Woman receives ad from gas company with a natural gas scratch-and-sniff

‘Marketing goes wild in 2023’: Electricity company sends peel-and-sniff mailer that smells like gas

“Don’t assume someone else has already called,” ConEdison’s postcard says.

On by Tricia Crimmins

Man shares hack to lowering electric bill

‘HOA Karens could never’: Man shares hack to lowering electric bill

‘Can i send this to my landlord???’

On by Phil West

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‘This is why I can’t do auto pay’: Customer says electric company accidentally charged them $15,000 for 1 month

‘I would also probably cry.’

On by Phil West

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‘I would cut the cord’: Home inspector catches builders stealing electricity from neighbor’s finished home

‘This was not the first time.’

On by Stacy Fernandez

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‘All the boxes for a hoax’: Far-right doesn’t buy FBI claim that neo-Nazis plotted to destroy Baltimore’s electrical grid

They blame the feds for everything.

On by Claire Goforth

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‘I’ve seen more fires caused by these pieces of sh*t in my career than just about any other electrical source’: Fire investigator warns against extension cords from Walmart because they lead to fires

‘Not me watching this with my phone plugged into one of these right now.’

On by Rebekah Harding

A man working on a thermostat.

Exclusive: Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm

Power companies won’t disclose who was protected from blackouts—but smart meters may be leaking insights.

On by Mikael Thalen

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How will we illuminate in the future?

There are imaginative new ways to redesign how we use and distribute energy.

On by Eric Chan

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This fork will shock your tongue with salt

The sensation of eating salt, without the negative effects.

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The USB Killer 2.0 is a flash drive that can zap a computer to death

If you see this flash drive, grab your computer and run.

On by Patrick Howell O’Neill

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The road of the future will charge your car as you drive

Wireless induction charging is an old technology learning new tricks.

On by Dylan Love

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An MIT battery breakthrough could charge your smartphone in 6 minutes

We spoke to Ju Li, lead researcher of a team to build a better battery.

On by Dylan Love

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In the future, we might turn everything into a solar panel

Ubiquitous Energy is changing the nature of what we think can be used to collect energy from the sun.

On by Dylan Love

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Is the Energous ‘energy router’ the future of wireless charging?

Remember when routers just broadcast Internet access?

On by Alex La Ferla

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Turns out you don’t need much voltage to zap a pencil to smithereens

It only takes 120 volts to burn this pencil.

On by Mike Fenn

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