6 posts and columns on temperature

News Byte

Honeywell Sues Nest Labs Over Thermostat Tech

in News on February 6 at 8:32 am PT

Honeywell International Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Palo Alto-based Nest Labs, alleging that Nest, maker of a “smart” digital thermostat for the home, infringes on seven of Honeywell’s patents related to thermostat technology. The patents referenced specifically pertain to the thermostat’s mechanical user interface, controller interface, inner design and “simplified methods for operating and programming a thermostat.” Also named in the suit is Best Buy, which sells the Nest thermostat.

From iPods to Thermostats: Nest CEO and Founder Tony Fadell Speaks! (Video)

in News on November 29, 2011 at 11:02 am PT

What does the iconic music player have in common with the device you use to regulate the heat in your home? A lot more than you think.
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A Gadget for the Home Learns by Degrees

in The Digital Solution on October 25, 2011 at 10:40 am PT

Katie tests the Nest from iPod inventor Tony Fadell’s Nest Labs. Welcome to a thermostat that learns.
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Mobilized Doesn’t Work Well With a Fever, and Apparently Neither Does Your iPhone

in Mobile on April 11, 2011 at 11:50 am PT

Like a kid with a fever, Apple’s iPhone has its own way of telling you when it doesn’t feel well enough to operate normally.

Earth, Air, Firewater

in News on September 11, 2007 at 12:01 am PT

Fire safety tip: never try to douse a grease fire with water. Especially if it breaks out in John Kanzius’s laboratory. Because the water there may already be burning. While refining a radio-frequency cancer therapy he’d developed, Kanzius noticed that the treatment, which uses high-energy radio waves to destroy cancer cells that have been “tagged” [...]