Admittedly, it's more a frustration than a matter of life and death, but it is true all the same: British plugs are awkwardly big. Tonight a graduate who became fed up with carrying round the world's ...

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 ...

Figma, the startup looking to put design tools in the cloud, has today announced new plug-ins for the platform that will help users clean up their workflows. Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field says ...

In the aftermath of last week’s Alaska Airlines in-flight emergency, some aviation experts are questioning the structural design of the section of the Boeing 737 Max 9 that blew off the plane. On that ...

TE Connectivity’s MultiGig HD connector has been selected by the VITA Standards Organization as the next-generation VPX plug-in module connector. Senior project manager, Mark Walmsley, revealed the ...

Most gadgets and small appliances in U.S. homes have either a Type A or Type B electrical plug, perhaps with a cover to hide cords. Whether they're two-pronged or three-pronged, their purpose is ...

How do you compare a social housing scheme and a fashion collection? As a judge of the Brit Insurance Design awards, I had to decide Last night, Britain's most prestigious design prize was awarded to ...

Modern Volvo produces gorgeous cars with exceptional interiors, yet the marque remains an underdog in the luxury car market. This is especially the case for its sedans, which of course face stiff, ...

The new, patented Split-Fire spark plug's V-shaped ground electrode broadens the flame pattern without excessive erosion tendencies. The spark kernel is larger than those of a conventional plug, ...