Need a hub to manage your automated devices and a 4G LTE router? Look no further than Verizon’s new SmartHub, a $200 hotspot that combines the best of both worlds. It’s available with Verizon Home, a subscription monitoring service. The post Verizon’s SmartHub packs 4G LTE and support for smart home devices appeared first on…
Home security firm Kuna Systems has debuted Kuna AI, a platform that allows its smart devices to identify vehicles almost instantly. Kuna AI can recognize a car’s color, make, and model in less than a second, and will match the vehicle to its owner over time. The post Pizza guy or assassin? Kuna AI recognizes…
Designed by Frank Drake and Carl Sagan to serve as a “interstellar greeting card,” NASA’s Pioneer plaques were shot into space 45 years ago. Now you can get a replica on Kickstarter.
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Summer is well on its way, whether you’re ready or not. Frigidaire has a new portable air conditioner for 2017, and at 12,000 BTU, it’s bound to keep you cool in even the hottest months of the year. The post Get ready for summer with the Frigidaire portable AC unit appeared first on Digital Trends.…
IFTTT, the platform that facilitates links between devices, websites, and apps, is making it easier to customize those connections. Now, developers can create entirely custom routines and make them publicly available.
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B&O Play makes headphones, speakers, and other musical products, but the team has now turned its attention to beer, and working with the Mikkeller brewery, it has been working to assess the affect music has on its taste. Yes, really. The post B&O Play gets crafty with its newest product, a music-infused beer appeared first…
How inefficient is your fridge? What’s the biggest energy suck in your home? The Sense Home Energy Monitor can tell you all in an easy-to-use app — and hopefully help you lower your electric bill.
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CatNani is a robot that will tirelessly guard the tabletops in your home, scaring off any cats that jump up using an ultrasonic warning or quick burst of harmless citronella spray.
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The World’s Smallest Garden is a small cylindrical device you place in the top of a regular bottle, which transforms it into a self-watering herb garden in seconds. Now available on Kickstarter.
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Described by its creators as a “Kinect for pets,” this smart laser toy combines a camera, computer vision algorithms, motion tracking, and AI to keep your cat or dog entertained while you’re out. The post What do you get when you combine AI, a laser pointer? The best cat toy ever appeared first on Digital…
Designers from the Bartlett School of Architecture have come up with an innovative new 3D-printing process that prints in a continuous stream of molten plastic. This futuristic throne is one result.
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Now that Danish company Dong Energy has put the finishing touches on 32 turbines in Liverpool Bay, the biggest and most powerful wind turbines in the world have started spinning, and thereby generating energy.
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Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can’t buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
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Google Assistant shortcuts shorten otherwise complicated, multistep commands to simple, memorable words and phrases. Here’s how to set them up on the Assistant, Google’s smart speaker, and more.
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Amid the worst housing crisis in California history, one innovative startup is offering a mobile solution. The Advanture Co. is a brand-new initiative to convert cargo vans into fully customized rolling homes The post Living in a van down by the river doesn’t sound so bad in a rig from Advanture appeared first on Digital…