Month: April 2016

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Technology

The not-so-smart SmartThings Home Hub

OnHub, USB router, Hue Hub, and SmartThings Hub
SmartThings Home Hub

One of the most popular smart home controllers is SmartThings, especially the company’s newest hub, SmartThings V2. Interest in the hub was sufficient to attract the attention of Samsung, who bought SmartThings in August, 2014. Samsung recently touted SmartThings as the hub controller for many of its new smart home endeavors.

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Environment Legal, Laws, and Regs

Andy Johnson EPA Consent Decree

Picture of Andy Johnson's dam

Previous coverage here and here.  Andy Johnson created a “stockpond” by building a dam on a creek that is covered under the Clean Water Act. The EPA issued a violation to him for not getting a permit for unauthorized dumping in said creek. The solution outlined in the violation was to work with the agency to […]