Computer monitors are notorious energy vampires–sucking up electricity even after the appliance has been shut off. PsyOrg.com reports that Fujitsu Siemens Computers could soon end the monitors’ reign of energy-wasting terror with the release of a new, “zero-watt monitor.” It’s uses no energy when it slips into standby mode, potentially saving electricity and money for computer users when it goes on sale this summer.
(Thanks, Arlington Institute.)
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