A powerful design.

[rug]

Legrand 15-Amp Adorne Pop-Out Magnesium Square Duplex Electrical Outlet

[NYC_SKP]

1. About fitty bucks at Lowe's:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_214161-1571-ARPTR151GM2_0__?productId=3851697&Ntt=magnesium+square&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dmagnesium%2Bsquare&facetInfo=

[rug]

3. What does a regolar outlet cost?

I'm a firm believer that pleasing design requires more thought than money.

[Scuba]

6. A buck forty-nine.

[NYC_SKP]

8. $4.58 for a Legrand Non-Pop-up duplex receptacle including faceplate:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_246419-1571-ARTR152M4_0__?productId=3798881&Ntt=magnesium+square&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dmagnesium%2Bsquare&facetInfo=

[rug]

12. Hmmm, well I still like it. It's not as if it has to be replaced every year.

[cyberswede]

2. That's really cool!

[PoliticAverse]

4. I want to be someone whose main problem is electrical outlet unsightlyness...

Until then I'll stick with a regular 60 cent outlet.

[Demo_Chris]

5. I am completely missing the point of this. nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. me. too

[Chan790]

9. Design asthetic.

If you were a design firm and you had outlets like this in your office...you'd be entitled to charge $100/hr. more and cite your good design sense.

Other than that... Money to burn?

[PoliticAverse]

10. Clearly you've never been traumatized by the sight of an unused electrical outlet... n/t

[Demo_Chris]

11. No, that part I get...

Who HASN'T suffered that pain?! No, I am picturing the explosion of wires coming out of this thing if you actually had to use it. From invisible to WTF?!

[csziggy]

13. Alocal library branch has outlets built into the tables

Like this:


The company that makes the outlets has a wide variety of designs - tilt and pop up - with various outlets - electrical, phone, network, USB.

I'd rather have the outlets right where they are needed than on the wall when I still have to run an extension. If I were to build a new computer desk or printer/scanner stand, I would get some of these outlets and build them in. Mockett also has solutions to integrate the wires into the table or desk legs.

http://www.mockett.com/technology-into-furniture-integration/power-communication-systems/aluminum?limit=all

[rug]

14. That is very clever, perfect for a working desk.

[Chan790]

15. Within 10 years, the point will be moot.

We're about that far away from the deployment of home-grade short-range (think room-sized) wireless power transmission. You'll have one outlet in a room that has a short-range transmission antenna attached to it and everything will pull its electrical power from that antenna.

They're already testing such systems for military and experimental uses.

You can read about it on DARPA's public-facing site. https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d2b20bbc41f7577b536b32be305f4c90&tab=core&_cview=0

[csziggy]

16. I'm not sure about how practical that will be

I thought the wireless TV transmitter we had was great to beam our TV signal all over the house. It was - until we turned the microwave on. Seems they used the same frequency.

I'd worry about what power transmissions would interfere with or how any old technology I own might interfere with the wireless power.