Electricity Is Dangerous: Why We Care
August 07, 2015
[Power strips are a leading cause of fire]
Thomas Edison paid kids to collect dogs and cats so they could be electrocuted in public.
He would electro
Electricity Is Dangerous: Why We Care
August 07, 2015
[Power strips are a leading cause of fire]
Thomas Edison paid kids to collect dogs and cats so they could be electrocuted in public.
He would electrocute them in public to show the dangers of AC current (he was advocating DC current). He lost the fight and AC current - the dangerous kind - is what is used today (because it can be distributed over long distances).
The video below shows an elephant being electrocuted by Thomas Edison. We hate this video.
[we decided not to post this video. you can find it on Youtube]
You could have found a better way to get your point across Mr Edison.
Electricity is dangerous.
As adults in the modern world, we've known this our entire lives.
Yet power strips remain one of the most dangerous items in homes around the world. Power strips are one of the top causes of house fires in the United States.
In the design world there is an almost desperation to make electricity look better - we get it. We were first and we're proud of it.
But we see a dangerous movement toward using flammable materials in high-voltage products like extension cords at the location where the risk is the highest - around the outlets.
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