1.30.2010

Thinking about idle time a little deeper, I started looking up information on “down-time” of electronics. Most of them talked about how many hours we spend on TVs, computers, video games, cell phones, and etc. What I find interesting about this info graphic piece is that it shows how much energy is used during their down-time. I guess this can be perfectly explained with the idea of “basal metabolism”—energy spent even when we are sleeping, resting…basically doing nothing at all. This image doesn’t necessarily represent what I’m trying to do but it gives me an idea as to what to do next. I think a chart with how many hours of down-time each piece of electronic piece has can be a good one.

source: http://awesome.good.is/transparency/008/trans008vampireenergy.html