Jennifer Hsu, Video Producer, WNYC Interactive
Jennifer Hsu produces videos about news and culture for WNYC. She is the creator of the ongoing Know Your Neighbor video series of intimate portraits about living in New York City.
The Takeaway is on a Power Trip, taking an in-depth look at the future of energy: technologies, ideas, innovators.
Jennifer Hsu produces videos about news and culture for WNYC. She is the creator of the ongoing Know Your Neighbor video series of intimate portraits about living in New York City.
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Extradition or Rendition: How Will the U.S. Get Snowden Back on U.S. Territory?
The show is a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International, in collaboration with New York Times Radio and WGBH Boston.
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The Sentilla boxes use micro-watts of electricity, or less than 0.001 Watts. That's less than 1/10 of 1 cent per year to get this information. Your appliances are consuming hundreds of Watts.
The energy to power these devices and their radios is most likely very little. And the lights on the devices are most likely LEDs. What eats up energy in your home are motor loads such as washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, HVAC systems, and consumer electronics like PCs (hard drive and CD drive spinning) and DVD players.
Nice try, folks, but computers like that use a few milliwatts. Spending 5/1000th of a watt in order to save 50 or 100 watts = a good trade.
Good question! We are trying to track down the answer for you.
My thoughts exactly, Wendy. John, did you even ask about it? Bet the black boxes use a lot of energy, right?
Uh, you forgot the obvious question. How much energy do these boxes use? 50 small lights in a house, I imagine, could be a significant boost to energy use.
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