Now it’s time to take a look inside the common North American wall socket, and how it got that way. Hubbell’s Plugs Separable Attachment Plug, US Patent 774,250.

When you don't have anything plugged into a USB wall socket, it typically enters standby mode and only uses 0.05 watts of power. This is very little and doesn't significantly impact your energy ...

The socket is a concept design created by Meysam Movahedi. It’s a revolutionary power outlet that could provide great convenience to individuals who have wall sockets located in inconvenient places.

Art Lebedev’s Rozetkus socket, however, transforms from 2D to 3D. When you need room for just one appliance, the Rozetkus wall socket sits flat against the wall.

This wall socket includes two USB ports for charging your mobile devices. Find out what you need and how to install it. Sharon Profis Former Vice President of Content, CNET Studios As vice ...

The UK company Jade Integration is about to release a PC that is small enough to fit inside a standard wall power socket. Not only that, it can be powered solely over ethernet.

The output of the wall socket would be programmed by an 8 pin processor to set the output voltage, to a max 48V. An initial default 3.3V would power the 8 pin processor for initial setup, ...