Title :
It´s all About Power and those Pesky Power Vampires
Author :
Ebling, Maria ; Corner, Mark
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Abstract :
In this issue of New Products, the editors cover an energy source that provides power for emergency situations and a car that helps to train drivers to drive energy efficiently. They also examine a power strip that defeats so-called ´power vampires´ and a solar-powered robotic lawnmower. Finally, they persent a green search engine that returns only links to green companies.
Keywords :
Cellular phones; Clothing; Drives; Energy efficiency; Pervasive computing; Search engines; Strips; Surge protection; Switches; TV; Automower Solar Hybrid; Belkin; Freeplay; Honda Insight; Husqvarna; Power vampires; Truevert; Weza; smart power;
Journal_Title :
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPRV.2009.10
