A light socket is meant to hold a light bulb, sure. But it can be transformed into a surprisingly long list of useful things, including a screw-in ceiling fan, a projector, or a Bluetooth speaker.

TP-Link Tapo Smart Plug with Energy Monitoring: £27.99 £18.99 at Amazon Save £9 – A fantastic low price for a pair of smart plugs that offer a suite of features to control your devices and ...

Smart plugs also let you set schedules, partially automate devices and even monitor the energy use of plugged-in appliances, which could help to save money. Unlike many other review sites, we test ...

Smart plugs themselves use around one to two watts of energy per day. By comparison, according to Anker Solix, TVs alone use approximately 0.3 to 5 watts in standby mode, meaning they consume ...

A new "smart plug" will allow someone to monitor and control the energy use of their home's appliances. Written by Andrew Nusca, Contributor Nov. 9, 2009, 12:42 a.m. PT ...

For those of us who don’t yet have smart meters, smart electrical sockets might be the next best thing. Sure, power-monitoring plugs are nothing new, and devices like the Ted 5000 and AlertMe ...

WattWise from [Naveen Kulandaivelu] is a tool which changes all that, it’s a command-line interface (CLI) for power monitoring smart plugs.