As much as we loathe the thought of yet another kind of plug, we do like the idea of a universal one that’ll hook up with anything like Paris Hilton but is energy efficient like Nicole Ritchie. The idea behind the green plug’s a lot like the energy-saving chip Marvell showed us. Green plug hubs—which can have multiple gadgets jacked into it—have a microcontroller chip that chats up devices with the green talk protocol to intelligently deliver juice so none’s wasted.
https://gizmodo.com/marvell-power-supply-chip-shrinks-power-bricks-energy-318743
It turns off gear that’s good to go and supposedly does AC to DC power version like a Russian chess prodigy. Supposedly we’ll see some green plug-compliant gear at CES, so you can be sure we’ll check it out. [Green Plug]
