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ThinkEco's Modlet Aims to Gauge your Power Consumption

Walking around the CEA Line Show and the Pepcom media event that were held in New York on Wednesday, it became clear to me that several companies see a potential market in creating “smart power outlets.” These are not just your normal plug-it-in-and-forget it surge protectors, but actually allow you to monitor usage and even turn plugged in appliances and electronics on and off.

Belkin’s Conserve Insight is one of those products, as well as Tenrehte’s PicoWatt. But the simplest and most powerful smart outlet is the Modlet by ThinkEco.

The device is a two outlet power strip that plays a dual role as a timer and power consumption meter. The device uses a form of wireless networking (802.15.4, or Zigbee) to connect to a USB dongle that is plugged into your computer, and will send information including power consumption and cost and timer information to and from the device.

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