Linked by David Adams on Mon 26th Oct 2009 19:32 UTC
The "wall wart" is one of humanity's worst inventions (not counting all of the inventions that are actually intended to kill and maim each other, I'll admit). AC-plug power supplies are a cheap workaround to various engineering, economic, and regulatory problems that manufacturers face, and they solve those problems by pushing them off onto end users. So what can we do about it? OSNews takes a look at an ingenious workaround to the Wall Wart problem, and some hopeful trends that might make them a thing of the past.
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2006-01-01
... every plug has a switch on it - turn off the plug, the power to all attached devices is cut. No need to unplug and no need to do anything special. Coupled with a separate fuse in every plug and a mandatory third pin (often used to earth, but also operates the plug locking mechanism that prevents kids from electrocuting themselves unless they are very determined to do so) it sort of makes all of this fairly moot. Sure people will still leave stuff plugged in and turned on, but that is more social engineering.