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......
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......
No matter how passionate you are about being green, it's still a tough effort. But its often hard to ignore something staring you in the face. Just like how it's easy to recycle with a recycling bin i...
Say goodbye to charging cord forests. If those recently released viral commercials haven't grabbed your attention yet, you too might find yourself exchanging some surprising f-bombs when you've taken ...
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 ...
Have you ever heard of an energy retrofit that just sounded too good to be true, like insulating paint or passive fresh air inlets? This list has some obvious picks, but a couple on here might just ...
For those of us out there who have made the jump to embracing the laptop as a replacement for your desktop, you've probably run into this issue before; dealing with the 100% charged battery. So, do yo...
Here's a mind hack you might not have heard of. Apparently, similar to the way some people alleviate stress by swearing aloud, listening to some extra loud music may actually have some benefits for yo...
Whether you're working with the greenest thumb or (like me) yours is a little closer to black, we could all use a little help in the garden. With everything else to do around the house, who needs to r...
Seeing as many colleges seem to still be in the process of upgrading their power grid in the midst of all the incoming freshmen, we wouldn't be surprised if the power decided to cut out once or twice ...
It's a given that at some point your fancy smartphone will run out of power. These devices tend to suck a lot of juice, which is why there are so many different power packs available to recharge them....
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...
Anyone with a pool knows the drill. Right after a dip in the pool, you need to take a quick shower. While there are other systems out there, this is the first that we've seen that will heat the water ...
We know that people would like to live without having to use batteries, but they are still necessary to power your gadgets, tools and gizmos. Sure, most devices have rechargeable batteries, but there ...
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...
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...
We're warning you: this is a pretty advanced little project. But if you've got the tech know-how, come inside to see how you can rig your home computer to turn on from anywhere in the world with a pho...
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...
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...
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...
We try and turn off all the unneccesary power-suckers in a standard routine every time we leave the house. The lights go off, the computer goes into sleep mode and the TV, DVD player and cable box eac...
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