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Power Dam: wireless, plug and play power management concept
Arizona State University student Travis Andren's entry for the Sustainable Technologies category of the Create the Future Design Contest is a plug and play system designed to combat the phenomena known as “vampire power” or “power leakage”, which causes power loss through plugged in appliances. ...
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Giving a Dam about Power
Core77 — ... every time you're not home, like during the eight hours a day you spend at work, your electricity bill would be lower and the planet would be a little greener. Here are some solutions, in order of convenience: 1. Before you leave, you hunt down and unplug everything. 2. Everything is plugged into power strips, and before you leave, you hunt down and switch them all off. 3. You use a system like Arizona State University student Travis Andren's proposed Power Dam system (photo above), his entry into the 2008 Create the Future design contest. ...

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