If you could generate your own power for everything in your home and office, that would be nice, right? And everything would mean everything. From the air-conditioners to the heaters, to the computers, lights and all equipments in use.
How about the fact that whatever is extra and not used by you is stored into a grid? How about the fact that all that power could come from a device the size of a shoebox? Yes, your very own personal electricity and power generator station kept under your bed.
Multiple such devices are in play but the most promising one seems to be one that is already in use. And it seems to work and work well. This is the Bloom Box being used right now at Google, eBay, FedEX, Walmart and Staples. A fuel cell device from US-based Dr. KS Sridhar's startup company, that uses a stack of ceramic disks all put together inside a box the size of a bread box and can generate about 1 kilowatt of power. It's costly right now, but in a few years we all may be able to have our own power plant in a box and wave away power outages a final goodbye.
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