Tag: USB GADGETS

If your car lighter is just a wasted hole in your dashboard console, you may want to check out this new gadget from Belkin. The Micro Auto Charger essentially turns your car lighter into a mobile USB port, allowing you to charge all kinds of gadgets with ease. The design is as simple as it gets, with one open port lying flush against the dash. We love this idea, since it means we could leave ...

Yanko Design is certainly home to many far-fetched, never-to-be-realized gadgets, but this so-called You-SB finger drive isn't one of them. In fact, it's already a bit behind the curve. Apparently, after losing a finger in a motorcycle accident last year, Jerry Jalava took advantage of the situation to get a 2GB USB drive installed in his new prosthetic finger, which he's happy to inform us ...

As far as computer ports go -- and technologies in general -- USB has got to be the friendliest. Not only does it lovingly accept almost any kind of gadget imaginable, it also generously parcels out power to those gadgets so that they don't need to be plugged into a wall. As a result, it's quickly become the de facto interface for our printers, scanners, digital cameras, iPods, thumb drives and ...

Unplayed since the dawn of the CD era, your Dad's pile of vinyl is just sitting there, collecting dust. Those records look good, smell good, and sound even better. But the potential for wear and tear has relegated them to conversation pieces. Now, if your Dad (or other vinyl-loving person) had the Audio-Technica AT-LP2D-USB digital turntable system, he could capture the audio of those old ...

For aesthetes who like their desktops to look as fresh and clean as everything else in their Japanese-influenced, eco-friendly homes, Podera has some relevant USB hotness. Its Luxe Hub and Luxe USB 2.0 Hub and Luxe USB 2.0 card reader, both priced at $16.95, are absolutely gorgeous pieces of design. They perform simple tasks, but with grace: The former splits a single USB port into four, while ...

For those among us with a severe case of Halo 3-itis (which seems to be about seven trillion and counting), the new limited-edition Halo Mimobots ($55-$115) make a great stocking stuffer. These USB Flash drives come in sizes ranging from 1-gigabyte (GB) – 4-gigabytes (GB), and you have your choice of either Master Chief (pictured), or blue or red Spartans. They come preloaded with a bunch ...

Ignoring, for a moment, the deep irony to be found in the fact that Americans spend their money on USB devices shaped like food, while 90% of the world can't get their families their daily five grains of rice without walking sixteen miles in the desert, behold the newest in food-based storage: the Doughnut drive. And if you want to take the Homer Simpson approach, you can get one for just ...

In case you were wondering how to make sure we cover your product, here's the secret recipe: USB + sharp blades. Oh, and it doesn't hurt if it plays music. That's why you get to read about the USB Blender Alarm Clock. This little toy from Brando is powered via your USB port or by batteries (though the product page doesn't say how many or what kind). When it's time for the alarm to sound, the ...

Question number one: Who buys this stuff? Chinese company Sundayo has released its highly-unanticipated USB Eye Massager, which is meant for those of us who spend our days staring into the pixilated abyss known as the computer monitor. But it also begs question number two: Does using your real fingers to manually massage your eyes really require that much effort -- especially at the risk of ...

What's the easiest way to spruce up a cheap trinket? Add USB of course! This pretty useless and cheap looking contraption, called the Popdrive, sticks a 1-gigabyte USB flash drive onto the handle of a standard issue bottle opener. So now you can get your drink on and carry around tons of electronic documents -- just make sure not to mess up any of those documents if you've had one too many. ...