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has this team considered an expansion into device level power monitoring down the road? plugging a sensor into the jack itself? that would be really compelling
by dschobel 17y ago
has this team considered an expansion into device level power monitoring down the road? plugging a sensor into the jack itself?
that would be really compelling if it were possible to make the sensors small enough and inexpensive enough.
- savrajsingh 17y agoDefinitely looking in to that, it's a future iteration and a smart idea.
- davidw 17y agoSounds like something you could use ZigBee for.
- dskhatri 17y agoSomething like ladyada's Tweet-a-Watt? (http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/ http://www.ladyada.net/make/tweetawatt/). Device level monitoring makes so much more sense! Especially when a utility provides variable pricing for the electricity. For example, an monitoring unit built into the dishwasher would be able to turn on the appliance when the electricity demand is low and hence the kWh cost is low. But yes, it's a good starting point for Wattvision. Their future releases will probably be smarter and richer in features.