Electric Flower Guilts You into Saving Electricity
December 1, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Household
Awww, how cute. This blooming flower hooks up to an electric meter (wirelessly according to the Daily Mail) will show just how much juice a house consumes.
The brainchild of Doncaster designer Carl Smith, the flower wilts as more electricity passes through the main, going from a bright an optimistic blue to a sad-looking violet, as the mechanical petals close up and the stem bends. Apparently, the product concept’s objective is to provide an easy-to-understand indicator of electronic consumption, and is projected to cost £60 if and when it makes it to the mass-production line.
Personally though, nothing still beats a clear numerical readout, since it makes measuring even small conservation gains so much easier.
(Image from the Daily Mail)
