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 ...

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 ...

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 SunCon line of cable sockets and plugs now handles cables with a diameter of 4.2 to 5.2 mm, have a captive gasket, are designed to operate in –40 to 110°C, have a contact resistance of less than 5 ...

Anyone who has traveled to the United Kingdom has probably marveled at the imperial bulk of the standard U.K. wall plug. With three chunky, rectangular pins, the design at first glance seems almost ...

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