Professor saves home with smart sprinklers from 3,000km away

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By Nick SummersNov 29, 2015, 6:20 am415 pts
Deadly bushfires have swept across South Australia this week, destroying countless properties and natural spaces. One ingenious professor was able to save his rural home, however, by remotely activating sprinklers using a smartphone. Simon Maddocks,...

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