Can Smart Thermostats Ruin Your Furnace?
It may sound preposterous, but some people are afraid smart thermostats are bad for heating and air conditioning systems. Here’s the good news: You...
Best smart thermostat: Reviews and buying advice
The best smart thermostat will have an outsize impact not only how comfortable you are in your home, but also on your household budget....
Sinopé TH1120RF programmable line-voltage thermostat review: A smarter way to control baseboard heaters
Most of the smart thermostats we’ve evaluated—from the likes of Nest, Honeywell, and Ecobee—are low-voltage devices designed for central HVAC systems (even if not...
Build a Web Connected Thermostat with a Raspberry Pi and and an iPhone
Web connected thermostats are great, but they're expensive. If you want to make your own, blogger and engineer Nooganeer shows how to build one...
The Thermostat Continues
I’m too deeply buried in R&D right now to fully develop another article on my thermostat but here is some info to add to...
The Script
Regular reader will know about the script that Aidan Ruff and I originally developed to put Node-Red and several other packages onto the Raspberry...
Keen Home Smart Vents: The Perfect Temperature In Any Room
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every room of your home had the perfect temperature? This is a hard thing to accomplish since most standard...
5 Tips for Furnace Maintenance
Furnace maintenance tips to get you ahead of the heating season game.
Summer has officially come to an end, and the temperatures are steadily dipping....
Build a Web Connected Thermostat with a Raspberry Pi and and an iPhone
Web connected thermostats are great, but they're expensive. If you want to make your own, blogger and engineer Nooganeer shows how to build one...
ecobee Room Sensors™ vs. Nest Temperature Sensors
When we created the world’s first Room Sensor™, we introduced an innovative way for homeowners to help manage hot or cold spots, knowing that...
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The Very Best Smart Home Gadgets
The first smart home gadgets from a few years ago weren’t actually very smart, but times have changed, and there’s now plenty of good reasons...
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Being able to report incidents on the road, like traffic jams and accidents, has been a staple of Google-owned Waze for years,...
Hands-On With Apple’s New Second-Generation AirPods
Apple's second-generation AirPods, announced last week, started showing up on people's doorsteps this morning and also became available for purchase in Apple retail stores....
