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[Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 27, 2009, 02:13:31 pm

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#1 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 27, 2009, 02:24:22 pm
 :goodidea:

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#2 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 27, 2009, 02:46:20 pm
She is going to be very rich...

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#3 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 27, 2009, 04:07:55 pm
She is going to be very rich...

depends - if she's employed by mac they probably own all the intellectual property rights  :(

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#4 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 27, 2009, 04:55:02 pm

That's going to be awesome for removing extension lead clutter.

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#5 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 29, 2009, 12:52:12 am
Thats awesome - the only issue I can see is potential problems with heat dissipation if you have four or five high power devices plugged in the multi adapter

Im starting work on an australian one now  :)

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#6 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 29, 2009, 11:30:46 am
the only issue I can see is potential problems with heat dissipation if you have four or five high power devices plugged in the multi adapter
That's no different from standard 4-gangs etc, they all have limits.

For those of us with no YouTube access at work  :boohoo:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/

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#7 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 29, 2009, 11:35:50 am
heat dissipation with it folded out should be better than a normal unit cos there'e more surface area, but 4 of thme folded up in small space might have heat issues, so it'll probably have to be limited to low-power appliances and not long-term use etc.

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#8 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 29, 2009, 12:22:02 pm
Available now, developed in Sheffield - http://www.slimplug.com/index.html

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#9 Re: [Funky new gadget] UK Folding Plug
June 29, 2009, 09:24:52 pm
I doubt she is a Mac employee, since when did you see one of their innovations 'announched' in an amateur style via youtube? Smacks of final project product design course, very nicely done, (much neater than the Shef based idea, sorry!), like the youtube comments I hope they have patented it before telling the world.

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 :agree: But one is in production, one is not ....

 

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