Try before you buy (a house) with Realstir
San Diego-based startup Realstir allows you to try before you buy your house.
Weekend Workshop: Caffeinate in style with this DIY cold-brew coffee drip tower
Who doesn't love cold-brew coffee? Build your own Arduino-powered cold-brew drip tower in a matter of hours with this simple, comprehensive walk-through.
Amazon opens Dash buttons to developers with its AWS IoT
Amazon is looking beyond products and towards services instead, introducing a limited release of the new Amazon Web Services Internet of Things Button
This chair is totally biodegradable and made of mushrooms
Terreform ONE unveiled its design for the "Mushroom Chaise," described as a futuristic lounge chair made completely from biodegradable mushrooms.
How to find out if there’s lead in your home water supply
With the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, bubbling over, concerns over lead poisoning are sky high. Here's how to easily check your home water supply for lead.
Alexa, unleashed: Take your Amazon Echo on an adventure with this battery pack
The Battery Base from Mission Cables gives the Amazon Echo power for six hours, making it portable.
Want voice control over your smart home’s sprinkler system? Just ask Alexa
Making your smart home even smarter is a new collaboration between GreenIQ and Amazon Echo
Acanvas streaming picture frame will recharge itself to keep your photos on display
Forget the awfully poor digital photo frames of old, the Acanvas cord-free streaming platform is the last interactive picture frame you'll ever need.
This Apple patent could lead to a much smarter smart home
Apple's current smart home products are largely based on HomeKit, but if this patent is anything to go by the company is looking into ways to expand.
You can now use Alexa on your phone through an app called Roger
If you've been itching to use Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa, on your mobile device, there's now a solution, and its name is Roger.
You can now track your Amazon packages simply by asking Alexa where they are
Amazon's Alexa has a new skill: tracking your Amazon packages.
Look out, Amazon! Nest open-sources OpenThread to snag more IoT partners
It seems as though Nest is hoping to build a Nest-led smart home ecosystem -- the company has just open-sourced its Thread framework.
Hands on: WeBoost Eqo signal booster
The WeBoost Eqo cell phone signal booster claims to provide "up to 32x better cellular coverage indoors" for those who have bad reception. We tested it out.
Is your neighbor illegally hosting on Airbnb? Tell on them, says Paris
Paris is giving a whole new meaning to acting neighborly, asking residents to tell on one another for violating Airbnb regulations.
Next-gen clean water filter finally compact enough for the home
WaterO is offering a brand new water to filter your water, without the need for a bulky or costly installation and it's smart too.
South Korea’s smart garbage cans know how much waste you toss and charge accordingly
To curb food waste, South Korean municipal authorities have implemented RFID chip readers on trash cans to deter residents from careless disposal.
Breathe cleaner air indoors, thanks to uHoo
The uHoo air detector works inside buildings, providing real-time alerts to a wide range of hazardous substances in the air.
New wireless charging tech may enhance your next phone, thanks to FCC approval
Truly wireless charging could be on its way thanks to the FCC's recent approval of an early version of Energous' wireless charging tech.
Smart home camera gives Canadian man front-row seat to fiery demise of his house
While evacuating the Fort McMurray wildfire, town resident James O'Reilly and his wife watched as their home burned down via a smart home security camera.
iOS 10 could finally come with a ‘Home’ app for all your HomeKit needs
Recent reports suggest that iOS may finally be getting a comprehensive HomeKit app to bring together everything on Apple's smart home platform.
Springfree Trampoline featuring Tgoma encourages kids (and adults) to get bouncing
Springfree, the "world's safest trampoline" now comes with an app that turns the whole jumping experience into an interactive gaming system.
Sweet Home, Chicago: Roomi wants to help you find roommates in the windy city
Extra room in your apartment? Get Roomi to find new roomies (and make some extra cash).
This heated waterbed keeps you dry but makes you feel like you’re floating
Starpool introduced its dry waterbed at the Salon del Mobile in Milan. It supposedly makes you feel like you're floating.
Could this massive, wind-powered skyscraper solve global warming?
Paolo Venturella Architecture says the key to cooling the globe is to build a skyscraper that extends toward the sun and guides hot air away from Earth.
Don’t buy an Echo just to talk to Alexa — download Lexi instead
Meet Lexi, the iOS app that lets you talk to Alexa directly from your iPhone.