There are over 10 billion electrical outlets in North America
Posted by Digital Citizen on Tuesday, June 16, 2009
In this 4 minute talk, John La Grou unveils an ingenious new technology at TED.com that will smarten up the electrical outlets in our homes. He uses microprocessors and RFID tags to do this. The Safeplug invention promises to prevent deadly accidents like house fires and to conserve energy.
This, my friends, could change the face of the electrical outlet that badly needs an update! This is also an example of finding the source of a problem!
John also gives a bunch of impact statistics related to the electrical outlet, like how every year in the US, 2,500 children are admitted to emergency for shock and burn injuries related to electrical receptacles.
The energy impact is amazing, not to mention home damage from fires, can be staggering. Please have a look and judge for yourselves.
