From Wi-Fi-connected home security systems to smart toilets, the so-called Internet of Things brings personalization and convenience to devices that help run homes. But with that comes tangled ...

When we bought a not-quite-finished off-grid home about a month into the COVID-19 lockdown, my wife and I set out on an adventure in more ways than one. We decided it was the right time to begin the ...

Humans have harnessed the sun's energy for heat and light in various ways for centuries. From housing designs featuring thermal mass heated by the sun, to solar powered ovens and greenhouses, the ...

Portable solar panels neatly ride the line between fallback options during a power outage and convenient sources of electricity on the go. Solar power is the fastest growing source of electricity in ...

RVs and motorhomes are the perfect candidates for solar electricity. Not only is solar more eco-friendly and less polluting than gas generators, but it's much quieter. Anyone who's ever hunkered down ...

It is 70 years since AT&T’s Bell Labs unveiled a new technology for turning sunlight into power. The phone company hoped it could replace the batteries that run equipment in out-of-the-way places. It ...

The solar cells onboard were crucial, as batteries alone couldn't have sustained its operation for that long. While technological breakthroughs of this magnitude were sparse from the 1960s through the ...

David Firnando Silalahi's ongoing PhD study is funded by the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP). Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively ...

ISLAMABAD — Muhammad Zia ur Rahman got the idea to install solar panels on his house after he saw some going up on a mosque in his neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital city. The mosque had ...