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Ideative’s Socket Sense Power Strip Lightning Review
1:00AM Andi Wang | The Gadget: Ideative’s Socket Sense surge protector that expands in order to fit more bulky AC adapters all on one strip. More »
Design
Naolab ChargerFrame Turns Your Charging Gizmos into Work of Art
12:00AM Kit Eaton | Shanghai-based designers Naolab have turned their creative talents towards the universal gadget charging station, and come up with ChargerFrame. It’s designed to put your charging gadgets on display… in a chaotic, randomly wiry, Pollock-meets-cats-cradle kind of way. It has sockets built all around the frame, a single on-off switch and pegs for you to drape electric wires and gadgets around. Of course every time you add or remove a device, the “picture” changes, and that’s kind of interesting. Maybe I like it ’cause it’s the sort of thing I dream up when in a creative mood, maybe because it’s actually cleverer than the Sanctuary. Just a concept. [Dezeen]
Design
E-Ball: the Power-Brick-Friendly Power Strip, From Space
11:45PM Gizmodo US Edition | Who’d have thought that the humble power strip would warrant so much creative design attention? Not me. But I like this e-Ball power strip design from Mashallah design: it’s kind of like the UFO one, designed to deconflict many chunky power bricks, but taken into an extra dimension. In fact, the first thing it reminded me of was the space stations in the amazing old game Elite. But that might be just me. It’s a concept, but begging for someone to make it real. [Interior Design Room] More »
Design
Revolve is a New Spin on Power Strip Design
12:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | Power strips sit under all our desks, and they’re an oft-ignored bit of kit, with the occasional exception. Which is why I like the Revolve power strip design by Takumi Yoshida. It’s a simple and neat solution to the problem of power strip clutter caused by different sized power bricks: each socket can spin around on the column so there’s plenty of room to deconflict. It’s just a concept, but I’d love for someone to make it real— the fearsome tangle of electrical connections sitting under my desk is a scary fire hazard. [Yanko design] More »
Gadgets
Cost Control Power Strip: See How Power-Thirsty Your Gadgets Are
8:04PM Gizmodo US Edition | The Cost Controller power strip lets you hook up eight gizmos, protects them against voltage spikes, and also shows you how much power they’re drawing so you can worry about your electricity bill well ahead of time. It actually shows consumption in kilowatt hours along with the frequency and voltage characteristics of your power line, if you’re into that sort of data. At least watching those usage digits mount up on its LCD display might prompt you into eco-friendly behaviour, like not leaving stuff on standby. Available now for US$99.99. [Computer Gear via Red Ferret] More »
Peripherals
WirePod Power Strip is Curly-Wurly Piece of Kit
6:50PM Addy Dugdale | Designed for US firm Artechnica, Joris Laarman’s power pod truly is a thing of beauty. Designed for people who don’t want heavy-duty power strips—the kind you might find in MacGyver’s tool box—it’s made of thermoplastic rubber and has four sockets on it. The aim is, apparently, to turn power cords from “concealed, passive objects into visible, active elements that aesthetically and functionally energise living and working spaces.” Well, talk about going too far. WirePod is part of of the WiremoreTM range. [Artechnica via Dezeen] More »
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