That random chirp at 2:13 a.m. is enough to make a grown man question his life choices. You changed the battery. You pressed the test button. You even stood on a chair in your socks, squinting at the ...

The RSA-400 looks like your ordinary, everyday smoke detector. The included Roost Smart Battery enables it to connect to your Wi-Fi network, and that’s how it sends alerts to your smartphone if the ...

The first time most people hear the quiet chirp of a smoke detector in the dead of winter, it feels like a minor nuisance. It ...

LANCASTER - When Charlotte Tipton's smoke alarm started going off, she assumed the battery was old. Instead, she discovered it was the alarm itself that was out of date. "It's kind of scary when the ...

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Adding smarts to smoke detection can feel like walking a treacherous path. Old-fashioned smoke detectors have served as a fine warning system for a long time. Yes, between false alarms and low-battery ...

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" smoke and CO2 detectors can do all sorts of clever things, such as notifying absent homeowners via their smartphone if the alarm goes off. However, what if you’ve already got a perfectly good ...