Published on April 4, 2025, 5:32 a.m.

For millions of renters and condo owners, the "Smart Home" has long been a forbidden fruit. Lease agreements and Homeowner Asso…

Published on Feb. 5, 2025, 3:36 p.m.

For decades, the "spare key under the doormat" was the universal backup plan. It was convenient, simple, and catastrophically i…

Published on March 11, 2025, 11:31 a.m.

Parenting has always been an exercise in divided attention. The cognitive load of managing a household while ensuring the safet…

Published on Feb. 22, 2025, 11:58 a.m.

In the architecture of the modern office, glass walls and open floor plans dominate visually. But acoustically, these design ch…

Published on March 27, 2025, 12:27 a.m.

In the rush towards the "Smart Home," the industry has largely pivoted towards algorithms. Devices like the Nest Learning Therm…

Published on Dec. 12, 2024, 5:37 a.m.

For the past decade, our relationship with the digital world has been defined by the "head-down" posture. To access information…

Published on Dec. 12, 2024, 5:48 a.m.

The dream of the "giant screen" has always been constrained by physics. To have a 140-inch display, you traditionally needed a …

Published on Jan. 16, 2025, 9:26 a.m.

The history of lock design is a history of visible fortification. From the heavy iron bars of medieval castles to the bulky bat…

Published on April 4, 2025, 5:43 a.m.

The evolution of residential security has traditionally been a visual affair. For decades, the robustness of a lock was signale…

Published on Jan. 25, 2025, 12:17 p.m.

In the hierarchy of home electronics, the power strip is often relegated to the bottom rung—a utilitarian necessity usually hid…