Comments on: ‘Tio’ Light Switch System Teaches Kids to Conserve Household Energy

By: boredtexan

boredtexan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:30:11 +0000

Wouldn’t it be easy to just turn the lights off and on real quick to reset it to green? Most kids would figure that out in about two days.

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By: windowi

windowi — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:14:23 +0000

I really like this concept, it is well designed, and very forward thinking. It instills a sense of conservation at a very young age. What I like more than anything is that it uses facial expressions, which people tend to be VERY receptive towards. It reminds me of a study, in which they studied the difference between two stop light cameras, one which told you your speed, and flashed if you were going over the speed limit, and the other was simply a smiley face for going the speed limit, and a frowney face for going over. People were something like 3-4 times more receptive, and slowed down more frequently to the faces. Well done!