http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060520/electrical-adaptor-that-shuts-off-devices-in-standby-mode/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060520/electrical-adaptor-that-shuts-off-devices-in-standby-mode/comment-page-1/#comment-5896 Vampire Slayer Act passed in California » Coolest Gadgets Sat, 17 Jun 2006 07:27:07 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060520/electrical-adaptor-that-shuts-off-devices-in-standby-mode/#comment-5896 [...]  The unlikely name isn’t anything to do with Buffy’s campus activities, rather than an Act forcing gadget manufacturers to label devices showing how much energy they consume when on standby. We’ve already discussed the millions of tonnes of CO2 released into the atmosphere by gadgets on standby, and it seems the Californian lawmakers have listened to the coolest-gadgets.com team!!  [...] [...]  The unlikely name isn’t anything to do with Buffy’s campus activities, rather than an Act forcing gadget manufacturers to label devices showing how much energy they consume when on standby. We’ve already discussed the millions of tonnes of CO2 released into the atmosphere by gadgets on standby, and it seems the Californian lawmakers have listened to the coolest-gadgets.com team!!  [...]

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