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Todd interviews Greg Memo from GreenWave Reality, a global innovator in the emerging smart home services market including home monitoring and elderly care. On show is their home energy management solution that uses wireless (ZigBee) plug-in devices to monitor and control power consumption. The system is not just limited to power management as other remote monitoring and control technologies such as lighting and
Today's smartphones are energy-sucking devices that can rarely go for a day or two without charging. I fondly remember my Nokia 6210 that could go a business week without needing a charge, but enough of the reminiscing. If you do have a thirsty smartphone (or you get one for Christmas) and you find that the battery lets you down, you
Jeffrey Powers talks to David Wang and Joshua Caillavet of General Electric about the GE EV Watt station, which is a charging station for electric cars. This is a level 2 charger, operating from 240V, rather than 110V, giving shorter recharge times for EVs (electric vehicles), say 4 to 8 hours, rather than 15 to 18 hours associated with a
Andy and Tom interview Elizabeth Kurfess, Product Manager for General Electric on GE Nucleus, a home energy management system. As utilities start to install smart meters on the outside of homes, the Nucleus unit wireless communicates with the smart meter to bring information on power consumption and tariffs into the home, allowing the homeowner to make intelligent decisions about the
Tom interviews Ross from iGo, which will probably be familiar to anyone who's traveled on business. These are the guys who provide all the portable power equipment to keep your gadgets charged up - I've even got a few bits'n'pieces from them - and at CES, they were showing off a few of the their latest toys. First up was
Esbjorn Larsen took a look at a booth that was showing wireless charging pads and cases. This booth was partnership between multiple companies including Qualcomm Duracell Everwin and Gill Industry Their final product will be called WiPower. Each company plays a part in the development and distribution of the product. This shows how many companies end up getting involve just
Satoshi Yanagisawa is a sustainable designer based in Farnham in the south-east of England. He's developed "Cyclus", a concept for a wind-up USB charger that will give around 30 minutes juice for a couple of twists. Based on a spring and DC motor, this is simple technology in a great design and is a far more elegant solution than other