When a pipe bursts or a gas line starts hissing, you do not want to be standing in ankle‑deep water or smelling gas while you ...

Some plumbing problems definitely call for pro-grade expertise, but fixing a water shut-off valve leak isn’t one of them. Here, we aren’t talking about leaking from the connection between the valve ...

Input devices that can handle rough and tumble environments aren’t nearly as varied as their more fragile siblings. [Alastair Aitchison] has devised a brilliant way of detecting inputs from plumbing ...

We’ve all been there: a leaky faucet that you keep meaning to fix, or that strange gurgling sound coming from the toilet that ...