[Brian Harms] made his living room window blinds open and close automatically using servos, an Arduino, and a SmartThings Arduino shield. Best of all, it’s connected to his Amazon Echo so tha… ...

Designers consider window shades and blinds essential for many reasons. But there are so many options — how do you choose the right ones?

FOR anyone who has ever taken a flight to anywhere before, you might have wondered why it was that the flight attendants were so adamant about you keeping the window blinds open during take-off ...