The Give Love charity is helping to rebuild Haiti by using refurbished shipping containers as housing units for the many left homeless by the devastating earthquake in January. Patricia Arquette is just one of a few celebrities spearheading the Give Love movement. The...
For some reason I pictured the house of the future to have more rounded edges and moving parts--you know, sleek, curved furniture and conveyor belts to move you from room to room. But no. It's really just a house like yours and mine, with a few more wires, maybe. The...
Are you environmentally conscious and have a plot of land but no house? My Green Home in a Box may be the solution for you. Constructed with structural insulated panels (SIPs), it can be assembled by a licensed contractor in days. It has 965 square feet of...
Yesterday President Obama made it official: The digital TV switch will be delayed until June 12th, giving unprepared analog TV viewers four more months to upgrade their equipment so they won't be looking at a blank screen. Credit: Business Week
President Obama walked into his new office to find technological legacies of the previous administration: outdated software, no wireless networks and the prohibition of smart phones. Updating the technology will be a challenge as the files stored in the archaic...
The House voted yesterday to postpone the shutdown of analog TV signals to June 12, giving consumers four additional months to get ready for the transition from analog to digital broadcasting. The original date for the switch was to take place on February 17, which...
Panasonic’s newly released concepts for home design would excite even the Jetsons. The technology involved is truly amazing. Panasonic has already built a working model of their concept home in Tokyo, which is open to the public. Here are just a few of the amenities...
File this one under: Don't try this at home. New Zealanders, world-renowned for their crazy innovations like bungee jumping, have done it again. Check out one kiwi's creation: a hot tub which has a burner that heats water in about four hours—just enough time to cook a...
It's one of the best known scenes in American literary history. When Mark Twain's character Tom Sawyer wanted to get out of the chore of painting his fence, he tricked some local kids into believing that painting the fence was fun. I always thought this was a funny...
You can now turn your home's broadband connection into a public wireless hotspot, thanks to a deal made between Time Warner Cable and Fon, a WiFi provider. Time Warner broadband subscribers will soon be able to join the Fon community as a member and set up a Fon...
