In the world of gardening, regulating critical assets such as light can yield vast benefits for your efforts. Utilizing these elements to autoregulate light in your garden is a prime benefit linked ...

Not satisfied with the handheld remote control for his outdoor patio lights, [timabram] decided to build an automatic timer using an ESP8266. He’s using a set of string lights from Costco, but as you ...

So I’ve gotten a lot better at turning out the lights when I’m not in the room. I’ve still got some work to do in terms of turning off power strips when I’m not using appliances though. I was thinking ...

A Texas-based software architect has brought the dream of a “smart home” one step closer with his automated sunrise / sunset timer for holiday light displays. “I have always used simple mechanical ...

This ambient LED light designed by Jasper Hou is powered by a mechanical timer in the base. After giving the base a twist, the timer gradually releases its energy, powering the LED light as it unwinds ...

When [Todd Harrison’s] Christmas lights stayed on well past the pre-defined shut off time, he knew there was something wrong with the timer. He took the device into his workshop and spent some time ...