crunchgear.com - 1/21/2009
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Make’s Phil Torrone entered this odd gadget, the Tweet-a-Watt , in the Green Gadgets design competition. It’s essentially a Kill-a-Watt with a capacitor and transmitter added that will Tweet your current power usage using a nearby computer or wireless Arduino mini PC .
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blog.makezine.com - 1/21/2009
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@quim, there is a 5v power supply inside
already. however it can only supply 1ma as it...
is coupled to the 120V power thru a pretty small safety cap. thus, a 'supercap' is req'd! @rob, current clamp sensors are very safe, but don't measure voltage. If ...
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blog.makezine.com - 1/19/2009
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Here's what we entered, the Tweet-a-watt , for
the Core77 & Greener Gadgets design competition ... Using...
"off-the-shelf hardware", we have modified a Kill-a-Watt(TM) power meter to "tweet" (publish wirelessly) the daily KWH consumed to the ...
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Tweet-a-watt - our entry for the Core77 & Greener ...
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Tweet-a-watt internet-connected energy meter
SlashGear —
... the standard Kill-a-watt casing is a sizable capacitor that slowly charges up to power an Xbee wireless module. That’s responsible for squirting out the power stats, which are picked up by your computer (or an Arduino-style microcontroller) and funnelled into your Twitter account. More than one Tweet-a-watt can be operational at any one time, meaning your whole house could eventually be reporting your flagrant energy wasting.
[via CrunchGear] ...
Tweet-a-Watt Shows Friends/Strangers How Energy Efficient You Are [Smug Alert]
Gizmodo —
... account. Why tweet your damn KWH? Here's what Phil says: We feel there is a social imperative and joy in publishing one's own daily KWH - by sharing these numbers on a service like Twitter users can compete for the lowest numbers and also see how they're doing compared to their friends and followers. So like, "Na na na-na na—my carbon output makes your carbon output look like a Chinese toy factory's carbon output!" [Make via CrunchGear]
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Tweet-a-Watt, Because It's OK To Brag About Energy Efficiency [Smug Alert]
Gizmodo —
... account. Why tweet your damn KWH? Here's what Phil says: We feel there is a social imperative and joy in publishing one's own daily KWH - by sharing these numbers on a service like Twitter users can compete for the lowest numbers and also see how they're doing compared to their friends and followers. So like, "Na na na-na na—my carbon output makes your carbon output look like a Chinese toy factory's carbon output!" [Make via CrunchGear]
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