The "self-healing" grid automatically isolates outages and reroutes power, often possibly restoring service within seconds.

A team of researchers in Singapore has come up with a tiny, micrometer-thin battery that can store energy from human tears to power smart contact lenses. If inventors ever arrive at a viable prototype ...

A new software feature in iOS 26 called Adaptive Power also contributes to improved battery life. It's enabled by default on ...

As power outages become more frequent due to severe storms and an aging power grid, investing in a reliable home standby ...

Although great strides are being made in the field of "smart" contact lenses, one challenge remains – how do you safely and discreetly power the things? Singaporean scientists may have the answer, in ...

At CES, we saw Samsung show off a TV remote that powers itself with nearby wireless waves, eliminating the need to even have a battery. While our own A/V Editor Phil Nickinson is skeptical about the ...

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Home Assistant can be a great way to connect all your smart home devices and even save some money in the process, thanks to ...

Rhode Island Energy, the state's largest utility, is well underway on their $153 million program to install approximately 540,000 smart electricity meters around the state.

Whether you’re looking to cut down on your electricity bill or liberate yourself from your local power grid, solar arrays have always been an attractive option for a certain type of homeowner. And in ...

Regrettably, I won’t get to live in a Skypad in a vertical city above the clouds like Jane Jetson in my lifetime (or have the cleaning support from Rosie), but I can see the edges of that reality ...