We weren't so sure when we heard you could use cat litter to help dehumidify a room. Our own Ron Baker puts this to the test ...

After a major water leak flooded my home, I realized alerts alone weren’t sufficient—I needed automatic shutoff. This project combines a hacked Gröhe Guard system, an Arduino Nano, an ESP32, and the ...

Building a smart home that serves your needs is easier with Home Assistant, and having the right mix of add-ons from the start makes the entire experience smoother. It gives you an incredibly ...

Abstract: This paper presents an intelligent, energy-efficient lighting system using the ESP8266 microcontroller. The system controls lighting based on ambient light and human presence, using an LDR ...

Abstract: This paper presents a cost-effective, reliable, and interference-free approach to designing and constructing a home automation system for controlling and scheduling electricity usage in a ...

The tides! Such a unique thing, because on Earth, we don’t just have oceans full of liquid water—we also have a big ol’ moon called Moon to pull them around. You might like to keep track of the tides; ...

Quantum computers of appropriate power are expected to break traditional public-key encryption such as ECC and RSA. Quantum computers that will be able to mount attacks on public-key cryptography are ...

While Valve’s Steam Controller was ultimately a commercial failure, there’s no denying it’s an interesting piece of hardware. With dual trackpads, a wealth of buttons, and Bluetooth capability, it ...