Electrical Socket That Forcibly Ejects Inactive Plugs

Stupid idea..

Nothing more irritating then to need to turn something on and find the plug has come undone. Especially if said plug is behind something heavy.

Way to over complicate something unnecessarily.
 
I think this is idiotic...

but I can see coffee shops, airports, etc using these. If you aren't drawing power, pop! NEXT USER PLEASE!

But really, society can't be this far gone. (can it?)
 
Next up: Devices that draw just enough power when not in use to not trigger the device
 
mashie said:
Will this win the most stupid idea of the day award?
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No...but it will shitloads of 'green product' awards.....and after that become the de-facto standard outlet in all homes of the future.
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Stupid idea..

Nothing more irritating then to need to turn something on and find the plug has come undone. ... Way to over complicate something unnecessarily.
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Reminds me of the genius at Sony in the 80's who made a CD player with a remote control that had an EJECT button, but no corresponding CLOSE button. Great! Now I have to get up off the couch to close the damned tray. This is even worse...
 
Yep, it is a pretty stupid idea. But I expect we will never see it again so it really doesn't matter.
 
could just use a internal relay, said device isnt drawing X amps, the relay opens and the "phantom draw" is ended, when you go to turn it on, the relay energizes and your TV is powered up.
 
I understand it's a design contest, but I don't understand how such a flawed design can possibly win...

We already have power strips with the working version of this technology. Under a certain power draw, the outlet gets shut off. Simple, effective, unobtrusive, and most importantly - don't hamper convenience.
 
FiZuR said:
could just use a internal relay, said device isnt drawing X amps, the relay opens and the "phantom draw" is ended, when you go to turn it on, the relay energizes and your TV is powered up.
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But if the device is getting zero power, it will never power back up. there has to be a manual reset of the power.
 
Brak710 said:
I understand it's a design contest, but I don't understand how such a flawed design can possibly win...

We already have power strips with the working version of this technology. Under a certain power draw, the outlet gets shut off. Simple, effective, unobtrusive, and most importantly - don't hamper convenience.
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Bingo
 
Dekoth-E- said:
Stupid idea..

Nothing more irritating then to need to turn something on and find the plug has come undone. Especially if said plug is behind something heavy.

Way to over complicate something unnecessarily.
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Seriously. I mean then you constantly have to just keep plugging it in each time you want to use it? :confused:

Something that doesn't just "kick" the plug out but instead halts current entirely would make more sense and not require you to plug in everything each and every time you use it :rolleyes:

Might as well rolled this into the same "Genius" category as German Scientists who discovered how to genetically engineer Onions so they don't make you cry when you slice them up.
 
lol this makes me realize, you can invent anything, even if it's a completely silly idea, but it will probably get enough coverage so you can make a couple mil and walk away. As long as it has nothing to do with alternative energy, otherwise the government and oil industry will just gulp it up and it will never be heard of again.

I think I will make a toaster that automatically brings the toasts back in for a quick toasting if they have been left idle for more than 5 minutes. That way if you forget about the toasts at least they'll be kept warm.
 
Red Squirrel said:
lol this makes me realize, you can invent anything, even if it's a completely silly idea, but it will probably get enough coverage so you can make a couple mil and walk away. As long as it has nothing to do with alternative energy, otherwise the government and oil industry will just gulp it up and it will never be heard of again.

I think I will make a toaster that automatically brings the toasts back in for a quick toasting if they have been left idle for more than 5 minutes. That way if you forget about the toasts at least they'll be kept warm.
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Lol i would love that toaster!
 
agree. dumb.
The inventor should be punched in the face.

That is all.
 
rkand said:
Next up: Devices that draw just enough power when not in use to not trigger the device
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+1

If they ever start putting plugs in like this in houses, the free market will come up with a solution to get around them. I can already imaging the Democrats out here in California voting for this as another great "green" solution :(

Of course, in few years when this doesn't solve anything, they will then vote to make illegal any product that draws enough power to override these plugs. Then people will have to start ordering illegal adapters from china just so thier plugs will stay connected, causig house fires when they short out. Then they will hire of more port inspectors to catch the illegal adapter importers, which will cause people to.....
Never mind, I think I'll just move out of the state before we get to that point.
 
nutzo said:
+1

If they ever start putting plugs in like this in houses, the free market will come up with a solution to get around them. I can already imaging the Democrats out here in California voting for this as another great "green" solution :(
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Holy Republican Batman!
 
As much as I Personally see no use for this device, I'd much rather have several power bars that I just turn on or off completely...

My wife constantly unplugs things (from the electric kettle and coffee machine to the charger for my cellphone which I leave plugged in)... so for somebody like her, it would save the unplug step (but not the plug back in step).

I just wish they made more "smart" power bars, ie; mechanically programmable to control power, similar to the ones posted by somebody else, but with more flexibility. Maybe even with a network port, which would let me turn the power bar off remotely.
 
dugn said:
Reminds me of the genius at Sony in the 80's who made a CD player with a remote control that had an EJECT button, but no corresponding CLOSE button. Great! Now I have to get up off the couch to close the damned tray. This is even worse...
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You eject the disc so it will be opened by the time you get to it and remove the cd and replace it with another one.

btw, a lot of players will close the tray when you press the play button on the remote.
 
I think this particular application kinda sucks..

But.. I think it would be useful to have a version that is like a GFC plug for use in wet-spaces. Not only trip a breaker but eject the plug also, in the event of a trip or short.
 
It's like insult to injury. House loses power temporarily and you're forced to crawl under your desk at hit your head on the way up :p
 
IMO these "options" are incredibly stupid.... it's called use a surge protector and flip the switch off when you aren't using it. No stupid adapters to use, no special wall outlet install, easy and saves money... These are just for people that like gimmicks. ;)
 
I am wondering how much power the devices that monitors the power usage of the outlet is burning up, as well as the LEDs on the outlet (however miniscule).
 
Zepher said:
You eject the disc so it will be opened by the time you get to it and remove the cd and replace it with another one.

btw, a lot of players will close the tray when you press the play button on the remote.
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My mom had one of those Sony CD players, and I can honestly say that unless you spent over $1000 for one of the higher end units (similar to the Sony STR receivers currently), the Play button DID NOT close the tray. Back in the late 80's/early 90's, Play/Close functionality did not exist, for some reason...

I remember having a Sony Beta deck that had an Eject button on its remote.
 
It's a winner of design concept contest. Which means it has no bearing on practicality, its about pretty pictures.
 
Actually I think this is a great ideas on some appliances like curling irons and clothes irons and things like that where people are always asking themselves when driving to work: "did I unplug the iron?"
 
TheBluePill said:
I think this particular application kinda sucks..

But.. I think it would be useful to have a version that is like a GFC plug for use in wet-spaces. Not only trip a breaker but eject the plug also, in the event of a trip or short.
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I was thinking the exact same thing: Local circuit breaker that pops the offending line out? Perhaps an interesting idea.
 
Think about it. The device is on 24/7 monitoring power usage. Its just like the device its trying to prevent from using the small amount of electricity in the first place.
 
TheBluePill said:
I think this particular application kinda sucks..

But.. I think it would be useful to have a version that is like a GFC plug for use in wet-spaces. Not only trip a breaker but eject the plug also, in the event of a trip or short.
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That seems a little redundant, once the breaker is tripped the power to the plug is dead so there is no reason to unplug it. This adds unneeded complexity since there may be several outlets(plugs) on the same breaker.
 
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