The folding plug - a stunningly simple and beautiful piece of technology

Started by Brazen, June 24, 2009, 10:03:56 AM

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Brazen

June 24, 2009, 10:03:56 AM
Probably lost on you two-pin-tards, but still, look at the video. All the way to the multi socket version at the end.
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Razgovory

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June 24, 2009, 10:37:50 AM
It said "invalid parameters".
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derspiess

#3
June 24, 2009, 11:20:09 AM
What took so long to come up with this?
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The Larch

#4
June 24, 2009, 11:23:37 AM
Aaah, the wonderful world of different plug types, haunting travellers in and out of the UK & Ireland for ages. I remember last year, in a meeting in Plymouth, I was one of the only two people out of the 10 or so continentals with an adaptator.

Scipio

#5
June 24, 2009, 11:42:11 AM
Now, that is fucking genius.
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Grey Fox

#6
June 24, 2009, 11:43:14 AM
Get rid of the fuse inside. That'll fix it.
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June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs:  Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
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Zanza

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June 24, 2009, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs:  Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
We have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.


The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.

The Larch

#9
June 24, 2009, 12:32:50 PM
Quote from: Zanza on June 24, 2009, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs:  Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.

The world of plug standarization is nightmarish, there are like a dozen different standards in the world, some of them used in just one country.  :bleeding:

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#10
June 24, 2009, 12:39:43 PM
Clever, I hope it makes her rich.
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June 24, 2009, 01:22:00 PM
Quote from: Zanza on June 24, 2009, 12:12:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on June 24, 2009, 12:06:53 PM
Gigantic plugs:  Yet another reason that Europe still has much to learn about civilization.
We have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.


The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
I've seen them.  They're still overlarge compared to the plugs of the civilized world.  Just as English is the Correct Language, there is only one proper type of plug.  Anything else is immoral and degenerate.
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grumbler

#12
June 24, 2009, 03:46:33 PM
Thanks, B.  I love these kinds of things - when it is done, you say "why couldn't I have thought of that!"  That's the best kind of engineering there is, IMO.
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June 24, 2009, 04:02:43 PM Last Edit: June 24, 2009, 04:04:21 PM by Tyr
Cool. Could protect against standing on those buggers in the dark too :pinch:


QuoteWe have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.


The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
That looks dangerous.
In European countries I've lived in they at least use three pins on high powered stuff keeping that kind of thing for just little lights and that.
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The Larch

#14
June 24, 2009, 04:11:12 PM
Quote from: Tyr on June 24, 2009, 04:02:43 PM
Cool. Could protect against standing on those buggers in the dark too :pinch:


QuoteWe have these. Flatter than a MacBook Air, which is apparently the standard measure for how thick a plug may be.


The UK has different plugs from the rest of Europe.
That looks dangerous.
In European countries I've lived in they at least use three pins on high powered stuff keeping that kind of thing for just little lights and that.

AFAIK, the only continental European country that uses 3 pins on plugs is Italy, and it's not the only kind of plug they use.
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