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more about #power ubmic: ummm underpants are blocked by clothes from the sun so solar boxers are pretty useless more » SkipErnst: I've heard tell that only 8 more doublings at 2 years each of our current solar power capacity and we can produce enough power from solar to power all... more » Sheed's Bald Spot: Diatoms? Any bio kids in here? more » Michai: Wow very neat! I thought at first they were mathematical snowflakes rendered from one of the Supercomputers. I can safely say that the real answer i... more » BeerManMike: Solar powered shirts! the new tie-die! more » Noobs-R-Us: I'm sick of these nerds showing us vaporware. Someone should tell them that this is not a contest to see how smart you are in creating things that wil... more » deciBels: Yea, I was thinking that they were semiconductor related. They are too perfectly symmetrical to be macroscopic naturally occurring crystal formations ... more » CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: Give me numbers Panasonic. Otherwise....meh. more » Slinkytech: How long does it take to charge? Three months? more » BigDogues: The average home power consumption in the US is 936 kWh/ month according to the EIA versus the average Japanese home at 310 kWh/ month. So it looks l... more » Skid-Vicious: ¿One week? Hard to believe. Maybe if you just live in this house: more » SigmundTheSeaMonster: or that will be some long lasting fire to put out... more » Xagest: I wonder how long it will take before standard power outlets are replaced with something like this? more » gumwrapper: Unplugging is free & not buying a huge power sucking device is even cheaper but may be considered un-American behavior by some. more » Monty: As far as safety goes, I would suggest a slight adjustment of replacing the single outlet box with a dual where one side could be the two power outlet... more » Dan Vines: this has got "Bad Idea" written all over it. Especially the part about soldering wires carrying AC line voltage. more » Raptr569: I imagine this is pretty easy it is just a case of stepping down the wall sockets AC to 5VDC and you can probably run a hell of a lot more than two po... more » ripfire: Why limit yourself to 2 ports? more » Nick: i am not certain sticking a charger in a wall is going to meet code in a lot of places. sort of like not being able to just run an extension cord thr... more » 2001gsr: Solider- a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service. Solder- any of various alloys fused and applied to the joint between ... more » -
#power
What Is This?
When I first saw this abstract image, I thought I was looking at some weird crystals, or maybe some snowflakes under the microscope using polarized light. The answer was much more amazingerest and surprising than that. More » -
#batteries
Panasonic Home Lithium Storage Battery Can Power Your House For a Week
After officially taking over Sanyo earlier this week, Panasonic is hitting the ground running with a joint venture aimed at developing a powerful lithium-ion storage battery than could store enough juice to power an average [Japanese] home for a week. More » -
#power
iGo Green Technology Line Could Cut 85% Standby Power Consumption
iGo's three new products, the Power Smart Tower, Power Smart Wall and Laptop Charger, detect when a plugged-in device isn't being used and then shut off the power being drawn from the wall—which could equal huge energy savings. More » -
#diy
How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
I can't tell you how many times we have come across USB chargers that can be plugged into an outlet, so why not cut out the middleman and simply convert the outlet to USB? Instructables shows you how. More » -
#killawatt
Kill-A-Watt's Updated Graphical Version Has Programmable Timer
The original Kill-a-Watt was a barebones, if efficient, way of monitoring how much energy an appliance used. But what if you want more features? Like a timer or programming. Here it is. More » -
#homeautomation
PowerZoa Would Be a Great Answer to the Question: "Did I Leave the Stove on?"
Why? Because you could use the device to remotely cut power to any gadget that is plugged in to an outlet. More » -
#robots
Say Hello to Your New Local Power Guy
Helmeted workers in cherrypickers, or precariously tethered to a high voltage lines, are as much a part of our power infrastructure's aesthetic as towers and transformers. In the next few years, these iconic silhouettes will become a little more... mechanical. More » -
#outlets
Rotating Outlet Solves the International Outlet Smorgasbord
We know that every country has its own plug, and that isn't going to change anytime soon. But this spinning outlet is a pretty elegant solution to that problem. More » -
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#peripherals
Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
Your typical wall socket just sits there defeated by life, making no decent effort to prevent the inevitable pwning by a 10-socket surge protector. Art Lebedev's Rozetkus socket, however, transforms from 2D to 3D. More » -
#energy
Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
It'll be a while before the first commercially viable fusion facility, ITER in France, is powered up. But before that can even ever happen, there's a need for a massive amount of coconut-shell charcoal which'll absorb byproducts of thermonuclear reactions. More » -
#solar
Obama's $8-Billion Plan to Modernize the US Power Grid
Oh, Sr. Presidente, you look so goooood in the middle of the largest photovoltaic farm in the country—-the 180-acre DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center near Tampa, Florida. Maybe that's why you want to put solar panels everywhere. More » -
#solar
Dell’s New Solar Parking Lot
Think about how hot your car gets on a sunny day. Dell decided to harvest all that wasted energy by installing these solar panels in their parking lot. Now they're keeping cars cool and putting that sunlight to good use. More » -
#solar
Sharp Triple Layer Solar Cell Sets New Efficiency Record
The gauntlet has been thrown down yet again in the solar cell efficiency arms race. This time Sharp comes up with a cell that can harvest 35.8% of available sunlight. More » -
#data
How Many Solar Panels Would It Take to Power The Entire World?
After seeing how many nukes would it take to obliterate humanity instantly, I wanted some good news. Like, how many solar panels would it take to power the entire world? The entire surface of Africa, maybe? Actually, it's surprisingly less. More » -
#shopping
Energy Star Guidelines Lag Behind World in Clarity and Purpose
In the US, we're supposed to be the worldwide masters of consumerism. But as pointed out by Pop Mech, our Energy Star guidelines are not just inaccurate, they fail to compare one product to any other product. There's no context. More » -
#vacuums
The Dustbuster: Cleaning Up After You Since 1979
Unveiled in 1978 but released in 1979, the Black & Decker Dustbuster was a revolutionary home-cleaning device, and the only power tool a parent was likely to let a children play with. Vroom! More » -
#chargers
Messless Charger: The Showoffiest Way to Charge Four Gadgets Simultaneously
Like the Callpod but fancier since it props up your gadgets on a shiny platform, the Messless Charger comes with six connectors for charging up to four gadgets simultaneously. It's about $100 thanks to the gloss factor, though. [pocket-lint] -
#tricklesaver
TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don't Cost You Money
The Tricklesaver does two things: detect when your TV is off, and cuts off power to whatever console is plugged in so it doesn't waste power when "off". This is good, in theory. -
#peripherals
Cooler Master Offers the Smallest 95W Laptop Adapter You Can Get
It's tough to tell without anything to scale this image, but the Cooler Master SNA 95 is the smallest 95W laptop adapter around—yet still manages to integrate some convenient extras. More » -
#robots
Solar Powered Spider Will Populate My Nightmares for Months
Every time I've seen these Jansen walkers—usually driven by the wind, sometimes on electricity—they have crept the hell out of me. This one is solar powered, and it creeps me just the same. More »
