MIT researchers develop a smart power outlet that can prevent your house from burning down

Minimalist · Jun 17, 2018

Modern power outlets are a lot safer than they seem from the outside looking in. Take arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), for example: They’re sensors installed behind the wall that trip an outlet’s circuit when they detect a potentially dangerous spark in the power line. Trouble is, arc-fault detectors are sometimes too sensitive, and, as a result, switch off the power prematurely or unnecessarily.

A team at MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering solved the problem with artificial intelligence. Their “smart power outlet,” which they detail in a paper published in the journal Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, analyzes the power draw of appliances and can tell the difference between harmless electrical arcs and dangerous ones. It’s also capable of identifying which devices are plugged in by their unique electrical patterns.
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https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/15/...hat-can-prevent-your-house-from-burning-down/

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