"Consumers need to free themselves from all cables, not just the power plug, to truly enjoy the benefits of their mobile PCs, " said Mark Hanson, vice president and general manager of VAIO PC marketing for Sony Electronics in a prepared statement.
Each computer you want to network needs its own HomePlug box, with an Ethernet or USB cable running to the PC and a power plug connected to the wall.
But, from the power plant to your plug, the effect is staggering.
The batteries will power the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid coming later this year.
In particular, E Source identified the 10 largest power-drawing plug loads while in active mode and the five largest energy-consuming plug loads over the course of an entire year.
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Looks like a regular ol' USB plug will do the honors, and the IVL saps power from the TV while sipping internet off of an Ethernet plug, so added cable clutter will be fairly minimal.
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But the 3 Series hybrid is not aimed at people looking to drive primarily on electric power anyway, unlike the new plug-in hybrids soon to be launched by Ford, Honda and Toyota.
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This leads us to why the base doesn't conveniently plug into the Xbox 360 for power like the A50 -- that's because it serves as a charger for the Warhead's two 3.7V 1, 800mAh batteries.
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Connect and plug in the power adapter and then hook up the optical cable, and it's pretty much ready to go -- save for some pairing woes that required us to unplug everything.
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So, all you need is a phone line and a battery, I mean, a power outlet and the grandparents plug it in and everyday they can look forward to new photos that have been sent to it via pretty much e-mail and you can even send it from your camera phone, too.
What Isaacson can describe is telling, however: a new European power plug and connector for the Macintosh.
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When your electrified car is parked (96 percent of the time), you could plug it in as a power plant on wheels and earn money by selling power back to the utility when and where it's most valuable, such as downtown on a hot afternoon.
The idea is to plug in electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to the buildings to power up our vehicles.
Attaching appliances to a power socket via a smart plug containing sensors and a ZigBee transceiver allows information about the appliances' power consumption to be beamed automatically to a broadband router within the home, and thence to a web server located elsewhere.
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Plug the second adapter into another power outlet and connect the adapter to a network device.
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Electric cars can also only go 70 to 100 miles on a single charge before the driver has to plug-in and power up again.
The new C-MAX Energi also has 60 more horsepower than the Prius plug-in hybrid considering full battery power, along with class-exclusive technologies such as hands-free liftgate and active park assist for easier parallel parking.
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When switched off, many appliances do not actually kill the power but go into a standby mode instead sucking electricity, vampire-like, from the plug.
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Once you're done with that you're able to plug them in and generate power from the get-go.
Intel has already pushed Nvidia out of the business of supplying computer chipsets, the digital nervous system that all processors plug into to power PCs and laptops.
The benchmark study, by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), found that plug-in hybrids are cleaner than regular cars in each of nine scenarios.
Escalating tensions over a proposal to impose rolling outages on wind-power farms in Oregon and Washington State to prevent the electric grid from overheating has convinced the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), which is responsible for operating the power grid in the Pacific Northwest, to pull the plug on the plan.
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The latter would enable long-haul truckers to plug in to power their air conditioning systems, TVs, etc.
Simply plug one adapter into an available power outlet and connect the adapter to a router.
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PlugBug uses the clever trick of attaching to any Apple MacBook Power Adapter by replacing its attached plug or extended power cord.
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"SunPower is offering Ford plug-in vehicle owners the world's most efficient solar power systems to ensure they maximize emission-free power generation for use at home and for their vehicles, " says Ken Fong, SunPower general manager, Americas.
The SMILE Plug includes a 5V Lithium-Ion polymer battery for back-up power, making it ideal for learning environments where electrical power can be inconsistent.
After all, anyone who travels internationally knows that there are dozens of plug designs that accomplish the same basic function: delivery of electricity to a power cord.
The advantage plug-in hybrids have over regular hybrids, its proponents say, is you can power them by electricity alone.
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