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China Cracks Down on Liking Posts About Zero Covid Protests

New censorship rules state for the first time that users can be held liable for liking videos deemed harmful or illegal by government officials.

Tech News Nikki Main

The Mother of All Wall Warts Can Handle 11 Devices at Once

Like a regular Joe transformed into a superhero through some freak accident, this giant power adapter turns a single outlet into an all-encompassing charging station for all of your gear. Technically, it requires two outlets since the second gets completely blocked, but that’s ok since the Bestek charging station more than makes up for that…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Portable Pivoting Power Adapter Maximizes Your Hotel’s Outlets

Even fancy new hotel rooms with flat screen TVs and iPhone alarm clocks catering to our gadget-laden lifestyles never seem to have enough outlets for charging all your toys. So a portable power bar is the most important thing you can travel with, particularly this folding model which can handle even the bulkiest of wall…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Piggy Power Strip Is Too Cute/Creepy to Resist

Even though I’m weirded out to no end by it, 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. It’s definitely somewhere between creepy and cute—some sort of cthonic pig baby straight out of Carnacki. But…

Gadgets Kwame Opam

The Share-A-Watt Is a Travel Power Strip for Cafe Cassanovas

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? The Share-A-Watt mini-power strip incorporates two grounded AC…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Absolutely Genius: Slide Your Plugs Into Slots Instead of Individual Holes

I can’t believe no one has thought of this until now. I will never have to rearrange my cell phone charger plug, laptop plug, and the dozen others that fight for space on a traditional power strip ever again. UPDATED. You can thank Chen Yinfeng for this innovation, called, appropriately, the Slot-Type Power Outlet. Rather…

Tech News Christina Bonnington

This Power Strip Has an Entire Miniature City On It

As part of a graduate show at the Kyoto University of Art and Design, students built miniature cities out of common household objects—including this power strip. They’re just missing mini-people. [Spoon Tamago via Crib Candy via Boing Boing]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Brando’s Randomized Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art

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. https://gizmodo.com/meeting-brando-hong-kongs-usb-willy-wonka-5136739 I’ll let Brando’s stream-of-consciousness pitch speak for itself: It’s not ONLY a Normal Power Extension Bar,…

Tech News John Herrman

Visible Energy UFO Power Strip Gets Its Commands From Your iPhone

As far as powerstrips go, Stanford’s Visible Energy UFO is as cool as it gets. It monitors and tracks the energy consumption of plugged-in devices, and the whole shebang is controlled via the iPhone. The UFO features four color-coded outlets, a lidded bowl on top to store your gadgets (or chips—whichever you prefer) and a…

Tech News Sean Fallon

IR Remote Power Strip Lets You Turn Anything On With a Universal Remote

Home automation is expensive and complicated, but universal remotes are easy. The IR-Remote Control Power Strip lets you use universal remotes on any electronics, blinking lamps and speakers on and off with lazy precision. No price on this since it’s straight from an OEM in China, but it’s supposedly controlled by any IR remote, provided…

Tech News Jason Chen

Swivel Sockets: 90 Degree Rotating Outlets Help Conserve Space

Traditional power strips are not the most ideal way to conserve space and keep things orderly. This Swivel Socket design tries to overcome that problem with six outlets that can rotate 90 degrees. Obviously, that angle would be enough to get the cords out of the way so that you can move furniture and other…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Monster Slays Vampire Power with New Power Strips, Slays Wallets Too

Monster, usually better known for cabling, is now tackling powering your gadgets in an eco-friendly manner with a new range of standby-killing power strips. The Digital Life Power Center Green Power versions being the first of two lines, aimed at connecting your computer gear up: when you turn off the computer, all the peripheral sockets…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

E-Ball: the Power-Brick-Friendly Power Strip, From Space

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…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Revolve is a New Spin on Power Strip Design

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…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Cost Control Power Strip: See How Power-Thirsty Your Gadgets Are

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,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

The ezSpace UFO Surge Protector Gets Price Drop to $29

That ezSpace UFO Surge Protector we reviewed and loved last month got a $10 price drop down to $29, making it even more of a good buy. [Review] https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-ezspace-ufo-surge-protector-358333

Tech News Jason Chen

Surge Power Strip: Your Power Wastage In Plain Sight

The Climatized Objects Project think there’s a simpler way to make you save energy than clever sockets: “Surge” plops your power sockets and thus energy consumption in open view. Shaming you, and dominating your home. Yup: I’d certainly be tempted to unplug my “on standby” devices if this red surge-protecting beast was draped over my…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Belkin’s Mashup Surge Protector and USB Charger is Perfect, Tiny

I was desperate for a product just like Belkin’s mini surge protector and USB charger combo yesterday, as I struggled behind my desk with the nest of wires, power bricks and surge protection to find my phone charger. Taking the small-is-neat approach, Belkin looks to have tackled their Dual USB Power Adapter and Monster Power…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Tributaries T12 Power Strip Is Overkill With 12 Ports, Eight of Which Rotate

Tributaries has had a rotating power strip on the market before, but this T12 seems like they’re going all out—and by all out, we mean adding two extra ports to the strip. The whole thing comes in at an amazing 12 ports, eight of which rotate at up to 90 degrees so AC adapters don’t…

Tech News Jason Chen

Lightning Review: ezSpace UFO Surge Protector

The Gadget: The ezGear UFO, a relatively compact surge protector/power strip that holds six distinct AC adapters so they don’t bump into each other. https://gizmodo.com/flying-saucer-surge-protector-keeps-all-plugs-separate-335964 The Price: $29 The Verdict: Definitely worth it if you have a bunch of large and unwieldy AC adapters to plug into one port—say, if you were building yourself a…

Reviews Jason Chen

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China Cracks Down on Liking Posts About Zero Covid Protests

The Mother of All Wall Warts Can Handle 11 Devices at Once

Portable Pivoting Power Adapter Maximizes Your Hotel’s Outlets

This Piggy Power Strip Is Too Cute/Creepy to Resist

The Share-A-Watt Is a Travel Power Strip for Cafe Cassanovas

Absolutely Genius: Slide Your Plugs Into Slots Instead of Individual Holes

This Power Strip Has an Entire Miniature City On It

Brando’s Randomized Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art

Visible Energy UFO Power Strip Gets Its Commands From Your iPhone

IR Remote Power Strip Lets You Turn Anything On With a Universal Remote

Swivel Sockets: 90 Degree Rotating Outlets Help Conserve Space

Monster Slays Vampire Power with New Power Strips, Slays Wallets Too

E-Ball: the Power-Brick-Friendly Power Strip, From Space

Revolve is a New Spin on Power Strip Design

Cost Control Power Strip: See How Power-Thirsty Your Gadgets Are

The ezSpace UFO Surge Protector Gets Price Drop to $29

Surge Power Strip: Your Power Wastage In Plain Sight

Belkin’s Mashup Surge Protector and USB Charger is Perfect, Tiny

Tributaries T12 Power Strip Is Overkill With 12 Ports, Eight of Which Rotate

Lightning Review: ezSpace UFO Surge Protector

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