Phillips Industries has introduced the first auxiliary vertical dual-pole plug and socket that meet the new SAE J3082 standards for high-current connections between a tractor and a trailer to provide ...

Northumbria University design graduate Will de Brett has redesigned the everyday electrical plug, making it pin-less and stackable to accommodate numerous devices. Mi Plug uses wireless charging to ...

In a nutshell, plugs and sockets differ from region to region and even country to country because, at the time they were being developed, no one really saw any reason to make them all the same. First, ...

Hungarian design brand Sekhina has made a series of light switches and plug sockets from concrete as an aesthetically pleasing alternative to plastic. Billed as the first of their kind, Sekhina ...

A new line of advanced micro-USB plugs and sockets feature up to 4.8-Gbps data transfer speeds. A new line of advanced micro-USB plugs and sockets feature up to 4.8-Gbps data transfer speeds. These ...

The simple task of specifying an ac electrical plug takes on numerous intricacies in equipment destined for different parts of the world. Look at an electrical outlet outside the U. S. and you’ll ...

Confusion in the electrical sector has led to claims that all Schuko plugs and sockets are banned. This is not true.

South Africa is undergoing a decades-long transition to a new electrical plug and socket standard, which will culminate in the old triangular three-prong plug top no longer being supported. In its ...

Playing a crucial interconnect role in integrated circuits and semiconductor testing, test sockets, aka package probes, serve the role of connecting a device and its tester. IC sockets are categorized ...

Over the decades, many of the appliances it powers have become slimmed-down, compact or flat. But the British three-pin plug has remained exactly the same size – very bulky. Until now, that is, as an ...