A smart home includes high-tech heating and lighting systems and appliances that can be controlled remotely with a phone or a computer. The term "smart home" only recently entered the lexicon of folks ...

A smart home is a residence equipped with advanced automation systems, allowing remote control and management of IoT-connected features such as security, lighting, temperature, entertainment systems, ...

After more than a decade of accumulating smart plugs, speakers and sensors, I realized parts of my setup were quietly ...

Are you ready to step into the future with your house? Smart home technology is revolutionizing the way we interact with our ...

Smart technology refers to devices, systems, and applications that utilize artificial intelligence, internet connectivity, and sensors to collect data, make decisions, and perform automated tasks.

If a smart city is defined as a civilization that uses technology to support the community, then the origins of this concept date back at least to the Neanderthals. While the concept has, of course, ...

Really well-researched article about Chicago as a smart city ("Redrawing the American City") in the latest edition of Onearth, published by the Natural Resources Defense Council. The focus of the ...

Smart contracts are the worker bees of blockchain technology. Most of the programs that run on blockchains–ranging from financial exchanges to games–are decentralized applications (dapps) that are ...

When it comes to cryptocurrencies and blockchains, there's a lot of talk about smart contracts. But what are they, exactly? The overnight ascension of cryptocurrencies has thrust an entirely new ...

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