If you keep a landline around, you know that you don't need to plug a standard, corded phone into an outlet because the phone jack gives up the few volts your phone needs to work, on the telephone com...
We talk about apartments—a lot. But for those of you super-travelers who seem to live in your car, here's a tech solution for powering your gadgets......
Just in time for Halloween, we spot this ghoulishly-themed iPhone and iPod Touch App that's gearned towards a most frightening concept: You might be throwing away money on vampire power!...
Here at Unplggd, we love to talk about gadgets and gizmos and shiny things that go "whirrrrrr" in the night. But we're also about helping you save electricity......
We've seen the Bocci flush wall outlets before and we were very intrigued but they seemed to be missing all the different types of outlets you may need for your walls. This new system by Trufig seem...
We first mentioned this surge protector last year. What made it distinctive and useful is that it came with a remote that would switch off some of the outlets. Now, Belkin have announced an update to ...
When scoping out potential apartments, we expect to see some standard appliances in most every unit: Refrigerator, Oven and a Dishwasher, if we're lucky. But the best apartments—the ones that ge...
Here's the ugly truth: Your plugged in cell phone charger cord left in over night eats away at your phone battery life and wastes electricity. The easy and cheap solution to counter this evil power va...
Running out of juice is always a problem if you move around a lot. Sure, you can take your charger with you, but what if you can't plug in? Well, there are always other ways of powering up your gadget...
It's a known fact that gadgets need to be recharged quite often. It's happened to everyone. It's easy to end up stranded with the power on your gadget just fizzling out. Once you have a dud, you are o...
Being stuck on the road with no way to charge up your iPhone or iPod can get annoying fast. Thankfully, there are a number of solutions out there than can boost the power of your beloved device. We've...
You know the situation. You are stuck somewhere in the boondocks with no power and no way to recharge your gizmos. What can you do? If you have an extra battery for your netbook lying around, then you...
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 ...
Sometimes the industrial design, or lack thereof, of some products amazes us. If whetever you're powering needs to have an enormous transformer attached, design the cord so it's placed somewhere in th...
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 ...
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...
Another candidate for the Darwin Awards: A teenage girl in Romainia was electrocuted and died as a result of Tweeting from the bathtub. A sad story, but a good reminder to stay safe when you're playin...
The one thing that is stopping a lot of people from using solar power is the fact that some of these panels can get quite expensive, especially the ones that you mount on your house. These panels will...
How do the cables under your desk look like? Or the cables and plugs near outlets? If you are like us, it's probably very messy. It's hard to keep things organized under your desk and near power plugs...
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...
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...
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...
Seeing as one of the most power-vampiric entities is your from the home theater system, the team at Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) has done the good deed and created a system that's the fi...
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...
We all have problems with cables. The problem is that there are just so many of them, it's so easy to get the infamous cable octopus and not know how to take them apart anymore. It's a mess, and the o...
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