tex fabric, dead at 83
Robert W. Gore, whose invention of what created the breathable-yet-waterproof fabric known as Gore-Tex revolutionized outdoor wear and helped spawn uses in numerous other fields, has died. He was 83.
Sep 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Good news for rooftop solar, not for home batteries
The energy produced over the lifetime of typical rooftop solar panels more than makes up for the energy it takes to make, mount and then eventually recycle them. But adding a home battery usually lowers those dividends, according ...
Apr 09, 2019
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Researchers report 'Sweyntooth' vulnerabilities in 480 Bluetooth devices
Researchers from Singapore say they have found security flaws in more than 480 Bluetooth devices including smart home gadgets, fitness bracelets and medical instruments. The vulnerabilities, which were found in Bluetooth ...
Feb 25, 2020 report
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Energy & Green Tech
Energy efficient heat pump technology increases the value of homes in the U.S.
Launched this week in Nature Energy, a new study led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) researchers examines the cost of heat pump installation in American households and the effect on house prices and home values. ...
Oct 21, 2020
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Security
Design flaws create security vulnerabilities for 'smart home' internet-of-things devices
Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in "smart home" Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that allow third parties to prevent devices from sharing information. The flaws can be used to prevent ...
May 02, 2019
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