USB effects your everyday life. It really does. We’ll show you how.
USB technology is the leading connectivity standard for consumer electronics. GetUSB.info takes a look at these products and other fun USB Gadgets to show how USB affects your everyday life, it really does. We talk about USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Wireless USB and soon to be USB 3.0. We have USB hacks, tutorials and general USB information. Welcome and enjoy.
I believe we have all thought of…or wanted a…customized neon sign over the years. Whether it be making your kegg’r party that much better, or let the world know you are open for business, a customized neon sign would have fit the bill. Well, wait no longer.
ThinkGeek is offering up a customized neon sign kit and it will not only fit the bill, but make a damn big one. The customized neon sign is $30 to start, then add $7 for each letter, or $5 for each number.
The snap-together letters are 2″ x 3″ which connect to a single power source. There is low heat and power consumption so it’s ultra safe for the front office or the kids bedroom.
Sealed blue neon letter blocks
Low heat generation
Choose from letters, numbers, and special characters
Push button control for blinking or steady-on
Up to 22 neon letters can be connected to a single Power Supply unit
Even though the customized neon sign for “free beer” would run you $86, it pails in comparison to buying a REAL customized neon sign. Let your communication juices begin the free flowing.
Lets just raddle off the use of the Cellink USB swivel gadget. Of course you have the shape, look and feel of a typical UFD. With flash memory for…well you know. Next, swivel the Cellink and you’ve got a microSD card reader. Swivel the other direction and you’ve got a direct connected to your USB port and cell phone for some wireless charging. Of course you’ll block all the other ports in the process, but that’s the cost of cool gadgetry.
If these become readily available it would be a great item to have. It seems like down-sizing your basket full of gadgets is a continual process. So here we streamline to a single UFD, forget another reader and the power cord to your cell phone.
I was doing some Social Marketing today and was tipped off on the great affect SiteHoppin can give a webmaster. I checked it out, and sure enough the site is a brilliant twist on social bookmarking and networking.
In a nut: SiteHoppin is a way to view other website without clicking your mouse - EVER, kinda like watching a movie of websites flash across your monitor.
How SiteHoppin works: Think of a browser within a browser. As shown below, you have a sidebar and top nav area. Everything else is the real-live-web. In the sidebar, just click the play button and start watching website slide-show across your desktop - you don’t do a thing! Use the top navigation area to zero in on your specific topic of interest.
Hit the pause button to dig in deep into something of interest…use the Tag or Talk button to make things social. (arrows)
So this is where it gets interesting for webmasters. SiteHoppin offers Beer Credits. These are credits you can earn to send traffic to your site. Beer Credits are given by you simply using/viewing your own topics of interest via SiteHoppin. The more you use, the more you get. Sounds fair.
I’ve started using SiteHoppin and have already seen my web hits increase. I’ve even requested Max (owner/developer) to include a USB category for all the lovely USB thaangs.
SiteHoppin has a host more of features and benefits and the only way to truly see and benefit from this tweak of a social media idea is to view their testimonial page.
Taking things off topic for a moment, GetUSB’s blogging buddy, Zedomax, has a friend of a friend who just released their first official music video. I’m working hard to convince them of using USB music albums rather than vinyl or CD. Below is the official video. The song is called Mr. Pitiful. I must say…it’s good and the guy has a great voice. If this single doesn’t help him break into the music industry, than he sure as hell should try American Idol next season. Take a listen:
As for my buddy at Zedomax (Max) he’s also the founder/developer for the viral and ever popular website SiteHoppin. If you like Stumble or Digg or any other social network than SiteHoppin is the next big thing and an absolute must.
Dixau put a new spin on an old product. Take our traditional OCR scanner (optical character recognition) and digitally translate any written page into electronic form. Well, what if you’re scanning in a topic you know nothing about? The folks at Dixau developed a method to automatically searches Google or Wikis on text scanned, but not familiar with.
The hand held Dixau USB scanner has the ability to OCR a physical page, then click a button to take a picture of the text and the scanner will display explanations and background information from an auto search function built into the software, right on your screen. No need to type in complicated words into Google, the intellegent software will do the work for you.
The hardware, software combination increases productivity and although initially used for Koreans to learn translation, this would also be useful for young children to learn about words and subject matter.
Geek Rockers rejoice and get your bang on with this USB Drum Kit. The kit is much like the USB piano whereby everything rolls up for ultra portability, and of course, is a one-connect USB gadget so no additional power cords or cables. The kit has six different pad areas (snare, kick and a couple of toms) and the included software allows you to control and select the various sounds programmed to each pad from 50 percussion sounds, 20 preprogrammed percussion sets and 100 preprogrammed beats.Girls will flock to your cube as you become a Geek rockstar!
Is that a PMP in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Sorry, that’s all I could think of for this super mini video player that sports a 2.4″ or 2.8″ full-size bright high-res LCD display. The device can be expanded with a memory card (T-Flash or MicroSD) but comes with 2GB built-in. The battery life will let you play video for 3-4 hours and audio for 6-8 hours.
The device is so simple but really combines many features people look for in a PMP including simplicity of transferring video to the device (supports USB mass-storage mode for easy transfer of video on any OS), expandability memory, charging via USB (when traveling I hate bring extra chargers) and can play FM Radio, Text, Pictures, Games and Videos. (more…)
Geek Rockers rejoice and get your bang on with this USB Drum Kit. The kit is much like the 
