Green plugs to the rescue
August 12, 2008
That AC adapter hanging off most of your electric toys could be sucking your wallet dry. Never fear though, Green Plug, if the company gets it’s way, is going to change all that.
The good news- GreenPlug power systems stop charging products when the batteries in their associated products reach full charge and includes a glowing status indicator like those in Apple’s laptops. The solution relies on a chip and firmware called GreenTalk embedded into the device that communicates with the power supply.
The bad news -For most electronics manufacturers is the cost of adding a new chip to their products can be prohibitively expensive.
The good news. Green Plug gets that if they want to succeed they’ll have to make some happy converts (pardon the pun) fast, so they are offering electronics component manufacturers chips to get started with. See a demo and learn more at demo.com
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