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Lawn Irrigation Gets Smarter With water costs rising across the country, new controls are valuable in reducing wasted water, making plants healthier and saving money.   |
Home Toys
April 2006
John Johnston |
Home Weather Station - Toy or Necessity A home weather station measures the ambient weather that defines a homeowner's microclimate. With that information and a connection to the Internet, various home automation systems can control some home functions in a near immediate response to changes in the weather. |
This Old House
Sal Vaglica |
The Smartest Irrigation Controller You Can Buy The Eve smart controller aims to make irrigation both easier and smarter, and my sprinklers could use a boost of both. |
Home Toys
December 2003 |
Personal Weather Stations -- A Home Toy that "Works" Solar powered, wireless weather stations that "look good" and have a full range of Plug-and-Play OEM-approved and supported software drivers for most home automation control systems can be purchased for around $2,000. |
Home Toys
August 2003
Bob Hetherington |
Touchscreen Wireless Weather Station from La Crosse Technology The system keeps track of indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, wind direction and velocity, solar intensity and rainfall. All of these variables are displayed on a very elegant touchscreen panel that can be wall mounted or set on a table. |
Popular Mechanics
April 22, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Who Owns the Rain? Hint: It's Not Always Homeowners While rain may seem like a global common, nowadays it depends on where you live: By capturing rainwater, some homeowners are breaking the law. |
Popular Mechanics
June 1999 |
Rain Makers Watering effectively with a sprinkler is a simple, multistep process. First, choose a sprinkler that allows you to water as much area as possible without relocating it... |
This Old House
Roger Cook |
Smart Sprinkling When the skies are cloudless and the days are hot and long, you can help your lawn and garden survive by watering wisely |
Popular Mechanics
October 27, 2009
Adam Hadhazy |
How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis As California withers through a third year of drought, state lawmakers have been recalled to Sacramento for a special legislative session to try and squelch a decades-in-the-making water crisis. |
