With a simple USB cable, it is now plug and play to access your hi-def video files stored on your PC and play them directly on your HDTV. The USB to 1080p HDTV sharing cable is capable of streaming 1080p signal, without degridation, to your HDTV [with USB port] set. The cable retails for $24 […]
Make a custom USB game pad with an accelerometer for endless fun. The concept for this USB tutorial is taking a game pad and adding some USB. Then putting in a small PCBA to enable keyboard shortcut programming so the device looks like a keyboard to your computer, but with specific buttons for game play. […]
So here is a new twist on the graffiti art, the facade printer. Technically, it’s not used for graffiti in the traditional sense, but rather a new marketing method for a different print medium. Buildings. The facade printer is an inkdot printer which looks like a paint gun mounted on a portable deck. The paint […]
Wouldn’t it be nice to get 1GB of data storage for $1 on flash drives? We are not there yet but getting close. We are about $2 per GB for this 32GB Kingston DataTraveler. It doesn’t come with the lifetime warranty we typically see, only a 5 year one…but chances are you’ll lose it before […]
Once again, I am off topic of USB, but sometimes you get ultra cool products that you must mention. Today I found a great gadget from our buddies at Gizmos For Geeks. It’s the Gear Ring. Very elegant in design and intrigues the engineering in all of us. The Gear Ring is comprised of 6 […]
Nexcopy recently introduced an upgraded line of microSD duplicators supporting media capacities from 16 to 60 port configurations—no adapters required. These systems are built from the ground up for high volume deployments and advanced flash memory control. PC Based Solution: mSD160PC (16 Port) The mSD160PC is a USB 3.0, PC connected duplicator featuring: 16 targets […]
Engadget posted a video today about a robotic arm which looks and acts like an elephant trunk. Made by Festo’s it’s an impressive robotic machine. It appears much bigger than it is, watch the video and you’ll see the arm hand something off to a human. It really has nothing to do with USB, but […]
We’ve been chomping at the bit waiting for a Netbook to have USB 3.0. Last month we heard several models coming out while at CeBIT, but still nothing from the manufacturer websites. Today SlashGear reported a new ASUS 1018P Netbook with USB 3.0 out-n-about. You can see the bright blue connectors above. To give you […]
Review: USB Benchmark software by USB Performance. USB Performance has a nice USB benchmark testing program with lots of features besides read / write tests. The USB performance testing software gives you the option to test at a File Copy level or a Bit for Bit copy level. The difference with the File Copy is […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock [like my neighbor], you know this weekend is the big release of the iPad from Apple. Well, to kick things off lets take a look at one amazing iPad Drawing App called “Drawing Pad.” We’ve seen some of the authors work before, and for this new release of […]
Cisco is basing their new Wireless Valet product off a study that finds only about one third of US households are set up for wireless Internet—and that low rate of adoption is due in part to the complexities of setting up wireless networks. Cicsco is the leader in backbone routers, switches and networking gear, but […]
We have all see the rediculous “premium” USB flash drives. Drives with gold, dimonds, platinum case all at rediculous prices and all something the average Joe doesn’t care about. Today, Mimobot did a nice job on playing into that category with their all new “Shimmer” USB drive. The Shimmer MIMOBOT was beamed down from the […]
