iPhone app, MeterRead (Go Green, Save Green!) PGE (Score 1)

Out her in California, PG&E is replacing 5 million electric meters with Smart Meters, but they are only about 10% done. It should take another 5 years. They transmit the data back through radio waves. I was thinking the same thing regarding using a camera that would read the meter, take a picture of it and send the data to a website. It could be a new cover for the existing meter and your done. This would be a great invention. I know that there are many patents out there for automatic reading. Check out freepatentsonline.com to search. Anyhow, our iPhone app, MeterRead allows you to simply match the dials to your meter, then you record the data and get feedback such as elapsed time since last read, total kW-h's used, average watt load and and a 30 day estimated usage based on the current read. You will like it if you try it! We have a YouTube video if you want to see it in "action" (the video is pretty boring, but informative).