Voice-controlled home automation is all the rage these days, but yelping at Amazon's Alexa or Google Home just doesn't do it for this diehard Zelda fan. Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced decided that the best way...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/03/19/Voice-Controlled-Home-Automation-with-the-Zelda-Ocarina/In the early 20th century, you could see exhibits at Coney Island featuring people with physical anomalies, cultural exhibits that were ”human zoos,” and premature babies in incubators. That may seem weird no...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/05/25/The-Coney-Island-Sideshow-That-Saved-Babies/Some major hoteliers are harnessing technology to cater to their guests without having to hire extra staff, and along the way, they can save room, time, and energy. If you’re used to doing everything with your phon...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/05/05/Five-Smart-Hotels-that-Take-Tech-to-the-Next-Level/The ongoing adventures of Eric and Karl . Part4. . "And then a boat, came sailing towards him, it was a joy, he could not believe..." . Finally, he could get away from Karl and his scalding stares. He knew @karlholtbyp...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/03/15/Have-You-Seen-Eric/We set our thermostats down in the winter because we don’t want to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/11/The-Gates-of-Hell/Inspired by a flubbed prison escape, the Barkley Marathon is a ludicrously challenging 100-mile race only a handful of runners have completed. Finishing it twice? That's next to impossible.(Image credit: Flickr user Mi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/31/Uphill-Battle-The-Insane-Barkley-Marathons/The patern in the water pouring from the faucet pictured above looks too beautiful to be real, but it is all too real thanks to the use of two turbines in the spout. They not only make the water leaving the faucet look i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/13/7-Cool-Pieces-of-Tech-You-Can-Use-to-Make-Your-Home-More-Green/My house has a problem. The thermostat is in the dining room, adjacent to the new stairwell we built. Heat from the dining room is sucked upstairs, causing the thermostat to send out more heat. Meanwhile, the master bedr...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/11/08/Wristify-Heating-and-Cooling-Bracelet/(YouTube link) Each home has its unique persona... ...e personality, and its own face. This ad for NEST thermostats
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/13/happy-homes/The summer solstice came and went this past week, but it feels like Dog Days already! My garden has given us some fine tomatoes, which never happened before July before. The kids are bored and annoying because it is too...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/23/this-week-at-neatorama-108/