Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff

One thing with travelling a lot; you quickly appreciate the simplicity of USB as a generic charging technology. I don't need to carry several adapters in my already bulging luggage, and with one charger I can now provide power to my phones, my iPods and my voice recorders.

If I fly through Columbus Airport, I don't even need that charger...

The laptop stations at the gates offer USB power along with standard mains outlets.



Now that's what I call quite useful.

Totting up the capacities of the 15 or so flash drives we were handed at CES, we seem to have ended up with just under 12GB of flash in various shapes, sizes and colours.

The smallest was a little sliver of plastic which just slots into a USB slot, while the largest were two hefty metal Lexar drives that have built in encryption tools. The niftiest was a yellow lego-like device that allowed the top to click onto the body so you don't lose it when you plug the device into a USB slot...

A great way to distribute press releases. We'll suck the content off onto our server, and then donate the sticks we won't be using to local charities. It's also a lot less to carry back to the UK...

Marks and Spencer are selling USB missile launchers.

Powered by your mac or pc, you'll have hours of flying fun with these USB air darts. Let the mission begin!

Now you know what to get me for Christmas!

Computer controlled too... Pity there's no targeting web cam hooked up to it, though I suspect that it wouldn't be too difficult, especially with the USB hardware controllers and drivers from the folks at Phidgets.

Reminds me of the Nerf gun wars back in my dot.com days at Scient. I kept things around my corner of the office under control when I got my Nerf gatling gun. Shoot me with a dart? Get a full salvo of 25 right back...