And puzzled. The payment had come from Robertshaw, a maker of appliance parts based in Itasca. That made no sense to him. The company had been so cash-strapped just days earlier that it was on the ...

“Our goal was to create a metafluid that not only possesses these remarkable attributes but also provides a platform for programmable viscosity, compressibility and optical properties.

Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology proposed a pixelated programmable photonic integrated circuit (PICs) with record-high 20-level intermediate states of phase change ...

Today, you can buy the Google Nest Learning Thermostat for $200 instead of $250 so you save $50 off the regular price. A pretty great discount for this time of year, it’s perfect for ensuring ...

The first-of-its-kind metafluid uses a suspension of small, elastomer spheres—between 50 to 500 microns—that buckle under pressure, radically changing the characteristics of the fluid. The ...

Each degree you raise the thermostat equates to approximately a 2-3% decrease in cooling costs. Consider installing a programmable thermostat to allow automatic adjustments for higher temperatures ...

Installing one thermostat will be less expensive than installing multiple units. For manual and programmable thermostats, multiple units must be installed for zoning. With smart thermostats ...

This nifty thermostat is actually built from just a few off the shelf components. A Dallas DS1820 1-wire temperature sensor provides and an Olimex ATMega development board. If you’re not so ...

Each degree you raise the thermostat equates to approximately a 2-3% decrease in cooling costs. Consider installing a programmable thermostat to allow automatic adjustments for higher temperatures ...

Keep in mind that the thermostat is refurbished, so it might come with signs of wear, but it was serviced and given the thumbs-up to work properly. The installation is simple, and you can do it ...