Playstation 3 measurements revisited

erac3rX (who is working on a killer gaming setup -- site coming soon at http://www.modsbox.com)
writes with measurements of the older revision of the playstation 3 to compare to the new revision in the 40GB PS3 posted here

Note the interesting difference between cold start and hot start on booting. Are there really 15 watts or more of fans running? Wow!


PS3 (60GB, one of the latest manufactured)
Off: 1
Booting (cold): 140-145, max 156
Booting (hot): 158-160
Menu (XMB) (cold): 156 at login screen, 163 after logged in and ticker tape running.
Menu (XMB) (hot): 167-169 waiting to login, 175 after logged in w ticker tape running.
Resistance Fall of Man: Cut Scenes: 163-164
Playing first level of RFOM: 180-185, peak 190
RFOM paused: 158-159
Loading Bluray/Menu: 169
play Bluray (House of Flying Daggers ch 14): 169-172
30x Fast Forward: 167-169
Paused bluray: 166-167
Running Folding @ Home: 191 w/ active visualization, 175 screensaved
Web page loading sony store page: 167-169

Time Lapse energy video

Check out this time lapse video It's not very quantitative, but it's quite cool. Even if you don't appreciate the message (it's similar to inconvenient truth in it's message) there is very cool imagery in there. The photographer made the video using still photos taken at intervals to make time lapse sequences in black and white.

EnergyConsumption.org

Great minds think alike :)

Check out this great site that also is posting power measurement data
http://www.energyconsumption.org
The data is here http://ec-users.pbwiki.com/Data

CFL light bulb with motion sensor built in

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/cfl-motion-detector-motionbulb/
Engadget reports on a compact fluorescent lightbulb with a motion sensor built in to detect motion up to 25 feet away