16 Colleges Compete to Design the Perfect Solar Home
Next year will be the 8th Biennial Solar Decathlon, a contest organized by the U.S. Department of Energy. The contest pulls students from all over the world and has the contestants use their skills to...
View ArticleSecurity in the Internet of Things
In an ever-increasing digital age, security and privacy concerns are legitimately raised when it seems like anyone determined enough can find out anything about anyone, so it doesn’t help when our...
View ArticleTop Smart Light Bulbs on the Market
Looking for an LED bulb that does more than light up your room? There are a lot of options out there for smart light bulbs that connect to Wi-Fi and open up a wide range of possibilities to you. Here’s...
View ArticleHow Smart are Your Power Strips?
How advanced are your power strips? It’s not something you likely ask yourself on a regular basis, but not asking that question could be costing you an extra $200 every year. Whenever an appliance or...
View ArticleLEDs Fast Becoming Consumer’s Go-To Bulb
One of the points of contention pro-incandescent lobbyists had was that people should be allowed to choose the light bulbs they use. That the forcing through legislation to ban the manufacture and sale...
View ArticleAmazon’s Alexa Could Be Your Home’s New Personality
How will you interact with the home of the future? We all know the internet of things is not going away any time soon, and we will have to interact with a digital smart home someday. Digital...
View ArticleConserving Energy in the Digital Age of Currency
The digital age is upon us and it isn’t going away any time soon. We have converted our mountains of CDs and cassette tapes into seemingly endless playlists of MP3s on a single device. We stream movies...
View ArticleWirelessly Control Objects with Wearable Technology
It’s a revolution in digital technology: Wearable Tech. We’re not just talking about fitness trackers and smartwatches, no, we’re talking about adhesive circuit boards that allow you to wirelessly...
View ArticleProtecting the Grid from Outages
In a time where cyberattacks seem to be just as frequent if not more frequent than physical attacks, one has to wonder how we can protect our energy infrastructure from both threats. One threat that...
View ArticleHour of Code
In taking a break from the energy side of things, we’re looking into another important aspect that affects all of our lives: coding. Nearly every major electrical part of your life is affected by...
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