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The Ultimate Smart Homes Quiz
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If you're so smart, why would you need a smart home? The answer is for a variety of reasons, including saving energy costs, personal safety, even greater comfort. Take this quiz and see the smartest things in homes.
Power Loom: An Essential Industrial Revolution Invention
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The power loom was one of the most significant inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Learn more about the mechanized device that transformed the textile industry.
How Indoor Automatic Composting Systems Work
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Indoor automatic composting systems help reduce the amount of waste that goes into the trash. Learn about indoor automatic composting systems.
How Baxter the Robot Works
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Baxter the Robot is a careful and friendly robotic coworker. Learn about the manufacturing robot Baxter.
What Is An IDE? Exploring Integrated Development Environments
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Want an all-encompassing software suite that combines the basic tools developers need to write and test software? Then you need an integrated development environment (IDE). But what is an IDE, exactly, and how does it work? Read on to find out!
Twitter Cracks Down on Bot Abuse
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Twitter's crackdown on bulk tweeting focused on bots, which generate many of the network's tweets. Learn more about Twitter bots at HowStuffWorks.
How Car Washes Work
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Thinking about scraping those bugs off your windshield? Wish someone else would do it? Take a ride through an automatic car wash and see how it makes your car shine.
How Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Works
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IVR, or interactive voice response, is a new technology that many of us use everyday. Learn more about IVR at HowStuffWorks.
What Is CNC Machining?
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Nearly everything you use in your life was touched by a CNC machine tool. Don't know what a CNC machine tool is? We'll explain.
How Much Do You Know About Farm Equipment?
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People think of farming as the simple life, but the equipment is anything but simple! From the basics to the fiercely complex and stupendously pricey, how well do you know the tools of the farmer's trade?