Comments on: Purpose-Driven Gadgets http://tropophilia.com/2008/02/12/purpose-driven-gadgets/ the love of change Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:45:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jarred http://tropophilia.com/2008/02/12/purpose-driven-gadgets/#comment-194 Jarred Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:35:27 +0000 http://tropophilia.com/?p=111#comment-194 This is really helpful... if it can track it so accurately, it would be interesting to see an advanced version that showed peak hours of usage so you know when you're using electricity the most, and then you could make concious efforts to conserve at those times. It would also be cool to be able to set some sort of alarm when the usage rate is above a certain level, or when you're approaching a pre-defined benchmark you've entered. Just having the cost displayed is somewhat useful, but being able to put it into context and have it help you make decisions in real-time would make it even more so. This is really helpful… if it can track it so accurately, it would be interesting to see an advanced version that showed peak hours of usage so you know when you’re using electricity the most, and then you could make concious efforts to conserve at those times.

It would also be cool to be able to set some sort of alarm when the usage rate is above a certain level, or when you’re approaching a pre-defined benchmark you’ve entered. Just having the cost displayed is somewhat useful, but being able to put it into context and have it help you make decisions in real-time would make it even more so.

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