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This Piggy Power Strip Is Too Cute/Creepy To Resist

12:04AM October 6, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Even though it’s bound to burn a hole through your desk, I still kind of want this thing. Yet another “classic” from Art Lebedev, the Svintus plug pig has 17 Type F sockets for all your Russian power needs. More »

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The Share-A-Watt Is A Travel Power Strip For Cafe Cassanovas

5:20AM September 17, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

You’re at the cafe and you battery is toast but, as usual, every last power outlet is filled. Why beg for time on an outlet like a schmuck when you can ask that cute redhead in the corner if you two can double up using the Share-A-Watt? 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 »

This Waterproof Power Strip Scares Me

12:40PM July 7, 2010 | Casey Chan

Wet Circuits’ waterproof power strip is so brilliant, it feels wrong. Just look at the water splashing all over the electrical outlets! That picture alone sends me quivering, I half-expect it to blow up in a horrific explosion. More »

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Kill-A-Watt Power Strip Review: Green Guilt Comes To Your Home Theatre

2:00AM March 6, 2010 | Wilson Rothman

I love my P3 Kill-A-Watt power meter, so when I spotted the Kill-A-Watt power strip at CES, I immediately knew its value: Track all your earth-killing home-theatre gear with a single tool. It works, but “simple” is good and bad. More »

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Ambient Light: A Pleasant Reminder Your Gadgets Waste Energy

10:20AM February 26, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

It’ll be at least a decade before the Bloom Box solves our energy crisis. In the meantime, you’re gonna have to turn off your gadgets. This concept uses ambient light to gently remind you which are still sucking power. More »

Modular, Multi-Tab Power Strip Makes Competition Look Antiquated

3:39AM February 20, 2010 | Mark Wilson

There’s no special tech inside this power strip concept that could prevent it from coming to market tomorrow. Instead, simple, good design makes an everyday product even better. Let me explain. More »

AllSocket Puts Wall Outlets Wherever You Need Them

2:40AM July 17, 2009 | Sean Fallon

As I look down underneath my desk at the tangle of wires and plugs I dream of a day when all of our gadgets can be powered wirelessly. Until then, a concept like AllSocket could help reduce clutter. More »

Outlet Wall Doesn’t Want To Hear Another Word About Power Strips

11:20PM June 16, 2009 | John Herrman

There are plenty of ways to deal with the twinned problems of insufficient plug space and cable tangle, but the obscenely overdone Outlet Wall concept, courtesy of Ironic Sans, is easily my favourite. More »

Brando’s Randomised Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art

12:40AM May 29, 2009 | John Herrman

Hong Kong’s premier spare parts crossbreeder has a mixed record, but occasionally does something so inconceivably strange and impractical that you begin to think you’re missing some great, hidden genius. Example! The power strip with a SIM card.

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