For years now, communities have been taking advantage of public lots to built community gardens, allotments, and other community spaces where those without room to garden at home can have a place to do so. These initiatives have been ...
Tags: community, community gardens, community-owned solar gardens
Three tax incentives that have relevance to the door, window and skylight industry were among the 55 allowed to expire at the beginning of 2014, but the glass industry isn't ready to write them off just yet. Ben Gann, director of ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
As rising energy bills anger British consumers, a government-led infrastructure project is sparking hopes that the public will soon be able to take more control over costs – by using smart meters. In a £12 billion project, 53 ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Instruments, Meters
Although children who feel good about themselves might thrive on praise from their parents or other adults, exaggerated compliments could have the opposite effect on kids with low self-esteem, researchers have found. Adults might ...
Tags: High Praise, Low Self-Esteem, Kids
As spending on gadgets flattens in a world obsessed with smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Show here hopes to be a launch pad for a new must-have device. From drones and smart cars to remote-controlled door locks and ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Internet of Things, Las Vegas, smartphones
Air conditioner is very important for summers. One cannot even imagine their life without the air conditioner in their room in summers. Moreover, if someone is living in some areas of Florida and it is the time of summers then it is ...
Tags: Air conditioner
November was wet and windy for many across the UK, leading to soaked streets, flooding and the risk of a terrible side effect: power outages. Once again, it is important to highlight the need for proper protection against water ingress into ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Power Supply
Corning Inc. plans to showcase the latest advancements in its Gorilla Glass and optical fiber cables at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The annual event is an internationally known showcase for new technology. ...
The Subaru BRZ is now available for purchase directly from dealerships for the first time since its Australian launch, though, its previous free servicing offer has been dropped. On sale in dealerships from January 1, 2014, the ...
Tags: Subaru BRZ, Toyota
Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 2.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 464,000 units in November 2013 from an upwardly revised strong pace of 474,000 units in the previous month, according to data released by the ...
Tags: new-home sales, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Late Friday afternoon, the CDC announced that a total of 14 persons (down from the 15 announced by California Department of Public Health on Thursday) infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Stanley have been reported from three ...
Tags: CDC, Salmonella Stanley, cashew cheese, food safety
A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
Tags: honey, Chinese honey, food safety
HRP-2 robots learn kitchen chores at the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab. Google has recently been in the news for its buying spree of robotics companies. Many people are excited about this and believe that this will greatly ...
Tags: robot, robotics technology, household chores
With 40 and 60-watt bulbs effectively banned on January 1st, consumers are left with two choices: LED (light emitting diodes) and CFL (compact fluorescent lamps). “Although CFL bulbs have come down in price, they have given lighting ...
Tags: Incandescent Bulb, LED
In many writeups of eco-friendly homes, particularly those built with carbon-neutral plans in mind, you'll read about how the setting was carefully chosen. Setting tends to matter when you're trying to take advantage of natural benefits ...