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Roost's new battery brings mobile brains to old smoke detectors (hands-on) The Roost Smart Battery packages Wi-Fi connectivity into a 9-volt package. Put it into your old smoke detector, and you'll ...

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A startup called Roost is developing a WiFi-enabled battery that listens for an alarm and sends a message to your phone when your smoke detector blares. Roost Whether it’s stumbling around in the ...

Smart thermostat company Nest has revealed its second intelligent home device, the Nest Protect, a WiFi-enabled smoke and carbon monoxide detector. Aiming to do the same for home safety as the ...

Other than when it starts repeating an ear-piercing chirp to signal the battery needs to be changed, the average person does not give much thought to smoke detectors. They might not be on top of our ...

The Harrisonburg Fire Department is encouraging residents to double check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms after it was found that some sold were not tested by Underwriters Laboratories. UL is ...