When the British plug was introduced in 1946 it did not have great ambitions. It did not expect to travel the world, buried in laptop bags, forming awkward acquaintances with travel adapters. When ...

Beating 90 entries, ranging from a twin-seat electric aircraft to the late Alexander McQueen's last fashion collection, Min-Kyu Choi's redesign of the charmingly bulky British three-pin plug has won ...

The British electrical plug may be a design classic, but it's also very bulky and doesn't exactly fit in with the ultra-mobile digital age. To save some tablets from an undeserved scratching, Hong ...

The time is probably due for MagSafe power-plugs. These plugs should detach safely and cleanly from the wall when you trip over them, not from the device itself. This would be even more useful in ...

Explore 10 interesting features of British plugs in this video, including: 00:00 #10 Longer Ground for Safety 01:45 #9 Those Clever 9mm 02:31 #8 Cord Orientation 03:04 #7 Intentional Order of ...