http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/ Engadget Comments for Video: UK Folding Plug concept could flatten that bulky British adapter http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
Pathetic!

The fact of the matter is the UK and England are used interchangably, all I ever see is American referring to the UK as England, and here we have another example. Mrs Doubtfire was apparantly English for Christ sake! Can't you dumbass's even make a film accurate, and don't you think to yourself she sounds a bit different from that stereotypical Bridget Jones English accent.

You have missed the point entirely and tried to be a smart arse, fail!]]>Jun 23rd 2009 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
So yeah, pretty insignificant..."

Why did you watch THAT episode of QI but not the one where Mr Fry explians why the name persists in America? Prior to WWII-ish 'England' was used to refer to the entirity of the UK (WWI was singed off by the 'Prime minister of England'). Today the word has been swapped for 'UK', but sometimes people still talk about England as the whole as that's where everyone lives (Manchester for example has a larger population that Soctland and Wales combined).

Seriously, it's just words and names. Why so patriotic about individual bits of the UK and so keen to do down the whole thing? That's like me being anoyed that Brunel's work is attributed to the UK and not to Portsmouth.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/]]>Jun 23rd 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
This folding plug design is rather brilliant. However, from the video, it seems to be just a student design project. If so, in a world where companies register so many useless patents, it's ironic that this useful design has been released into the public domain without any rights protection...]]>Jun 23rd 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Are you saying socket was designed also by students ?
Students fixing students ha ?]]>Jun 23rd 2009 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
"The BS 1363 design is not only in use in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but also in Sri Lanka, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Oman, Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Botswana, Ghana, Hong Kong, Macau, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Iraq, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. BS 1363 is also standard in several of the former British Caribbean colonies such as Belize, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada. It is also used in Saudi Arabia"]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
Actually so does Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Can't remember if Thailand uses it.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Not sure if the EU membership/rules changed any of that.
]]>Jun 23rd 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 24th 2009 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europlug

It is about time to get civilized. :) (So I can buy stuff from england without needing to readapt)]]>Jun 24th 2009 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
Just an fyi, the air is NOT the thinnest laptop, its some sorta NEC or samsung laptop back in the 90s oddly enough]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9852240-7.html)]]>Jun 23rd 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
When you plug in a UK plug, it stays in unlike the flat pinned US plugs or the round pinned ones everywhere else. It was a great surprise working in the Middle East to find that they used these lovely sensible plugs too.

Packing them in a suitcase is a bit of a nightmare, especially computer ones. For mobile or camera chargers you just wrap the wire round the body and between the prongs to get a ball. You can't do that with a laptop charger. ]]>Jun 23rd 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
The fuses are there for good reason so its nice to see a seemingly well designed compact adapter which still includes the fuse. I'd still have to wait and see how well it stood up to testing before wanting to use one tho. ]]>Jun 23rd 2009 7:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/]]>Jun 23rd 2009 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/to the BS 1363 (three pin UK) when you guys switched from the old round pin
plugs that the South Africans still use.
The BS 1363 plug was designed to be safe because UK homes are wired
rather badly. The "ring" wiring system used in the UK was designed after
WW2 to conserve copper, not for safety.
Irish households are wired similar to German houses, they don't use the
"ring" setup that's common in the UK.
In the future hopefully all of the EU will switch to the international standard
IEC 60906-1 which the Brazilians are currently switching to.
It's safer than the BS 1363, smaller and can carry more current.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
I say the British plug should become the world standard.

God save the Queen...]]>Jun 23rd 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/So, UK plugs are bigger... DEAL WITH IT!
I bet that extra pound in your luggage really made one hell of a difference to your traveling comfort...]]>Jun 23rd 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
Rofl.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/]]>Jun 29th 2009 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
The reason most phone chargers are so bulky is because they are full of transformers to bring that 240V AC down to about 5V DC for your phone or whatever, so for them this would be pretty pointless.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/yes it might be safer. even more safe, extremely safe for stupid ppl.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/
The design of this is frigging inspired.]]>Jun 23rd 2009 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/23/uk-folding-plug-concept-could-flatten-that-bulky-british-adapter/Jun 23rd 2009 7:17AM