Even when you're not charging your cell phone or laptop, the
power cord sips a bit of energy from the wall if you leave it
plugged into the outlet. In the U.S., all those tiny sips add up
to wasting around $3 billion per year in energy costs. There are
all manner of fancy gadgets out there to help folks reduce their
vampire power consumption, but the simplest solution for plug-in
chargers is to just unplug them from the wall. Of course, that's
easier said than done. We're busy people! Sometimes, we need to
grab that cell phone and run, or we just get distracted and
forget it's plugged in all together. Enter the Outlet Regulator.
Conor Klein, a student at Rhode Island School of Design, modeled
and named his device after those blood-sucking creatures. After
a leech in nature drinks its fill, it drops off of its host.
Klein's energy-saving device works the very same way: this
product mimics the leeches inelegant yet efficient solution for
over-consumption. it is hard to tell when electronics are or are
not takin