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Donut Outlet: Doesn’t Sell Chocolate Glazed, But Does Make Plugging in Easy

Donut Outlet

It can get pretty annoying having to move couches, tables, cabinets, and other random stuff out of the way so you can plug something into the socket. Unfortunately, it’s pretty much unavoidable, unless you want to spend ten minutes on your knees trying to find the angle of the holes…

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January 3rd, 2012 by: Hazel Chua

Modular Power Strip Concept: Volt-tron

modular power strip concept by Chih-Yao Chen

We’ve seen a variety of takes on the power strip that address not only the need for more outlets but the awkward fit of different plugs and adapters. Designer Chih-Yao Chen’s solution is simple: break the power strip apart so that you can re-arrange the parts as needed.…

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November 8th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Art Lebedev’s Svintus Power Strip Pig Has 17 (Sn)outlets

Art Lebedev is harnessing the power of the pig with their new power strip concept. The Svintus Power Strip Pig concept makes a lot of sense as it doesn’t take up a lot of space, yet gives you many outlets to plug your gadgets into.…

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October 4th, 2011 by: Conner Flynn

Wooden AT-AT Power Box: Store the Cords, Luke!

at at walker wooden socket storage box by brando

Fight clutter and win the wire wars with this wooden AT-AT model from Brando. It’s roomy enough to fit a power strip and has slits on both sides to organize and secure cords. Just make sure you don’t get its feet tangled with one of your cables.…

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August 24th, 2011 by: Lambert Varias

Coalesse Power Pod: When is a Power Strip Not a Strip?

coalesse power strip pod circular design

Most of my power strips look the same. They are made to basically hide away under a desk or in a corner, so that the resulting cable mess doesn’t take over your desktop. That’s not what Coalesse’s Power Pod is for. This handsome power strip is circular and begs to…

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March 11th, 2011 by: Range

Green Hisaver Power Strip Senses Motion to Save Power

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Being geeky and green can be tough if you have a bunch of high-end power slurping computers running in your house. I like to leave my computer running all the time, so it can backup and do its business while I sleep. I would bet lots of geeks out there…

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September 26th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Power-Strip USB Hub Lets You Switch Ports On and Off

power strip usb japan hub

I’ve never had much luck with USB hubs, especially the cheap ones. It doesn’t take them long to fry so I found that it’s best to plug in/out ports or spend more on a decent hub. This hub is made to look like a power-strip, complete with switches.

These power-strip…

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August 3rd, 2010 by: Range

Wet Circuits: the Safest Power Strip, as Seen on Youtube!

wet circuits power strip

The Wet Circuits power strip is a water resistant power strip that also has a circuit breaker to prevent overheating. It’s patented design ensures that electricity will be conducted only when a “proper plug is 100% inserted into the outlet.“… The outlets are coated with a “special protective

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July 8th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Pivot Power Crams in All Your Power Adapters, No Matter the Size

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The latest item to hit the prospective shelves of product crowdsourcer Quirky, the Pivot Power helps you fit all of those weirdly-shaped power bricks into their outlets without the jigsaw-puzzle challenge posed by conventional power strips.…

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June 29th, 2010 by: Technabob

Power Strip With Socket Icon – Life Imitates Software

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Thanks to Takumi’s Icon Socket, computer-savvy folks can easily find out where to plug their real world app(liance)s: just look for the socket icon.

As you can see, you can plug in up to 4 sockets to Icon Socket. It also has a magnet screwed on its back, so you…

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July 11th, 2009 by: Lambert Varias

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