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Rid Your Computer Station Of Wasted Power

Posted: Friday, December 1st, 2006 by damnHippy
Tags: Activism, Conservation, Energy, Stuff

Mini Power MinderThe Mini Power Minder, a two port powerstrip has a nifty feature. You plug your always-on computer to the top plug and connect your Computer to it via USB. Then when you power you computer on and off, the device will toggle the bottom power port on and off with it. If you hook a standard powerstrip to the bottom port, you can put all your power hungry computer devices to sleep when they're not in use. It's not a bad little gadget for it's $14.99 price tag and it's good for the environment too.

The holiday's are coming up so it might make a great gift for that gadget hungry environmentally conscious person on your list… common we all have one on our list don't we? 

Another Stake Through the Heart of Vampire Power - [Amazon.com via Treehugger]

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