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Keep Your Cool With the USB Mini-Fridge
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, USB, Misc. Tech,
The latest gadget from USB.brando keeps your Coke cool while you are working on your PC. The USB Mini-Fridge is 14.9 x 9 x 9 cm and decreases the temperature of your soda by 8.5% after 5 minutes. It also features an LED light and being the USB gadget that it is, trades plug-and-play for batteries. You can find it online for $33.00. While we think the idea is literally a cool one, our clumsiness may keep us from actually test-driving this one.
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| USB.brando
Gallery: Keep Your Cool With the USB Mini-Fridge
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This little USB flash drive looks vaguely familiar, only on a smaller scale. Take off the toed portion and kick it into your USB port with its storage capacity of 1 GB. Compatible with both Windows and Mac, the device is made of rubber, measures 65 x 25 x 25 mm, and comes with its own keychain, giving you a leg up on your business competition and a great portable commercial for Nike. The Sneaker USB is available for ¥ 2480 (~$20.00.)
Read More | esupply (translated)
Gallery: The Sole of a Training Shoe USB
We have discovered more yummy gadgets from USB designers. Once you have tired of your Egg Foo Yung, Freshly Baked offers a 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, or 2.0 drives that will hold 10 years of data with 1 million times the storage disguised as American fare. Supporting Mac or Windows ME, 2000, or XP, they feature an internal memory of 265 M, 512 M, 1 GB or 2 GB. Contact valvolo to find out when their Freshly Baked USB menu items will be ready to serve.
Read More | vavolo
Gallery: American Food Goes USB
Digital Photo Keychain Keeps Memories Handy
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Accessories, USB, Misc. Tech,
We recently told you about the Women’s Digital Photo Wallet, which includes a tiny digital photo viewer to replace the bulk created by carrying actual photos. Now we bring you the wallet’s BFF, the aptly-named Digital Photo Keychain (both items are available through Brookstone). Like the wallet, the keychain features a small 1.4” LCD screen and contains 8MB of memory to store up to 56 digital photos. Just transfer the photos via USB, make sure the batteries are re-charged, and you’re good to go! Available for $50 USD.
Read More | Brookstone via Gizmodo
Gallery: Digital Photo Keychain Keeps Memories Handy
The Ladybug USB Mouse
Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: Accessories, USB, PC / Laptop, Peripherals,
Ladybugs. Who doesn’t like them? They’re harmless, unique, downright pretty, and add a certain je ne sais quoi to any leaf or branch they’re crawling on. We celebrate the ladybug by introducing you to this lovely, metallic USB Ladybug Mouse, which is optical, and features a wheel that can function as a third button. Plus it’s small enough for kids to use, too. Even though our new insect friend doesn’t require a mouse pad, we’d still love to find one with a foliage motif, if only because it would look so cool in our humble workspace…
Read More | Ladybug Mouse Product Page via GeekSugar
Gallery: The Ladybug USB Mouse
DocuPen Scans in Color
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Accessories, USB, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop,
Planon claims that their DocuPen Color 24 bit Scanners can capture pages in 4 to 6 minutes. Plug it in to your PC’s USB port, and its Optical Character Recognition (OCR) can turn it into editable text. They come with PaperPort software from Nuance so that you can organize and share documents and images by utilizing MS Word, Outlook, Wordpad, Notepad, and other graphics programs, or turn your finalized project into a PDF. Both come with rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The economic RC700 is available for $99.99 and can store up to 100 pages, while the deluxe RC800 is $299.99 and can hold most of your budding first novel.
Read More | Planon
Gallery: DocuPen Scans in Color
Why do these things seem to come in pairs? Having just told you about the Arabian Wi-Aquarium, we have found a similar device available in Korea. The Comfish controls its temperature, filtering, LED lighting, and aeration via your computer’s USB port. It also houses a camera to display your aquatic pets on your monitor. As a bonus, the tank also acts as a mini-humidifier. You can select your new aquarium in one of two styles and various colors online at Wecoms for KRW 49,000 (~$52.66.)
Read More | Wecoms
Gallery: Comfish Babysits Your Aquarium
Energizer To Release USB Recharger
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video, Toys, USB,
Not content to be merely battery bunny kings, Energizer has created a USB recharger that can handle 2 NiMH AAA batteries in two hours or 2 AA in five. The Energizer Duo can also work with a wall outlet and comes with a Mac or Windows widget so that you can see the level of charge on your desktop. The device will be available in red, green, or blue for an MSRP of $13.99, batteries included. Contact Energizer for availability so that your battery-powered bunny can just keep going, and going…
Read More | PWR New Media
Gallery: Energizer To Release USB Recharger
We’d like to warn you about a new way to steal your online banking data. In London, an innocent-looking USB flash drive was found on the ground. The curious (and who wouldn’t be?), finder plugged it into their computer—and unknowingly installed a trojan, designed specifically to steal the user’s bank login and personal data, without warning. An investigation into the matter is underway, so hopefully more details will emerge soon. Now that we’re all much more savvy about phishing and identity theft, techie thieves are finding more and more covert ways to commit their crimes.
Read More | Channel Register via Coolest Gadgets
Gallery: Warning: Beware of Trojan USB Flash Drives
We have seen a plethora of weird USB devices on the market lately, but among our faves have to be SolidAlliance’s creations. The Rice-Tomato Hub is surrounded by 1 GB keys, among them the EbiFry (fried shrimp,) Kani No Hasam Age (crab cake,) Hamburg (Egg Foo Yung,) and Purin (caramelized pudding.) The FoodDish will become available next month and each one is hand made, perhaps to insure freshness. Just make sure to let your coworkers know that before they decide to chow down on the USB morsels.
Read More | Akihabara News
