Last week Wired had a great piece on an Orb you have on your desk that tells you about your energy use, the size of your email box and whether or not you should use the bathroom. Alright I add that last one, but that would be useful, I think.
The way this Orb thingy works is, it glows brighter, flashes or shows a diffenent color when you are using more, less or peak electricity. It has been used for the stock market also, showing when and where the market is moving through color.
What a great idea, I think this is another in a long line of ideas that blows my mind. So simple, yet seemingly effective. I need something like this in my life. Although, I think I would like my glowing Orb to talk to me. Saying things like, “Hello, Jim how are you today, you are using to much energy. I am going to have to shut you down” (ORB opens pod bay doors)
September 15th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
How about one of these for our darn cars, that we often times DRIVE TOO FAST!!! My (mid-size) new to me, truck, goes much faster than that little Hundai piece of coors can ever would, without even trying.
I have to mentally remind myself, to monitor my feet per second advancing, as I travel down the buyway. I mean; “I don’t really need one” but I see alot of other Speeders that may. Right?