One of the easiest ways of saving money is by replacing your old school incandescent bulbs and replacing them with high tech alternatives. LEDs have been on the market for a few years, but Eternaleds ...
When you are on the go, it gets really problematic to charge your gadgets. Sure, you can find plugs to power up some of the easily enough, but it's not always possible. At some point, you will run out...
The only thing worse than realizing your remote control/razor/digital camera has killed it's batteries is peeking in the kitchen/utility closet/desk drawer and finding exactly one fewer battery than y...
The Super Stelton To Charge XL's anodized aluminum finish was designed specifically to keep charging at a cooler temperature, all the while looking modern and keeping cords and cables hidden inside th...
Designed by New York's own designer Harc Lee, the Time Switch acts much differently than we originally had in mind. Instead of integrating a clock into a wall switch, it is catered more towards design...
A typical home will have a bunch of devices that need charging every single day. We know that most of you just spread them around, splitting up wall sockets with power strips and getting the most out ...
Catering to the LEGO builders in all of us, Georges Moanack - a recent grad from the Royal College of Art - has designed Ultra Lead - has created an electrical management system that allows electrical...
In this economy, and probably in any other, it's always wise to find ways to save money on expenses. Analyzing your power bill and taking the time to find out exactly what costs you the most is a grea...
Want to leave wi-fi in the dust and stop having to snake ethernet cables all along the wall to hook up your vid game console or home theater PC to the internet? We've always been interested in giving ...
We are already on the WildCharge bandwagon. What's not to love about a small, compact charging station that powers all your gizmos wirelessly when they're wrapped in compatible—but not obtrusive...
Designer Shunsuke Umiyama's Midori AC Adaptor gives us flashback memories of the late 70's and early 80's when dear ole Mom used to like arranging hanging potted plants held up by macramé and from ou...
Imagine all those great summer afternoons or weekends that are spent in your garden relaxing, wouldn't it be great if they'd find a way to harness all that solar energy? The trouble with solar panels ...
A lamp without a power switch seems like the front contender for the Design Flaws that Ruined Great Gadgets list. But this lamp lights up and shuts down with a more unique method: using little electri...
My better half departed off to London and now Cornwall for a 2 week sojourn a few days ago, a journey along the craggy British coast. Like me, she tends to be joined at the finger tips to her laptop, ...
Times are tough and we are always looking for ways to save more money. There are a bunch of devices on the market that promise to help you do this by cutting down on wasted electricity. Most of use le...
We all have problems with wires. In a perfect world, everything would be unplggd, but since we can't have that yet, we have to find other solutions to manage the mess of wires that are found underneat...
If you could save between 60 and 80% of the electricity you normally use through your computer, would you be interested? How about if you could download and IM while your computer was in sleep mode? T...
We make it a goal any time we walk away from our laptop+external monitor setup to not only put the system to sleep, but also to turn off the monitor to save energy. It's a small step, but we're all ab...
Sometimes you've got an outlet you just can't hide behind furniture, with it being centrally located and creating an eyesore (especially if you've got a surge protector or other cords plugged in). If ...
We've seen wall mountable docks before, but never anything like this awesome wall charging station from Ballard Designs.The clever organizer features six docking stations for cell phones and PDAs and ...
We are definitely not strangers to hot radiators here at unplggd. Not hot temperature wise, but in a damn that's hot, I like the way that looks kind of way. We have rounded up some interesting exampl...
Whether you prefer to keep it Cartesian or having some Sailor Moon infusion, it never hurts to get a little creative when it comes to adding a bit of character one of the most overlooked fixtures in o...
click for more picsOutlets and swtiches don't tend to get much love when it comes to style innovation. Things like the Bocci 22 unfortunately are few and far between. While there is a definite 'desig...
Times are tough, pretty much everywhere. The recession is hitting most businesses hard. That means that energy monitors that will save you money are getting that much more interesting. Why waste money...
With Apple announcing updates to the iPhone OS what we have come to know as the human computer interface keeps evolving and getting better. But damn, we hope our relationship with technology doesn't ...
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