A few weeks ago, People Power introduced a kit it calls SuRF, for Sensor Ultra-Radio Frequency, that helps connect household appliances and gadgets to a wireless network in your house.
What that means is that you could monitor your microwave, Playstation and coffee machine in real time, check their levels of energy consumption, and make apps to control how they behave. Ultimately, that could lead to substantial savings of energy and money.
“We want to combine IT and ET, internet technology and energy technology, to create an ‘enernet’ in your house,” says Wang.
this is pretty bad ass... the wave of the future is starting to emerge.