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Fujitsu’s Power Strip monitor’s your power usage
If you’ve been wondering how much power is being hogged by your computer, then you need to look no further. It measures the electric energy in each of the four sockets and helps users gauge how much they energy they are actually hogging up. It also has a scheduler for those who do not wish…
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Steorn’s Orbo is a Christmas miracle, gives more energy than it takes
In our ever engaging search for alternative energy sources, it’s possible that sometimes even a really oddball idea just might be dropped simply because it sounds a little vague or far fetched. Then again some turn out to be just that. But a company called Steorn have developed a device called Orbo which is designed…
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London gets a pavement that generates power with your steps
We had featured something by JR East some time back that promised that there would be a clean, resourceful source of energy in the future that would be pumped up by nothing more than steps taken by people. Another research done by one Lawrence Kemball-Cook from Pavegen Systems has yielded in a more practical, realistic…
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Swedish clock displays time as well as your energy usage
We seen quite a few gadgets that display energy usage at your home. But most of them are in numbers which dont make sense immediately. But wouldn’t it be nice if it was displayed in some visual way so that it would actually keep your energy usage down. The Energy Aware Clock is designed by…
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World Monuments go dark for Earth hour 2009
The world’s famous monuments, buildings and structures flipped the switch on Saturday for Earth hour. The above just shows that and then head on over to Earth Hour’s website to check out their growing collection of images from users and Flickr submissions. [Doobybrain]
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Efergy Elite helps you to monitor energy consumption anywhere
When you are trying to go green or save on those electricity bills, every kilo watt counts. The Efergy Elite helps you to do this by reading household energy use and displays the data on a wireless device. It can instantly show how much power is being drawn and also possible to determine which individual…
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A worm virus is capable of bringing down US power grid
The idea of hackers bring down the entire power grid might seem something out of a sci-fic movie just like DieHard 4 but security analysts say that the threat is for real. The threat is a possibility because of the use smart grids involving two million devices, largely wireless, which sends data back and forth…
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Smart Switch calls for intelligent power planning at home
The biggest jolt one gets is from the monthly electricity bill itself. Many of us try and be careful, but somehow the bill always manages to exceed our expectations. With Christmas round the bend, I know that a matter of few days of lights and cheer has a gloomy effect on the bill budget. Avery…
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Omron develops CCFL backlights for energy efficient LCDs
OMRON has developed a new backlight technology for LCD televisions that consumes only two-thirds as much power as conventional backlights. The backlight for a 32-inch LCD TV typically uses about 10 of these lamps. Omron’s backlight manufacturing subsidiary, Tama Fine Opto Co., determined that these lamps are brightest when kept at a temperature of around…
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Club Watt generates power from dancers on the floor
When club goers hit the dance floor at Club Watt the energy produced by their moving feet lights up the LED dance floor. It’s not a special effect that we are talking about, rather the new club does this by generating power merely by making its occupants dance, which allows it to save 30% on…