Category: Lifestyle
How to improve your home’s air with smart gadgets
Indoor air quality is important, but until recently, it was difficult to know how many contaminants like dust and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), were in your …
Does your relationship rest on the quality of your sleep?
Does the way you sleep with your partner correlate with how happy your relationship is? Of all the things that couples share with each other – …
What would you give up for a better night’s sleep?
Millions of Americans have trouble sleeping. In fact, the Cleveland Clinic estimates that 70 million Americans fall into this category. Troubled sleep can range from tossing …
The cost of insuring a lab-made vs. a mined diamond
Pressure and heat, applied over millions of years, turns carbon into diamonds. These days, humans in labs can do the same. Man-made diamonds and “natural” diamonds …
The 15 most expensive U.S. natural disasters since 1980
When a natural disaster comes our way, we can feel powerless to its effects. And those effects don’t just hurt our hometowns, but our pockets as well. 2017 …
The 5 best gadgets to up your coffee game
For those of us who run on caffeine, a cup of coffee is an essential part of nearly every morning. The process of making coffee, usually …
Digital health devices are coming to your home
Tech tools can give you more control than ever over your sleep, skin care and home remedies. New devices are working their way into the kitchen, the …
Renovating? Here’s what to consider when planning your budget
When talking to homeowners about the cost of renovation, you quickly learn that everyone has a story, and most of them are punctuated with a headache. …
Strange things you can be fined for in every state
There are a ton of laws in America — some of them obvious, some of them not so obvious. While in some states you can own …
9 ways Amazon Alexa can help you in the kitchen
Between playing music, reading the news, sounding morning alarms and playing games, the Amazon Echo smart speaker and its Alexa assistant can be useful all over …
10 simple things every leader needs to stop doing
I’ve spent my entire life turning struggling companies around. After working with dozens of organizations, I’ve begun to see the patterns that led to their challenges. …
How to make your air conditioning smart with apps and Alexa
Summer may be winding down, but it’s not over just yet. At GearBrain, our attention is still focused on keeping the smart home cool and comfortable. …
14 smart home devices to save you money
As fun as it is to switch lights on with your voice, activate your robotic vacuum cleaner and talk to the postman through a video doorbell, …
How to deal with a terrible college roommate
Your freshman college roommate is often the first and most important relationship you form at school. But it’s a crapshoot. This person might become a lifelong …
Let Google Home help you sleep with these soothing ambient sounds
At GearBrain we have have already talked about how Alexa and other smart home gadgets like Philips Hue lights can be used to wake you up …
8 money moves for when you expect one baby … but find out you’re having two (or three)
Planning for the financial impact of a single baby is challenging. But if you just learned you’re having twins, triplets or more, you may be wondering …
6 ways to pamper your pup for National Dog Day
It’s safe to say life wouldn’t be as wonderful, or active, without your dog. For all the love they give, dogs don’t ask for much in …
The dos & don’ts of buying at a wholesale club
Because I write about smart shopping, you’d think that I’d be adept at shopping in all forms. Not always! As a new member of Costco, it …
6 smart light platforms for transforming your home
Along with smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home, a common first step into the smart home world is lighting. These LED bulbs connect …
Millennials in the workplace: What do they love?
Written by: Jeff Revoy
When conducting a job search, millennials often scroll down to see the perks a company offers before reading the general description. They’ll likely search for the company on …
How to keep your job when you’ve totally screwed up
Alejandro got his first job out of college in 2009 as an associate buyer at a grocery store warehouse in Louisiana. He was responsible for ordering …
5 grocery shopping hacks every smart shopper should know
Grocery shopping isn’t fun, like shopping for clothes or gifts. We tend to form habits around our weekly shopping outing – finding the closest store and walking …
17 Things You Didn’t Know About Left-Handed People
Left-handed people, who account for roughly 10 percent of the world’s population, experience distinct challenges, benefits, and quirks of daily life that most right-handed people usually …
Amazon Alexa can now wake up with music. Here’s how
“Alexa, wake me up before you go-go.” Amazon Alexa can add an alarm clock to her list of tricks, able to wake people up with music …
5 summer apps to keep you safe outdoors
Summertime is the perfect time to head outdoors. The extra long days provide ample opportunity to explore the woods, head to the beach or even train …
Adulting isn’t easy — but these 12 things can help
Millennials get a bad rap (full disclosure: I am one). In fact, we get dragged for a lot. We’re apparently ruining the housing market, living at …
What ‘smart dust’ may mean for your home and health
Chips are meant to be thin and small — but rarely can they be sprayed from an aerosol can. Yet that’s exactly the size of new …
Celebrate National Root Beer Float Day with these adult variations
Root beer floats are delicious treats all by themselves, but with National Root Beer Float Day falling on a Monday this year, we thought that some …
Installing automated smart blinds in your home: 5 options to consider
It’s one thing to have your lights, music, and television switch on with voice commands or the tap of a smartphone app, but to give your …
These 10 companies are racing to make the flying car a reality
Not long ago, the idea of traveling by flying car was pure science fiction. The Jetsons made the concept famous, but turning such a machine into …
