The Center for IOT Engineering and Innovation (CIEI)'s mission is to enable and facilitate the research and development of IoT solutions for a wide range of domains, from environmental monitoring to ...

Due to historical engineering decisions made many decades ago, a great many irrigation systems rely on solenoid valves that ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Smart sprinkler controllers might sound like a niche product at first, but when you consider the fact that Americans use millions of gallons ...

LAS VEGAS — As global water scarcity becomes an increasingly urgent concern, the technology on display at CES 2026 is shifting toward smarter, more sustainable resource management. Among the ...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

Google says the claims about training Gemini AI with users' emails from Gmail are false. Credit: Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images You may have seen the now-viral warnings that Google is ...

When I came across the term placeholders that related to the home, it made me think about my own pieces that fit this description. It could be a chair that doubles as a nightstand until the right one ...

Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Technology, no matter how advanced it is, is never perfect. With every type of smart device or gadget comes some sort of issue that users have ...

Smart farming technologies, like smart irrigation and targeted spraying systems, are helping farms reduce water use, burn less fuel and optimize fertilizer and pesticide applications. Those gains have ...