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Gadgets

Ancient Chinese Socket, Huh?

4:00PM October 27, 2010 | Joel Johnson

The hotel staff are friendly and anxious to please, but even when they finally understand my request, they don’t quite understand my reasoning. Nevertheless, after all the pantomime and apologies, they are bringing me a power adaptor. More »


Cars

Could A Plane Still Fly If Every Seat Had A Power Socket?

3:20AM October 27, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

To you and me, it’s probably more painful settling down for a long flight and realising there’s no AC socket for your laptop than hearing there’s a crying baby behind you. It’s not stinginess that’s withholding the juice, it’s physics. More »


Absolutely Genius: Slide Your Plugs Into Slots Instead Of Individual Holes

9:20AM July 21, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

I can’t believe no one has thought of this until now. I will never have to rearrange my mobile phone charger plug, laptop plug and the dozen others that fight for space on a single traditional power strip ever again. More »


Gadgets

PowerZoa Would Be Great To Remotely Turn Off Your Stove

9:19AM November 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Why? Because you could use the device to remotely cut power to any gadget that is plugged in to an outlet. More »