A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created a new breakthrough in ...

Honestly, the best thing you can do to control your lights at home is to replace your light switches. Right now, you can get ...

If you're keen on smart home accessories, you might have a wireless smart switch in your home. However, many homes will still use traditional light switches, most of which will make a clicking sound ...

USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than ...

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The work, reported in Nature Photonics, introduces a new way of routing light in nonlinear systems—meaning systems that do not require switches, external control, or digital addressing. Instead, light ...

Derek Richardson knows how to handle himself around a junction box. He earned an electrical engineering degree in the late 1990s and then worked for the company that made Blackberry devices. But some ...

Smart lights are great, allowing you to control them remotely so you don’t have to get out of bed to shut off that living room lamp you forgot about. But smart bulbs kind of suck because they need to ...

Managing the complex systems of the modern home can become pretty tricky. While mowing the lawn and hanging pictures on the wall are relatively straightforward tasks, plenty of additional ...