How Do Hearing Aids Work? A Simple Overview

There are 28.8 million people in the United States alone who can benefit from using hearing aids, but only 16 percent of these individuals under the age of 70 have ever used one. Instead, many rely on other techniques or tools, including audio amplifiers and lip reading. Hearing aids are amazing pieces of technology that can make
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Getting Started With Blynk: Simple DIY IoT Devices

Blynk is an Internet of Things (IoT) service designed to make remote control and reading sensor data from your devices as quick and easy as possible. In this article we will cover exactly what Blynk is, how it works, and provide two short example projects on different uses of the service with NodeMCU and Raspberry Pi
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How to Pick the Perfect Simple Phone for Parents or Grandparents

The young rule the digital age. It’s fascinating to watch children born in the last few years take to a tablet like it’s nothing, and most folks in their 20s and below know how to work a smartphone with little help. However, this isn’t always true for those of older generations. Some people still use
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7 Simple Steps to Diagnose a Network Problem

Of all the types of problems you can have with your computer, network issues might be one of the worst. Though our computers can do a lot offline, being cut off from the internet isn’t fun. Even worse, when you can’t get online, you can’t easily research fixes for your problem. Let’s step through the
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Simple Ways to Automate Your Ceiling Fan

Created by German inventor Phillip Diehl, electronically-controlled ceiling fans arrived in 1882. While ceiling fan styles and features have changed significantly in the past 130 years, their primary operation has remained the same until now, with the introduction of smart home technology. In this article, we take a look at the hottest smart ceiling fan
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