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The number amd variety of things you can plug into the USB port on a computer is getting ridiculous. A search for “USB Power” on the wonderful Engadget gives a stupendous list of improbable items, including:
Posted by Thomas Ricker on 10/31/2005
Anything, and we mean anything that can be made… can be made better with a little USB power. Add a bit of camouflage and you’ll understand why we’re lovin’ on these new craptastic USB heated gloves
Posted by Evan Blass on 10/17/2005
Oftentimes when we are in and around our local library sucking down free WiFi, we notice several people (not the ones sleeping in the over-stuffed chairs, mind you) peering into strange stacks of
Posted by Ryan Block on 9/24/2005
When Alek’s online Christmas decorations control system turned out to be a hoax, a light must’ve gone off in someone’s head. Yup, you guessed what comes next in the long line of illustrious
Posted by Donald Melanson on 8/29/2005
Logitech just introduced a new pair of speakers designed for use with laptops. We can’t tell you anything about the most important part – how they sound – but we do know that the V20s will set you
Posted by Ryan Block on 8/11/2005
Is it powered by electricity? Because if it is, we want to see it powered by USB. And if it isn’t… we want to see it powered by USB. So thanks, Thanko, for your latest, the iShaver. Probably works
Posted by Thomas Ricker on 6/4/2005
Doubtful anyone who needs (or more importantly, is willing to use) the Boynq D-Light USB-powered Lamp is going to look good embalmed in a pasty orange glow. But here you have it, another whacky
Posted by Peter Rojas on 5/24/2005
We’re pretty sure that the sheer geekiness of plugging this into a USB port kills whatever swinging bachelor pad/hippie love nest vibe you might be trying to create, but Lava World International is
Posted by Barb Dybwad on 3/16/2005
The promise of the near view display is there, though prior implementations have been poor. A head-mounted screen should theoretically provide the equivalent to a very large disply viewed from a few
Posted by Ryan Block on 2/22/2005
A USB-powered thermal wrist protector/strap on Engadget that facilitates one’s ceaceless habit of sitting in front of the computer, researching, purchasing, and using USB-powered gadgets via
Posted by Peter Rojas on 2/16/2005
Ok, so at the end of the day it’s still just an acrylic pedestal for the Mac mini, but Plasticsmith must know how to get on our good side, because now they’ve busted out a USB-powered version of
Posted by Ryan Block on 2/9/2005
They call it aeroionotherapy–some believe in it, some don’t–and it’s supposed to relieve you of restlessness, anxiousness, depression, and high blood pressure if you charge the air in a room with
Posted by Peter Rojas on 1/27/2005
By this point it seems like pretty much everything that can be turned into a USB-powered gadget has been (not to mention a few things that probably should never have been led down that path), so
Posted by Peter Rojas on 11/29/2004
You know, it’s hard enough already trying to convince people who drop by the house that we’re not insane, so the last thing we’re going to do is completely confirm that by plugging this USB-powered
Posted by Peter Rojas on 11/26/2004
You’d probably want to keep lots of moisture away from your PC, so that you won’t, you know, destroy it, but if you can’t quite resist, a shop in Japan is selling a USB-powered air humidifier. Would
Posted by Peter Rojas on 11/17/2004
Be honest, do you really need to put up any other Christmas decorations besides this USB-powered, drum playin’ Santa Claus which regales you with Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, The First Noel, and
Posted by Peter Rojas on 10/25/2004
It really wouldn’t be an Engadget Christmas without this USB-powered snow man or Christmas Tree on your desk, would it?
Posted by Peter Rojas on 9/30/2004
You know us. We can’t resist anything USB-powered. We’re totally suckers for it, which is why we we’re giddy at the prospect of this portable battery pack which we picked up at Compact-Impact that
Posted by Ryan Block on 9/15/2004
We can’t think of too many examples of times when we need to shut down a bunch of stuff at the same time as our computers since most anything connected to them needs recharging anyway (excepting
Posted by Peter Rojas on 6/10/2004
The New York Times has just uncovered this crazy new trend: USB-powered gadgets! Anyone else heard of this before?
Posted by Peter Rojas on 6/4/2004
Somehow we missed this from the other day, but the New York Times actually reviewed one of those USB-powered air purifiers. The only thing about reviewing the Cleanlon is that they couldn’t tell if
Posted by Peter Rojas on 5/10/2004
What’s scary is that this isn’t even the first one of these: it’s a USB powered fragrance-oil diffuser (basically a fancy Glade Plug-In) from Osmooze called the USB P@d that actually let’s you
Posted by Peter Rojas on 3/6/2004
The fact that it’s sold out implies that somebody has been buying this, but we’ve been scratching our heads at the prospect of Arvel’s USB-powered fragrance-oil burner, which is supposed to help make
Posted by Dan Wu on 12/3/2004
Socket’s Mobile Power Pack has 7200mAh of juice in its battery, allowing you to charge cellphones, Pocket PCs, Palm devices, Nintendo GBA/DS, and digital cameras, but the best part is that it has a
Posted by Thomas Ricker on 11/25/2005
Those Skype handsets are coming fast and furious these days. Now Buffalo brings us the ingeniously named BSKP-CU201/BK handsfree USB kit which features an integrated speaker and omnidirectional mic
Posted by Marc Perton on 10/11/2005
We’ve seen a handful of hydra-headed chargers, which let you juice up your cellphone via USB, car cigarette lighter or other power sources, and we suspect that Azio’s Dual-Link Charger isn’t that
… and that’s just the first 25 of the 156 in the list. A flashing pencil sharpener, an aquarium, a humidifer, a battery charger, noise-cancelling headphones. The world of gadgets is getting weirder and wonderfuller.