Energy saver for your PC

Ahmad Jamaluddin | Jun 24, 2008

There's been plenty of news on energy-efficient vehicles using electric motors, solar-powered gizmos and alternative energy sources. Now finally, there's a way to save energy for your PC. For people who always fall asleep in front of their computer, this one's for you.

HJJ Global's latest innovation, the CheckTap, won the Grand Prix at the 36th International Exhibition of Invention in Geneva held in April 2008. Unlike normal computer hibernation where the electricity is still flowing, with CheckTap, this actually cuts off the power supply even though your PC is in sleep mode.

According to Chungyoo (Colin) Yoon, vice president of HJJ Global, CheckTap can save up to 70 percent of your average energy consumption. All you need to do is install the software program CheckManager onto your computer and plug it to CheckTap's USB data cable. When you wake up from your own snooze, just hit any key on the keyboard, and voila, the computer will switch back on, power restored. The software installed will even display the amount of energy you've saved and the consequent reduction of CO2 emissions.

According to InventorSpot, CheckTap should already be in stores in the US, to begin with. However, we weren't able to locate the pricing for this. Anyone able to tell us how much the CheckTap costs?