Steve Castle
Steve Castle’s fascination with technology began as a staff writer for luxury magazine Robb Report, where he reported on high-end home theater, and has grown to include home tech from smart home to green and emerging technologies. He has been writing about technology for 20 years.
Ready to toss your cable box? It could be what connects your smart home
With about 25 billion connected devices, can the lowly cable box become the hub of the smart home anfd the undisputed Internet of Things King? The cable companies would like that.
This brick-laying robot can build an entire house in 2 days flat
An Australian engineer has developed a bricklaying robot that can lay 1,000 bricks an hour, work 24/7, and complete the shell of a home in just two days.
Nest Protect users get insurance discounts, Big Data concerns
Liberty Mutual announced insurance discounts for customers in some states who use the Nest Protect communicating smoke and carbon monoxide detector.
How to use Siri to control Apple HomeKit
Apple has just released some Siri commands for you to use to control the few HomeKit-compatible devices available.
Toilet of the future is flush with solar power, sensors
Researchers at Caltech took seven high-tech steps to build the toilet of the future, including adding solar power and sensors.
The Sage RF cooking appliance is like a super-precise microwave
Freescale Semiconductor's new RF microwave oven concept uses radio frequency (RF) emitters instead of magnetrons to heat our goodies.
