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Wattson's wireless electricity monitor now in Singapore

Juniper Foo | Dec 04, 2008

Here's a conundrum that Singapore households, even those in other countries, are well familiar with: Rising utility bills and the need to power down costs. So here's the island state's only electricity company raising energy costs by 21 percent, based as they say on rising oil prices. Now with its raison d'etre no longer valid, it says it will reduce tariffs in the next quarter by about 25 percent.

Still, times are bad. Jobs are insecure. Frugal is now the new catchword. So how many ways can you say frugal, as in scrimping, conserving, economizing and penny-pinching? Since Singaporeans love their aircon and find it a hardship to spend family time in social chitchat rather than watching TV in various rooms and playing console games, there's nothing like hard figures to have them feel the pinch more keenly.

Enter the National Environment Agency (NEA), which recently threw the switch on a pilot tracking device to help consumers monitor their energy usage in the house. But for those looking for a more elegant, wireless option that doesn't require any installation, Green Koncepts, an eco-friendly solutions provider in Singapore, has brought in the Wattson in a sole distribution within Southeast Asia.
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Yogen Max's foot power to charge up your laptop

Juniper Foo | Dec 03, 2008

(Credit: Easy Energy)

Considering the strides taken in renewable energy, this seems like a step backward into the dark ages of flint and pyrite tools for making fire. Ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But if we have to revert to manually generating power for use, it just goes against the grain of tapping nature's resources--from sun to sea--to do the hard work. So it'll be interesting to see if Easy Energy's Yogen Max foldable laptop charger, which resembles a bicycle foot pump, will take off when it ships some time next year. Presumably, when you've no solar charger or are out of reach of an AC mains, this foot pedal charger is probably going to look like mighty sweet for your notebook on its last legs. Not to mention that all the workout should get you pumped up for yet more office rat racing.

Via Coolest Gadgets

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