Black and Decker LightsOut IR Gadget Turns Lights Off to Conserve Energy
Black and Decker will be releasing the LightsOut, an IR gadget that turns out lights when it stops detecting movement in front of it’s sensor.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE NTT energy- generating shoes useful and totally ugly
The guys over at NTT in Japan have designed a pair of power-packing shoe. The shoes store up energy as you walk. A nifty concept, for sure. Not so nifty? They look like a hurricane just tore through them.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Korean tech makes hydrogen on the cheap and maybe solves problem of clean energy
Dr. Sen Kim of the S&P Energy Research institute claims to have achieved the separation of hydrogen using just 0.1kwh of energy compared to the norm of 4 - 4.5kwh using the electrolytic method. Dr. Kim says “manufacturing the H2 by our method will lower the cost of H2 as much as 20 - 30 times” compared to the standard method.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE Vera home automation system helps to conserve energy
Vera, a Z-Wave / 802.11 hub with a robust web interface for monitoring energy usage of devices in your home, is the kind of simple gadget we could all use to do our part to reduce energy consumption. The device shuts your gadgets down if they are burning too much power. You can also use it to set any of the devices to power on and off with a timer.
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French designer Gilles Belley has come up with the "Energy Saving Adaptor" which uses modular plugs that link together and hang from the side of a desk. Each module monitors the energy status of a single device and when it goes into standby mode, the lights let you know and 3 minutes [...]
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