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Many of today’s electronic devices are never truly “off.” Even when a device is in sleep mode, it draws some amount of power—and drains batteries. Could this power drain be smaller? In this article, Jeff addresses this question by looking at more efficient ways to for a system to “play dead” and regulate power.
increase font size Hiking in Maine: A sampler of cabin fever-reliever hikes on the coast, from York County to Lubec With the snow pretty much gone along the coast, these options allow a hiker to enjoy some welcome exercise and soak in some warm sun. By Carey Kish 8 of 8 A line of hikers files up the Beehive Trail near Sand Beach at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor in this file photo. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel The mountains may be choked with lingering winter snowpack, but along the coast from the beaches of York County to the pink granite peaks of Acadia to the bold headlands of...
The Best Outdoor Adventures in America Right Now By Jen Murphy © Mick Kelley We all crave these days what Thoreau called "the tonic of wilderness": vast space, no people, plenty to see and soak up. Here's where to find it in the USA. Henry David Thoreau, the American naturalist and philosopher, called our desire for big nature "the tonic of wilderness." We sure all need it now. Below are 21 great outdoor adventures—on the East coast, the West coast, the Midwest, and the South. We have organized them by degrees of physical difficulty involved: From almost none (Part 1, Ad...
Wake up in a wonderland in the Southwest Now that Under Canvas has glamping tents in the stunning parks of the Southwest , like this site near Arches National Park, there's no need for DIY if you’d really rather not. Courtesy of Under Canvas The only way to spend the night in the magically colored and contoured national parks of the Southwestern U.S. used to be basic DIY camping. No longer. When the pioneering glamping company Under Canvas opens its newest camp in April—on the edge of Canyon Rim Plateau in Lake Powell–Grand Staircase, on 220 acres of red, orange, and yellow land—y...