Summer is just around the corner, and managing your window blinds is an important step to keeping your house cool and lowering your energy bill. If you don’t want to be bothered to get out of your ...

If you live in a place where sunrise and sunset varies a lot throughout the year you know that setting up an automatic lighting system in your home (or garden) is a pain. DIYer Paulo Renato's solution ...

Over the last decade, the open-source movement has not only transformed the world of software, but also catalyzed a sweeping revolution in hardware tinkering. At the heart of this shift lies a ...

Here's an instance of NFC technology that's more exciting than yet another tap-to-pay scenario. Google employee Paul Carff combined a Motorola Xoom running ICS with an Arduino microcontroller to ...

Uses a pump, soil-moisture sensor, and water switch to automatically water up to 4 plants when you load the Arduino program. Gain practical knowledge at the nexus between hardware and software. Works ...