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electricity

The cost of solar power

September 7, 2008

Thinking about installing solar panels? Good on you. Just be wary of the fact that it could take 208 years for them to repay their initial cost.

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Intelliplug: review

September 4, 2008

IntelliplugIntelliplug is the simplest way to control all of your devices with just a single button… entirely passively. Put one in your socket and you should ever again see a standby light in your home.

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Bye Bye Standby: review

August 15, 2008

2008-byebye-standby-thumbnail.jpgAs energy prices rocket, anything that simplifies cutting down on waste is a boon. Bye Bye Standby does just that, by putting control of every plug in your home in the palm of your hand.

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Energy consumption monitors

May 17, 2008

Energy monitorMy electricity supplier actually wants us to use less energy rather than more, with the help of a free energy monitor that tracks your usage and costs. Watching it change as you switch lights on and off is proving strangely addictive.

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Five wind-up, self-powered gadgets

February 1, 2008

Clockwork technology, made popular by the introduction of the Baygen wind-up radio, is coming on in leaps and bounds. Here, we’ve rounded up five essential clockwork add-ons to keep close at hand.

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Can you save money while charging your phone?

January 22, 2008

We all know you should unplug your mobile the moment it’s finished charging, but if you plug it in when you go to bed and then undock it next morning as you head out to work, the chances are you’ll have left it trickling all through the night. So why not cut the current after [...]

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