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Remote Power on PC's
Hi there
since we are being told to "Save Energy" these days are there any devices that I can use to remotely power ON a computer -- it's easy to power them OFF but I can't see any easy way to power them ON again remotely (apart from "Call the Woman").
If you have your display set to turn off after a short period I'm not sure how much energy an idle PC will consume -- I'm sure it's not that great even for a high powered PC -- but it's probably a good idea to get into the habit of turning appliances off when you aren't using them.
I did think about some type of mini-relay controller - but that probably uses as much power as an idle PC.
My ideal would be some device that could be activated by a mobile phone -- even one of those dreaded phone "apps".
C'mon you Engineering geniuses -- how about a device like this.
Cheers
jimbo