I Used a Watt Meter to Save Money on My Electric Bill. It Was Weirdly Fun—and Enlightening.

A watt meter is a handy little device used for measuring the power in watts of any given circuit. Oftentimes you can find power meters in residential areas for determining the energy consumption and ...

Twitter's rampant popularity looks set to increase even further, as your household appliances begin to tweet for attention. MAKE maestro Phil Torrone put together the Tweet-a-watt, a hacked ...

Instead of buying another sweater how about a gift that'll really cut the chill. Thermal leak detectors are as easy to use as a flashlight and will show you where the cold seeps in. The green geeks on ...

With the ever-rising cost of electricity, we’re all getting increasingly sensitive about how much power our computers, televisions, appliances and other doohickeys are using — not just when we’re ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- (Nov. 8, 2012) The free Save-A-Watt program on Fort Leonard Wood is helping people on post zero-in on energy waste. "The concept of the program is to increase awareness of ...

Energy vampires. Phantom load. Standby power. All have an eternal thirst for electricity and all can have a sinister impact on monthly energy bills.

Sixth grade science students at Amherst Middle School are ditching textbooks for hands-on learning as they work to reduce ...

Hackers love to monitor things. Whether it’s the outside temperature or the energy used to take a shower, building a sensor and displaying a real-time graph of the data is hacker heaven. But the most ...