Verdiem has released the launch version of Edison, an energy monitoring PC application that works on both Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems. Edison is an easy to use app that once downloaded lets you know how much energy you are using on your PC. It is absolutely free and only requires that you more »

The University of Essex in the UK is working on “extending energy-saving technology to every household appliance” through a intelligent plug that will allow you to monitor the consumption of every device in your house. They have already developed prototypes that are ready to be tested at their cooly named iS-pace department. The plugs each more »

A project in the Institute of Photonics at the University of Strathclyde is using microscopic holes to increase the level of light given off by LED’s. To date the technology, which is popular in mobile phones and computers, hasn’t had the power to be used for traditional lighting, but the process of nano-imprint lithography may more »