PumPing Tap Pops Power Chord Like A Toaster Pops A Toast

PumPing Tap is a design concept that won the Red Dot Online Design award in the 'Design Concept: Domestic Aid' category. The concept is simple - When the device connected to the power socket is turned off, the spring loaded socket will pop up the power plug after 10 minutes. The design team says that even if the device is turned off, residual power flows inside the electronic device if it is connected to the power supply. Approximately 10% of power may get wasted under such situation. A classic example would be charging of your mobile phone. When your phone is 100% charged and still connected to the power supply, residual electricity flowing through your phone's circuit may lead to wastage of power. The PumPing Tap concept solves this problems by doing what you should be doing - physically disconnecting the power chord from the power supply. Pumping tap has a sensor that detects when the connected device has been put off in a 'standby' or 'switch off' mode. Then after a gap of 10 minutes, it pops up the power supply with the help of a spring.


Pumping Tap Design Concept | Image Credit: Pumping Tap Design Team

We however see obvious disadvantages of the system. Apart from being scary to the uninitiated, the system would get annoying after some time. There would be a classic situation where we'd like the power plug to stay in place even when it's not being used. For example, our flat screen Bravia completely hides the power sockets and plugs and has been left untouched for months. Imagine how'd our life be if the sockets popped out the power chords every time we turned off our TV! Plus, the design concept shows an OLED ring to display the status which would consume power all the time. We'd like to hear from our readers whether they'd want to use PumPing Tap.

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