Definition smart home By Kinza Yasar, Technical Writer Sharon Shea, Executive Editor What is a smart home?A smart home is a residence that uses internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems, such as lighting and heating....
Sleep nudging.In this type of study, subjects are stimulated during various phases of sleep. For example, scientists have introduced the smell of rotten eggs and cigarette smoke to subjects while they are sleeping with the goal of decreasing their smoking habits. Temporary neural inhibition.In this...
As this technology moves from prototype to product faster and faster, these have become questions for all of us. But (spoilers!) I don’t have the answers. I can’t even tell you what AI is. The people making it don’t know what AI is either. Not really. “These are the kinds of...
I figured when the rest of the world saw the car, people would start to get it. Jaguar has been stagnant and flailing, as its attempts to compete with Mercedes-Benz and BMW in the more mainstream luxury market have failed. Recent efforts like the F-type and the XF were pretty, but th...
The modern mainstream promise is - the more we have the happier we will be. But, the moment we get everything we want, we just move the bar and want more. A blissful state of “having it all” dangling just within reach, but we are not quite there, not yet. It's interesting how...
What is “Grimdark”? “Grimdark” or the related “Blanchitsu” artistic terms refer to models or miniatures painted with descriptive adjectives, such as dark, drained, beaten, battle-worn, melancholy, foreboding, or heavy laden. The definition of “grimdark” has been a moving target over the...
Well, firstly, we need to know that all of these three concepts are about the resolution. HD is High Definition, and UHD means Ultra-High Definition. But what are the differences? HD means that the vertical resolution of a picture or a video reaches 720, or above, like 1080i, or 1080...
Money laundering is the practice of integrating the proceeds of criminal enterprises into the legitimate mainstream of the financial community. So, it’s all about making bad money appear legitimate. That is a simple and wonderful definition; however, I can hear you now: “So what?”“Big deal...
It is possible to be infallible for yourself in matters of doctrine — that is the definition of ‘faith’. I believe with all my heart that I am infallibly correct on matters of settled doctrine — but I also know in my heart that I am NOT infallible. Logically, I must content my...
It is possible to be infallible for yourself in matters of doctrine — that is the definition of ‘faith’. I believe with all my heart that I am infallibly correct on matters of settled doctrine — but I also know in my heart that I am NOT infallible. Logically, I must content my...