Folding plug wins international award for student inventor (w/ Video)
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 06:28
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- A design student, frustrated at having his brand new wafer-thin laptop scratched by the unwieldy and bulky plug attached to it, set about re-designing the standard British 3-pin plug that has remained unchanged for over six decades, and invented a plug that folds to a mere one centimeter thickness.