Private equity firm MPE Partners acquired Libertyville, Ill.-based electrical and mechanical control manufacturer Intermatic. The acquisition positions the manufacturer for growth in several areas, ...

We use our phones daily to communicate with people via text, phone call, email — you name it. But we are also guilty of wasting time on our phones. These little gadgets are time-sucking machines that ...

A Marengo County community is grieving the loss of a teenage girl killed in a deadly crash on Highway 80 Tuesday night. A man is in critical condition after being shot Wednesday in the parking lot of ...

Hillsborough's Extension Service has a program to help residents adjust their automatic irrigation timer. The on-site irrigation evaluation service is free for community and condominium associations ...

2024 Mechanical Water Timer with Brass Inlet: Sturdy construction, no more thread wear, just turn the knob and no need to worry about forgetting to turn off the water. High-flow design: Less flow loss ...

Japan plans to have a wider range of part-time workers join the kosei nenkin employee pension program by changing some rules, sources have said. Currently, companies with 51 or more employees must ...

Abstract: Observational learning is a promising approach to enable people without expertise in programming to transfer skills to robots in a user-friendly manner, since it mirrors how humans learn new ...

Abstract: Islanded DC microgrids are vulnerable to voltage instability caused by excessive power demand, which can adversely impact downstream consumers and disrupt overall microgrid operation.

More Arkansas farmers are taking advantage of a pilot program that began in Arkansas in 2020 to put well timers on pumps used for irrigation, combining corporate support for greenhouse gas reduction ...

As a new teacher, I kept my distance from classroom timers. I didn’t think they fit my image as a young high school humanities teacher smitten with the messiness of philosophy and literature. I ...