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Wire you doing this to me? How I hid unsightly tech in my smart apartment

From the bulky plastic boxes of smart-home hubs to tangles of cords, not all tech is pretty. Interior design site Havenly gave us some tips on hiding our tech.
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We’d never leave home if we lived in this doozy of a dome

Smartdome Construction, based in Slovenia, makes transparent dome homes that can be easily taken apart and moved.
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Alexa is more illuminating when she lives inside the C by GE Sol lamp

C by GE Sol is an Alexa lamp, that is, a lamp with Amazon's voice assistant built in, so it can answer questions and provide lighting.
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This 1,000-square-foot luxury tent costs more than some houses

The Autonomous Tent costs $100,000 and is about as luxurious as you would expect for that price.
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Kirio creates smart homes from scratch, and they learn as you live

The Kirio home automation system helps your smart home learn everything about you the longer you live there.
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Kirio smart homes don’t just alert you to problems, they can fix them

Instead of homeowners doing the DIY smart-home thing, Kirio wants builders to include its hub when they build a new home, so it’s wired to everything.
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Nebia Shower Head review

Our Nebia Shower Head review explores the costs and benefits of showering in a water-saving mist.
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A language for legumes: Can the Internet of Food help us know what we eat?

Dr. Matthew Lange explains the Internet of Food and how it’s connecting everything in the food supply chain.
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Microwaves will be obsolete by 2027. Here’s what’s going to replace them

RF cooking could change the way you use microwaves and ovens in the very near future.
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Store your Dom Perignon and Beluga caviar in this $50K Dolce and Gabbana fridge

Smeg teamed up with Dolce amd Gabbana to make hand-painted fridges. After the $34,000 collection, there's now a new $50,000 line.
Nanoleaf Aurora Rhythm music visualizer

Capture rhythm and sound with Nanoleaf’s LED panel music visualizer add-on

The Nanoleaf Aurora Rhythm is a music visualizer module for the Aurora LED panels. It syncs the lights with your music and ambient sound.
Bruno Garbage Can

Got a pile of dust on your floor? This garbage can will suck it up

You know that little line of dust that you inevitably leave as you sweep debris into a dustpan? The Bruno garbage can could eliminate that forever, with a built-in vacuum that lets you sweep dirt right into it.
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Get your hands on the Nucli smart door lock, and it’ll open with your fingerprint

Westinghouse Nucli is a smart lock and doorbell in one, plus you can open it with your fingerprint. It will cost you $299 on Indiegogo.
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Crowdfunding conundrum: Why the magic device you backed may never show up

Kickstarter and Indiegogo are trying to minimize the long delays that often occur between campaign and product delivery.
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Any app can show recipes. Chef Tyler Florence’s teaches you how to cook

Tyler Florence is working on Innit’s micro-cooking app, which is more about technique instead of recipes.
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GE FirstBuild's Precision Bakeware will let you know when the brownies are done

GE FirstBuild baking pans use sensor technology to determine if you're brownies are done cooking. Then, it'll alert you via an app.
Miele Dialog Oven

Miele’s Dialog Oven promises perfect results thanks to electromagnetic waves

Miele's Dialog Oven use electromagnetic waves to cook food differently than any other oven, and it's both faster and easier.
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LG AS401WWA1 PuriCare air purifier review

After spending some time with the LG AS401WWA1 PuriCare Air Purifier, we have a review of how it works to clean your indoor air.
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See how food changes your smoothie’s nutrition with NutriBullet Balance

The NutriBullet Balance smart blender assesses the nutrition information of everything you add to your smoothie or shake.

These Halloween decorations are on freak

We rounded up some of the best Halloween decorations from years past. Check them out ... if you dare.
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The ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ cast talks power struggles at Comic-Con

The Fear the Walking Dead cast discussed the second half of Season 3 and showed a trailer at a press conference at San Diego Comic-Con.
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Connectivity is king: The smart home just took a crucial step forward at CES

There may have been smart, voice-controlled garbage cans at CES 2017, but the real smart home news was all the companies working together.
San Juan Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria is using status.pr to track its infrastructure recovery

Puerto Rico website is keeping track of the island’s re-emerging infrastructure

Status.pr is a website the Puerto Rican government set up so citizens can see how the recovery effort is going.
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Like this shirt? Finery suggests clothes like Spotify suggests songs

An interview with Finery founder and CEO Whitney Casey about the site that’s like a virtual closet for your clothes.
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Store your beer and charge your phone with Sobro — a high-tech coffee table

Sobro is a coffee table that pairs with your phone to play music and keeps your drinks cold in its refrigerated drawer.
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Meat me on the patio: Amazing grill setups

These amazing grill setups go way beyond just a single grill sitting next to the patio furniture. How hot is your barbecue?
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Perchance to dream? The Nora will stop your snoring before you wake anyone up

The Nora is a device you put under your pillow. When it hears your snoring, it inflates and repositions your head to make you stop.
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Temi is a home robot that follows you around, waiting to do your bidding

Roboteam’s Temi is a home robot that is smarter than telepresence bot and acts like a personal assistant on wheels.
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Google Home gets voice calling and the ability to put responses on your TV

Google Home got some cool new updates at the Google I/O 2017, like the ability to make phone calls and show visual information.
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‘Where can I shower?’ ROVA could help the homeless by keeping them connected

The ROVA app would help the homeless find shelter, food, and jobs, and Karen Addato’s Hi-Tech Rover program would also provide phones with the app enabled.
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Being 16 is just as hard as you remember in ‘Life Is Strange: Before the Storm’

We spoke to Life Is Strange: Before the Storm lead writer Zak Garriss about the relationship between Chloe and Rachel.
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Hungry for a gooey, cheesy Domino’s pizza? Just ask Alexa

Ask Amazon Echo to order you a pizza, and if you have it synced with your Domino's Pizza Profile, your Easy Order will soon be on its way.
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Everything you can do with your Amazon Echo Show

Alexa is adding new skills everyday, including those for the new Amazon Echo Show that take advantage of the device's touchscreen.
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‘The Magicians’ cast describes becoming a bunch of muggles at Comic-Con

The cast of Syfy's The Magicians talked to reporters about Season 3 at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, now that they don't have magic.