Eye massager
Hand warmers
And in the adult section, a USB powered vibrator.
The plethora of USB ports now offered by today’s PCs has spawned an abundance of ridiculous devices. A small culture of collectors has even emerged around odd USB gadgets, and chances are one of them works in your office, displaying his collection of eyesores proudly on his desk.
In case you’re lucky enough to have avoided seeing these in person, here are some of the weirdest examples we’ve found.
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Favorite is the USB barbie on the next page.
Humidifier? Oh yeah, I want a humidifier right next to my laptop. Who thinks of this crap? And how do you brush your teeth with an USB toothbrush? You carry your laptop and toothbrush to the bathroom? I love the idea of having my laptop by the sink!
Actually,
The Swiss Army usb drive makes a lot of sense to me.
As an ex-boy scout I have always carried a pocket knife around in my pocket. And for almost a year now, I have also been carrying a usb drive around in my pocket.
Where I work we have a lot of “special needs” development and testing systems that are isolated from the intra-company LAN. There are ways to get new software/data/source code to those systems via the LAN but it always means making multiple jumps, always at least two sometimes more. Sometimes, it is just easier to dump it onto a usb drive and walk down the hall.
Maybe not the knife I would take on a camping trip. But, in a high-tech job perfect to have one less thing rattling around in my pocket.
I ran into a USB drink coaster recently, designed to keep your drink cold. Reviews said it had only one flaw.. it didn’t work. 🙂
What sense does it make to plug a current-hogging resistive load into a USB port? Do these people have any sense?