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nelson : AC power plug types - Little review of why we have 11 different types of plugs in the world
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deusx : Folding Plug System - "‘Folding Plug’ changes the shape form the normal U.K plug into a 10mm thickness object"
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nelson : US electric grid - Great map and interactive visualization
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joshua : Jason Winters' Pico-Projects: Real-time Web Based Power Charting - whole house monitoring
nelson : Home power monitor - Hacker's cobbled together sensor system
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deusx : MAKE: Blog: Fractal woodburning reveals hidden aesthetic - "did some experiments last night: wood + saline + high voltage supply + variac = fractal burn patterns. tried different kinds of wood with various effects. unfortunately my recollection of which types of wood are displayed are spotty. will update lat
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19 month ago
deusx : Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system - Yahoo! News - "Most importantly, the electricity was transmitted without zapping anything or anyone that got between the sending and receiving units."
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22 month ago
deusx : IEC connector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "IEC connector is the common name for the set of thirteen line sockets (called the connector in the specification) and thirteen panel plugs (called the inlet) defined by International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) specification IEC 60320 (formerl
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Rod Begbie : NSTAR: NSTAR Green - Starting in January, our leccy company will be selling wind-generated electricity for $0.03 more per kWh -- an approximately 15% premium. I'll be signing up for that -- makes more sense to me than carbon credits. #
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33 month ago
Rod Begbie : PowerCost Monitor - Save up to 20% on your electricity bill - Device that allows you to see in realtime how fast the little wheel is spinning on your electricity meter, wherever you are in the house. Our local leccy company, NStar, is subsidising them, so they're only $30. #
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36 month ago
Linkorama : Powercast Wireless Power - Incredible to think of the consumer electronics revolution this will unleash.
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42 month ago
deusx : YouTube - Don't Mess with Electricity - "wtf you made that noise with your mouth. Maybe the electricity made you do it idk"
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44 month ago
deusx : YouTube - Furby in the microwave - "The Furby was sitting on a grounded cookie sheet and connected to a distribution transformer like you see on telephone poles only it had been wired to step 240 volts up to 20,000 volts."
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48 month ago
erikbenson : The Segway creator's next project - Water and electricity machines for (relatively) cheap. Part of their innovation is an interesting distribution model. Sell small machines to people so they can rent them out. Make them business people. Better than going through the government perhaps.
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