Scientists have found that a portion of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, the world’s largest ice shelf and an important contributor to future global sea level rise, is melting 10 times faster than the rest of the shelf, according to a new studypublished in the journal Nature Geoscience. The melting, the […]
Food tech entrepreneurs and appliance manufacturers have tried to answer the same question for years: How can we use the Internet of Things to make it easier to figure out what’s for dinner? At first, the answer came in the form of adding Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and near-field communication to appliances […]
Amazon announced a new set of security cameras designed to keep your home safe. The online retail giant unveiled the Ring Stick Up Cam at an event in Seattle on Thursday morning. The camera, which will sell for $180, comes in both wired and battery-powered versions for indoor and outdoor use. […]
Scientists at USC and Caltech may have taken a big step toward storing and neutralizing carbon in the deepest recesses of the ocean without harming coral or other organisms. It all revolves around calcium carbonate, a molecule common to the oceans. For the first time, the USC-Caltech team precisely measured […]
Scientists have wondered for decades why marine animals that live in the polar oceans and the deep sea can reach giant sizes there, but nowhere else. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa zoology PhD student Caitlin Shishido, with UH researcher Amy Moran and colleagues at the University of Montana, went to Antarctica to test the prevailing theory–the ‘oxygen-temperature hypothesis’-that animals […]
Home security company Abode on Tuesday updated its app to offer customizable automations through a new software platform it calls CUE, or custom engine. CUE works similarly to the smart home service IFTTT. With IFTTT, you can set up integrations like, ‘If my security camera detects motion, then turn on my […]
New research suggests there’s a large untapped resource for many of the increasingly water-limited regions of the U.S. and around the world: brackish groundwater, which, in theory at least, would require much less energy to desalinate than seawater. The amount of brackish groundwater in the United States is about 800 […]
Home security comes in all shapes and sizes: traditional alarm systems, smart DIY kits, ‘Beware of dog‘ signs (regardless of veracity) and so on. Many of them are complex, expensive and/or difficult to install. Let’s hear it for simple, inexpensive solutions: For a limited time, Cheapskate readers can get two […]
Rapid changes in terrain are taking place in Canada’s high Arctic polar deserts due to increases in summer air temperatures. A McGill-led study published recently in Environmental Research Letters presents close to 30 years of aerial surveys and extensive ground mapping of the Eureka Sound Lowlands area of Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg […]
August may be working on a new doorbell camera and calling it the ‘August View’ according to a report from Zatz Not Funny. The report points to the fact that August recently trademarked ‘August View’ for wireless doorbell cameras. Smart home company August is best known for its Smart Lock […]