Protect & Winterize Home Before Heading South: Tips for Snowbirds

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If you’re a snowbird who will be heading south soon to escape the cold winter months, here’s a list of steps you can follow to winterize your home and protect your property before you go. Investing the extra time to properly prepare and secure your home before you depart will free you from the worries of leaving an empty house and minimize … [Read more...]

Remote Monitoring System is Your Home Greenhouse “Babysitter”

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Sophisticated remote monitoring systems are used widely in commercial greenhouses to help growers maintain the right balance of temperature, humidity, light and soil moisture in order to optimize growing conditions. Affordable remote monitoring systems with similar functionality are also available for amateur gardeners who want to get the most out … [Read more...]

Power Failure Alarm Prevents Medical Emergency for the Hearing Impaired

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One night last month my elderly friend Barbara nearly died due to a power failure that that shut off her oxygen concentrator. Barbara suffers from emphysema and depends upon her oxygen machine to breathe. She also has severe hearing loss. So even though the oxygen machine’s power alarm sounded when the electricity went out, she was fast asleep … [Read more...]