学生发明可变形万能插头

It began as just one of those niggling everyday frustrations.
灵感源于日常生活中常见的那些让人头疼的琐事。

But a design student's determination to end the 64-year reign of the unwieldy three-pin electrical plug has won him an international design award - and looks set to make him his fortune.
然而一个学设计的学生决定结束三角插头长达64年的统治，他的新发明获得一项国际设计大奖，而且会为他带来滚滚财富。

Min-Kyu Choi, 29, had bought the world's thinnest laptop, advertised as being slim enough to fit in an envelope.
29岁的Min-Kyu Choi买了一个号称世界上最薄的笔记本，宣传中说它薄到可以塞进信封。

The student said: 'I carried the laptop with me to university but when I took it out I was disappointed to find the plug had scratched the computer.
他说：“我把电脑带到学校去，但拿出来时候却发现，它被插头刮花了。”

"I thought it would be a good idea to create a plug that could be folded flat so the pins would not cause any damage and also to make it as thin as the laptop itself."
“我觉得，如果能发明一个折叠式插头就好了，这样插脚就不会弄坏其他东西，而且能和笔记本一样薄。”

Now a student at London's Royal College of Art, Mr Choi's design could 'make a difference to everyone's life', according to the chairman of the judging panel, artist Antony Gormley.
Min-Kyu Choi现在是伦敦皇家艺术学院的学生。奖项评审会主席，艺术家Antony Gormley说：“他的设计可能会改变每个人的生活。”

Just as the inventor of 'cat's eyes' for the road, Percy Shaw, became a multi-millionaire on the back of his idea, Mr Choi is also likely to win his own riches.
发明猫眼的Percy Shaw成了大富翁，Min-Kyu Choi也会像他那样，赢得自己的财富。