Greener Gadgets Design Competition
SmartSwitch embeds intelligence into a traditionally simplistic device – the ordinary household light switch. With SmartSwitch, the mindless activity of flipping a switch becomes an informed decision. Equipped with a network connection and a brake pad, the switch provides its user with tactile feedback about the amount of energy being used either within their household or by the electrical grid as a whole.
Interesting idea. From reading the comments though there seems to be a significant amount of negative criticism. I personally think it’s a great idea, flipping the switch has become such a natural reaction that not a lot of thought goes into what you are doing. This could provide a little bit of the spark to remind you that you may want to rethink what you are doing from a power consumption stand point. I’ve added the video of the SmartSwitch demo, though something like this needs to be physically inspected to get the true idea behind it.