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- jjanousek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3actually, i think it is a great idea because it is so simple... but i don't know if it is proof that humans are stupid
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That is a pretty good idea. Wouldn't twisting it tangle up the wires? I had the same problem with big plugs, but my idea was to have horizontal outlets.
- greggish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I long ago found incontrovertible proof when I noticed that 83% of people driving their cars will look at you with either utter confusion or angry annoyance when you repeatedly point to the front of their car as they drive by at night. Apparently it takes that rare 17% that are operating at genious level to figure out that maybe the reason the person is pointing over and over at their car at night is because their headlights aren't on.
- TheFoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Proof the human race is stupid: this story made the front page.
- commiecat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Umm, these things were available prior to this year you know...
-commiecat - capn_caveman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's cool, but I still want my freakin jetpack.
- WillyWonka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If the bottom plug is filled and you need to put something in the top plug, how do you rotate it to stick your device in?
Use two fingernails in the slots?
Use a knife? - strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hmm... seen these before. Not new.
I guess the proof is that he was allowed to patent them. - nihilator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dupe.
http://digg.com/design/360_Electrical - Salvo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The Human race isn't stupid.
The Designers of Wall-Warts which have an Oversized or non-vertical Transformers are Stupid.
Since here in Australia, we have different plugs and run at 230V, we need different transformers to Americans anyway. Most electrical goods we get use figure-8 power cables, so the actual transformer isn't anywhere near the wall outlet. It still hasn't stopped Designers from manufacturing figure-8 cables with a disproportionally large plug footprint. - KAMI_no_kodomo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Great title
Great introduction.
Great article! - spamdies, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0marked lame
- fugitivALiEN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0too many moving parts, old skewel sockets are still much more reliable and sturdy, get a rotated extension or power strip and you're good to go.
- antdude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I want a power strip with this ability!
- younglink11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cool product, horrible title.
- mglmouser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0One reason for a wall-mount power outlet being the way they are is for added security.
Normally, the wall mount ground pin is on top, wich provides a last-ditch barrier for falling object to guard them against touching the power prongs in case the plug is partly pulled out of the socket.
If you have huge blocks, wich have a tendency to disconnect due to their sheer weight, turning the outlets around, you augment the chances of, say, a butter knife coming in contact with life power prongs.
A more intelligent human would have simply done away with the power blocks and have the block connected with a 10-12 inch cord to reach the outlet.
IMHO, the PowerSquid is more a sign of intelligence than this wall outlet. - Red_Eye, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wonder if this is the related patent....
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6638074.html - mechengr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The reason it took us so long to have squeezable mayo was not because nobody thought of it. It is because plain plastic with no coating makes things taste like crap! The foodstuff absorbs the outgas from the plastic material making your mayo taste like Lego's. It wasn't until recently that they came up with barrier layers in plastic packaging so that your mayo tastes like MAYO.
Also, these aren't any different than the 360 swivel phone cords that have been around forever. - spamdies, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The design is new the device isnt, I've seen thoose in buildings for the last 10 years
- boza111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ORRRR they could just make the sockets further apart when they are made
- AHIGHERGOD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good article. ***** digg title.
- EddieW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0or they should be just like the uks.... next to eachother instead of ontop!
- stratmancj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0why would anyone need it to click to 18 different positions? it would seem that 2 positions (right way up and upside down) would suffice for any adapter problem
- redivider, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Proof that sens is stupid: It took him until 2006 to realize that this has existed for years.
- oneoffmanmental, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Even more stupid is that you haven't adopted the safest Type G outlet yet.
- echobucket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Seriously, just stop making wall warts! Would it cost that much more to add a 3-inch long cord & plug? It gets horrible around home entertainment centers & computers. Yeah, buy a spaced-out surge supresser, but still, allow for some flexibility."
Um.. you have to put the AC/DC transformer somewhere. - razorsharp84, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wouldn't it be simpler just to have the top outlet upside down?
- databyss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Tons more interesting stuff at http://www.smartstuff.se/
all those ideas that should've come naturally, but have taken their time. - bigteebo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Seriously, just stop making wall warts! Would it cost that much more to add a 3-inch long cord & plug? It gets horrible around home entertainment centers & computers. Yeah, buy a spaced-out surge supresser, but still, allow for some flexibility.
- blankman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is NOT new at all. We've had one of these in our house since at least the 80's.
- g30ph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Whatever. You're stupid. Stupid dumb stupidhead. Dummy. I'm going home.
- I8PP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have a less complicated solution - instead of the 360 degree crap why not justmove the sockets further apart?
- bobslaede, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0*****, we had squeezable mayo containers since way back in the days.
- DigitalBrian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Well we had Mayo in a squeezable container all of my 35 years of life, at least in Denmark where I was born.
- Guspaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This type of thing has been around for ages, and I don't think they're very useful either. Certainly not proof that the human race is stupid. Reported as old news.
- cprincipe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Proof that humanity is stupid: we keep digging links from this advertainment site.
- mindtrap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Idiots!
The reason the ground plug is at the bottom is so that if the plug is only pulled out partially, the ground pin will be the last to come out and thus cause little or no damage. - Cabal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0omgoogles we only invented cars ~100 years ago! everyone up until then was so stupid! omg
- Shazam999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@CotP_DoM
Huh? First off, like the US, electrical codes in Canada are mandated by cities, not by the country. And in the Canadian city I live in, your "code" certainly is not true. - sporktek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No digg. Personally, I think this is a bad idea. For one thing, most people use a power strip or a surge protector, and if you don't you should. Second, brush/ring connections get dirty over time, causing an increase in the resistance across the connection and causing heat. If a fleck of carbon or other contaminant were to completely interrupt the connection, whatever you had plugged into it would lose power, and when the connection was re-established an arc would occur causing more damage/dirty-ing of the rings and brushes. I'd imagine these things would have a rather short life in a typical household. Don't get me wrong, rings and brushes are used in a lot of places where electrical continuity needs to be present between counter-rotating objects, it's just that the kind of stress typical home-dwellers would put on this thing would likely lead to premature failure, and possibly fires and everything else associated.
Besides, if most people are like me, they usualy end up plugging things in behind furnature and stuff and often cannot see the outlet. The assumption that the ground prong is either on the top or bottom is a great help here. Now, with this thing, as illustrated by the picture on that article, you've got no clue which way the plug is turned when trying to use an outlet that you can't see. - Xoligy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Define stupid. If the human race is stupid, why don't we lick our own bollocks?
- echobucket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The ultimate solution, but of course, nobody ever thinks of this (it would also require too much coordination amongst manufacturers) is to just simply have ONE AC/DC transformer in your house (probably at the electrical box) and have DC receptacles around your house to plug in all the various DC equipment we use nowdays. The end of the "wall wart". Of course, you would have to standardize the voltage/polartity.
- dutchdorr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What use is it. This is the must dumbest idea I have ever seen.
- SweetsGreen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I like mayo
- I8PP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"If the bottom plug is filled and you need to put something in the top plug, how do you rotate it to stick your device in?
Use two fingernails in the slots?
Use a knife?"
Take the first plug out, put in the second plug, rotate as needed, plug first plug back in. - deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Don't they pretty much say the same thing every release? New kernel, new network stack, better developer tools, etc? Empty promises.
- bdeisgn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I thought 90 some odd percent of the computer population being Window's was all the proof we needed? I mean c'mon...that plus Bush being elected kinda spells it out.
- wyngnut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Mucho lame.
Beside the brush issue. This raises the cost of manufacturer for an outlet. Remember there are probably about 50 of these in the average house.
The smart thing would be to tell freaking manufacturers to stop making wall warts. Hell my Apple //c (purchased in 1984) already had this wired (pun intended).
Or better yet, buy one of these
http://www.deepdiscounters.com/index.php?main_page=product_info¤cy=USD&products_id=33205 - ethnicman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think a better solution would be to make the bricks smaller or put them somewhere in the middle of the cable so that you can still plug in to traditional outlets. or you can use one of these.
http://tinyurl.com/cnjxm - tetfsu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Quote: "The concept is simple – the new wall outlets have receptacles that rotate a full 360 degrees in both directions."
What the?!?!? 360 degrees in both directions. What is that supposed to mean? You mean that there's a total of 720 degrees of turn in the plug before it stops and you have to go the other way? -
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