A local nonprofit has added new solar panels to aid the community in the summer heat. Oakwood Arts, a Richmond-based ...

A simple blackout-prep question on Reddit is tapping into something many homeowners have probably wondered: Can a modest DIY solar setup actually keep a refrigerator running for a full day? In this ...

This is the second of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive ...

Going solar can be fairly expensive, which can be intimidating for first-time buyers. One way to save is to purchase budget-friendly panels. Beware, though: Sometimes the quality matches the ...

While it might seem intimidating, it’s actually fairly easy to come up with a decent estimate of how many kilowatt-hours your solar panels can produce each day. When making this calculation, keep in ...

Perhaps you’re dreaming of obtaining your home’s electricity without having to rely on that provided by your town or city. If so, you’re hoping to go “off the grid.” And if that’s your dream, you’ve ...

Abstract: A text detection method is proposed to help visually impaired persons to "see" bus route numbers in the text region on the bus panel. Because the bus will be moving, the proposed method ...