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Concept images: GreenPlug

You’ve probably heard it so many times now that you’re sick of it: “Unplug any electronic device with a ‘wall wart’ when you’re not using it. Power down your computer at night instead of just putting it to sleep. Don’t leave battery charges, cell phone chargers and the like plugged in if you’re not actually charging something. Et cetera. Et cetera.” You are doing those things, right?

That said, Green Plug has another way which, provided the electronics industry is keen on adopting it, could take reducing vampire power to a whole new level. And in the process not only reduce the number of...