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    PowerZoa Would Be a Great Answer to the Question: "Did I Leave the Stove on?"

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    Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D

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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/16/09

    In reply to PowerZoa Would Be a Great Answer to the Question: "Did I Leave the Stove on?"
    Whoa, that's a badass leap in wireless wire control tech. Even the advanced/future models, I'm not sure how often I'd use it once I acquired it, but I'd sure like to have one. #powerzoa
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    11/16/09

    In reply to Say Hello to Your New Local Power Guy

    I can't wait until Optimum Online sends mechanical spiders to fix our cable boxes and repair lines outside the buildings.
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    11/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: That's an excellent picture from an execreble movie. Although Kirstie looked good in that one.... #powerlines
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    11/16/09

    @ps61318: OMG I REMEMBER THIS MOVIE WHAT IS ITS NAME #powerlines
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    11/16/09

    @NFLBLitze1: Runaway. That's the name of the movie, and what the audience should do at the opening credits. #powerlines
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Rotating Outlet Solves the International Outlet Smorgasbord
    It's like a slot machine... a slot machine where all you win is electrocution. #power
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    11/12/09

    @negated: has star powah: First thing I thought of when I saw that is it needs a one armed bandit!

    That and a combination lock for a secret hidey hole. #power
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    11/12/09

    @negated: has star powah: You beat me to it. D'oh! #power
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Rotating Outlet Solves the International Outlet Smorgasbord
    Perfect for when I attach balloons to my house and travel overseas! #power
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Rotating Outlet Solves the International Outlet Smorgasbord
    And how does it regulate the difference in Voltage and Frequency of the power? Have fun plugging your 120 volt device into a 240 volt wall outlet! #power
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/12/09

    @zeroprime: First thing I thought of, too. To be fair, though, reducing the issue from 219 different plugs down to two simple voltages is a big step in the right direction. #power
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    11/12/09

    @zeroprime: most electronic devices have voltage converters built in. #power
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    11/12/09

    @zeroprime: Yeah, that was my immediate question. Most laptops and cell phone chargers have no problem with the voltage (most support 100-240v input range), but everything else that does not can use the same outlet. Knowing how traveling sales people can be total boneheads, I know someone will end up blowing something up.
    The other side is the cost of the upgrade over the hotel just having plug adapters on-hand. #power
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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    11/12/09

    @zeroprime: Have a regulator built into the socket and either detect which outlets are being flipped out or put each rotating set of outlets on one voltage to match the ports on the block. #power
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    11/12/09

    @telepheedian: "Well I brought all these adapters, and the regular socket is being taken up by my laptop... I guess I can just plug my hair dryer into this british plug" #power
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    11/12/09

    @psychiccheese: That's an issue you run into anyway. #power
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    11/12/09

    @telepheedian: but this would be more misleading, since one night you could plug your hair dryer into the regular plug, and the next night into an adapter, because something else is using the regulated socket. If it blows up on the first night, it's your own fault, but how many people are going to assume that the voltage is being regulated on a per-socket basis, depending on which is facing forwards? Especially when they're right next to each other. #power
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    11/12/09

    @zeroprime: I just went through all of the electronics I take with me when I travel, not a single one has a problem with accepting 240v. Hell, even my hair dryer does that, granted why would I travel with a hair dryer (short hair, and all hotels have them nowadays) #power
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    11/12/09


    @psychiccheese: I would imagine it's obvious, especially if it's on a per-wheel basis. 110 here, 220 there. Besides, portable surge protectors anyone? #power
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    11/12/09

    @telepheedian: I would imagine it's obvious to you, and to me. But I like to assume that everyone's an idiot. If it works for one plug in that row, people will assume it'll work for all the plugs. #power
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    11/12/09

    @psychiccheese: Labels over the sockets are all you need. #power
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
    Hopefully he won't copyright this and oblige people to charge Monster grade prices on it.

    I mean, it's interesting and all, but truth is, it'd do almost nothing for me. For my living room alone I have 3 power strips to attend all my plugging needs...

    Would be nice for my kitchen though... the only problem is that I'd need a hole in the wall deep enough to fit the entire contraption.
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D

    And here I thought the whole point was to not do something like this... #artlebedev
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    Image of D0rk D0rk
    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
    Cute concept, won't physically work or be practical though. It can't even support one wall wart thanks to the fact that the plug's are recessed. #artlebedev
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    Image of Lukasz Fabis Lukasz Fabis
    11/09/09

    @D0rk:
    Take a closer look.

    Those sockets have two round holes. Given that they're also a recessed circle, that means they're Type C plugs. In other words, they're supposed to be recessed. All plugs meant to work in type C sockets have an extruded circle meant to fit in that kind of socket, wall warts included.

    Beyond that, there's nothing inherently bad about his design. Whether or not it can support the weight of a bunch of wall warts might be a concern, but a sliding mechanism isn't in itself a bad idea.

    This isn't just a concept. This is a schematic that can be made into a functional prototype. Art.Lebdev Studio does its research. #artlebedev
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
    I would love to see this thing come to the US, but have 1 problem with it.

    I would need the plugs flat with the corner, not in a little. Also, a big plus would be the ability to rotate the plugs 90 degrees. I currently use 2 powerstrips sometimes for external hard drives, because some hard drive plugs are quite big, and take up 3 sockets (when their next to eachother, sideways) #artlebedev
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Art Lebedev Takes Wall Sockets 3D
    As a former electrician, I can bring a salient fact: this would require a non-standard electrical box. It is too deep of a device, and would require probably even deeper than the "extended boxes" in order to accommodate the device plus tucked-back wiring. Obviously, if whatever box it takes to fit this and the wiring cant fit within a 2x4 stud wall, it's dead on arrival.

    Sorry to bring some practicality to an art house piece. #artlebedev
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    11/09/09

    @dtemp: Great comment/point, though drafts from the first designers of a 100% OLED keyboard are worthy of a bit more than "art house" status. #artlebedev
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    11/09/09

    @dtemp: only an electrician would call this an art house piece :) #artlebedev
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    11/09/09

    @dtemp: It needn't actually fit in the standard wall box. The outlet module could just attach to a j-box with a standard fitting with the necessary 3 wires extending into the j-box, correct? #artlebedev
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    There's something terribly awesomely badass about photos of high-energy physics thingamajigs. This one and the Large Helical Device, anyway. #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts

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    10/30/09

    @AlphaPepper: What has been seen cannot be unseen! #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    Just as long as there aren't any coconut shavings. Ugh. #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    You put the lime in the coconut and blow it all up... #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/29/09

    @Thinger: Good one. #thermonuclearfusion
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Allergy Warning: The ITER Fusion Facility Contains Coconuts
    You put the thermonuclearbyproducts in the coconut, then you feel better #thermonuclearfusion
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