Google's PowerMeter Can Track Your Power - News and Analysis by PC Magazine

Google's PowerMeter Can Track Your Power - News and Analysis by PC Magazine: "Google's PowerMeter Can Track Your Power

02.10.09
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by Jeremy A. Kaplan
Rumored to be in the works for months, Google has finally announced its official foray into the smart grid, via the Google PowerMeter.

The application, which lives as a secure widget on iGoogle, communicates with smart meters--40 million of which are deployed worldwide at the moment. That number is expected to jump by 100 million in the next few years. PowerMeter will show consumers their electricity consumption in near real-time, and should offer 'more useful and actionable feedback than complicated monthly paper bills that provide little detail on consumption or how to save energy.' The app is still in testing mode at the moment, but Google expects to make it more widely available in the near future."

This looks like a very important project. It is worthy of further investigation. Soon the Google overlords will control the world. Until then we have to just put up with what we have.

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