Android monitors your power readings while you do dishes
This is one of those, "well I didn't really need this, but the fact that this is even possible is pretty frakking cool" stories.
From Moto Labs, those same wacky guys who brought us the Scalable Multitouch display, comes the DIY Android Home Energy Monitor (or AHEM, as in "ahem, look at my clever acronym").
The AHEM can use an average wireless network to track your utility readings and post them on your Google home page. Here's how it works. Wireless Webcams take pictures of the ever-changing dials on the user's utility meters.… Read more
