ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
11 Best Portable Power Stations
Having a portable power station with you is crucial for comfort, productivity and safety when you are on the go. Whether you are in the great...
Energy & Other Home Systems
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
10 Best Solar Power Banks
A drained phone, tablet or laptop battery can be a problem, especially if you’re off the grid. But, if you have a good solar power bank, running out...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
10 Best Solar Chargers
Solar chargers can be useful if you need to power your electronics while you are off the grid. But the benefits don’t end there. Most solar chargers...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
3 Devices That’ll Protect Your Home from Severe Weather
Many people believe a severe weather event will never happen to them. Unfortunately, the facts beg to differ. According to a recent study from...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs)
Can solar consumers make SRECs work for them? When solar enthusiasts talk about financing residential solar systems, the talk frequently turns to a...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
BONE Structure and DBA Architecture demonstrate the future of home building & design at the Dwell on Design Show
BONE Structure® and Dan Brunn Architecture (DBA Architecture) will demonstrate the future of home building and design at the upcoming Dwell on Design...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Wireless Charging for Electronics
Wireless charging provides a convenient, safe, and dependable way to charge and power millions of electrical devices at home, or at work. By removing...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
BAS or EMS: Which Is Right for Your Facility?
There is much confusion regarding the differences between a Building Automation System (BAS) and an energy management system (EMS). Although many...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
UPDATE – Light sockets; Not just for lights anymore
The Edison screw (ES) is the standard socket for light bulbs. It was developed by Thomas Edison and was licensed in 1909. In North America and...
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New Flight: Despite Hurdles, Drones Are Taking Off
“I take up a compass heading of 65 degrees out of New York, keep correcting the heading every 100 miles.” – Charles Lindberg, “The Spirit of St...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Outdoor Digital Menu Boards: The Move From Static to Digital
Imagine this – you visit your local quick service restaurant (QSR) drive-thru and instead of seeing your standard static signage within a protective...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Flood and Leak Protection for the Smart Home
Tell us about DynaQuip. DynaQuip Controls Corporation, now in our 77th year, continues our long standing commitment to designing and manufacturing...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Wide Color Gamut Displays Bring Opportunity and Some Concerns
The UHD-TV specification calls for a new color gamut, the so-called 2020 gamut. It expands the RGB primaries to the edge of the spectral locus to...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Putting Drones to Work in Pro AV
Post courtesy of the InfoComm Show Blog: Who wouldn’t want to program the path of a drone and stream its 4K footage to their mobile device? Sure you...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Modern Residential Lighting Control
Mechanical On/Off switches used throughout most homes are simple, reliable and about as old as Thomas Edison himself. The advent of dimmers made mood...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Z-Wave Labs Applications Open In First Ever Global Z-Wave IoT Competition
What is the Alliance hoping to accomplish with Z-Wave Labs? We see Z-Wave Labs as a way to accelerate innovation on the Z-Wave platform and lower the...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Why is the so-called Smart World still So Stupid
Have you heard? The Smart Home will change everything. The Smart Home will revolutionize how the electronic and technology industries function in the...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
CENTRALITE ANNOUNCES PRODUCT COMPATIBILITY WITH PEOPLE POWER ECOSYSTEM
MOBILE, AL (April 4, 2016) – CentraLite Systems, a leading provider of products that enable a connected world, announces that its Pearl Thermostat...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
How Small Can You Go Pico Projectors
What is a Pico projector? This popular innovation in projectors has come about due to the capabilities of smart phones, personal digital assistants...
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ISC West and Video Mount Products
Tell us a little bit about Video Mount Products. Founded in 1994 to supply a small group of distributors with a limited offering of CRT mounts for...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
The Smart Home Library – The Summary Table
Here is a table so you can compare some of the current smart home systems. The information here has been provided by the manufacturers. As you can...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Wireless Communication Standards for the Internet of Things
For the sake of argument and to keep it simple, I have left out the cellular standards, although we do recognize that they do play an important role...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
Smart Thermostats from Honeywell
Tell us about some of the “Smart Thermostats” that Honeywell is now offering. Honeywell’s latest is the Lyric thermostat (priced at...
ENERGY & OTHER HOME SYSTEMS
The Future of Wireless Energy Transfer
As the Earth’s population continues to grow, the demand for electricity will outpace our ability to produce it and transmit it around the world...