Nest for electricity? Ecoisme offers full control over home power usage

How much power is currently being wasted in your house? Chances are, with all the gadgets and chargers plugged into sockets in remote corners of my home, you have no idea

Ecoisme, a Krakow, Poland-based startup that launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign Wednesday, aims to change that — with a device that automatically detects all the electrical appliances in your house and gives you a detailed overview of their power usage.

Alexander Diatlov, co-founder and CMO of Ecoisme, calls the solution "Shazam for electricity in your house." The Ecoisme device needs to be plugged into a socket, but also connected to your main power line via a clamp. Then it analyzes the noise made by each appliance — its unique electrical fingerprint. Read more...