The Right Way to Put Out a Kitchen Fire

If you spend any appreciable amount of time in the kitchen you will, at one point or another, be confronted with a kitchen fire. Dumping buckets of water on the situation is almost never a great idea, but luckily Bon Appetit has some tips on how to prevent and handle various kitchen fires.

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Control Arduino-Powered Blinds With An Alexa Voice Command

We’ve previously covered how cool automatic blinds are
. And we know the Amazon Echo is pretty awesome
. This hack puts them together to use an Alexa voice command to open and close your blinds.

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Anker’s New PowerHouse Aims to Replace Your Generator, and You Can Save $100 On Yours Today

Anker has continued its inexorable march towards producing anything that includes a battery with the release of the new PowerHouse electric “generator,” and you can save $100 on yours for a limited time.

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Valle Verzasca, Switzerland by SabineKlein by SabineKlein

Valle Verzasca, Switzerland

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Candela light by Francisco Gomez Paz combines eco-friendly fuel with LEDs and a phone charger



Milan 2016: conceived as a technological update to the traditional oil lamp, Candela uses a 17th-century scientific discovery to create electricity out of heat. (more…)

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Selected Photos: Rain Forest in Wa. by TGJohnston http://flic.kr/p/ztmoAi

Rain Forest in Wa. by TGJohnston http://flic.kr/p/ztmoAi

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Varenna: the other side by sebdamore by sebdamore

Another picture of Varenna. Small town on the lake of Lecco

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Myanmar. Novice learning the lesson by CarlosCass by CarlosCass

Un novicio estudiando en un templo de Birmania, allí, en la mayoría de las escuelas un pupitre es un lujo…

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