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Neat idea via CNET, a company called Green Plug is having a 'what's under your desk' contest.
The goal is simple, take pics of the mess under your desk, and send it in!
My house has several 'choke' points of cabling: power, networking cables, video game controllers, etc.
My cat can be seen defending our cabling. Or maybe she's telling us we need to tidy up. Either way, she seems pretty content!
What about your house or office? How messy is the underside of *your* desk?
The contest is called "What's Under your Desk" and it's put on by Green Plug, a company that launched at Demo last year. Here's a video review from Michelle Thatcher at CNET and write-up from News.com's Erica Ogg on Webware.
The idea is to send in photos of those tangled messes caused by consumer electronics to make the point that something seriously wrong with our cable and plug system. There's also a link to sign a petition for the U.S. to set a green plug standard.
Green Plug's mission is to sign up electronics manufacturers to use its chip that would go into power supplies. With the chip, consumers would be able to plug any device into a hub to power multiple devices. Software, which the company intends to make available for free, will be able to read exactly how much power a device needs.
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