The Kickstarter campaign for Ripcord, the world’s first ‘play anywhere’ USB power cable, is making progress towards its target of €25,000, with 9 days to go. The idea comes from Irish company myVolts, which provides innovative power solutions for home, mobile and professional devices. A previous Kickstarter project, ‘Z-charge’, surpassed its funding goal and picked up the ‘Best technology’ award […]
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New Type-C Connector Repeals Murphy’s Law of USB – There’s No Wrong Way to Plug it in
OK – the reaction of the two guys in this video may seem a little over the top but, in fairness, they’ve just seen the future! [youtube]http://youtu.be/gvjrT4aSCfc[/youtube] For many of those present, CES was their first chance to lay hands on the new USB Type-C connector, which is expected to be supported by device […]
Slick Slim USB Cable
Most of us have smartphones these days, be that an iPhone or an Android. But if you use your phone for data heavy applications its battery will get drained quite quickly. This product doesn’t solve this, nor does it extend the battery life of your phone, but what it does do is give you a […]
Talk To The Hand Gets Literal
Some gadgets are just plain fun. One of the latest ones I’ve come across are these: They’re gloves, sure, but with an interestingly geeky twist. They’re also bluetooth enabled. They double as a bluetooth headset for your mobile phone: What about the technical specs? Bluetooth handset built into the left glove Conductive-fiber allows smartphone operation […]
Griffin Announce Lightning Cables
If you’re the proud owner of an iPhone 5, mini iPad or the latest iteration of the iPad you’ll be using a lightning connector. Unfortunately, as we already mentioned, there aren’t that many lightning accessories on the market.. Griffin are one of the few 3rd party vendors to offer lightning cables as of yesterday. The […]
Gangnam Style – Now On USB
Not sick of Gangnam Style yet? Or maybe you want to annoy your friends? Well now you can get a Psy shaped USB key: Full details here
Keep Warm And Charge Your Gadgets
The Biolite Campstove is a very cool piece of tech. It’s a combination of a stove that you can use for heat AND a charger for your USB gadgets – such as iPhones. And it’s not “pie in the sky” – this is an actual real working device – they were using them in New […]