Posts by tag: usb

Gadgets November 25, 2013 posted by

Satechi Smart Travel Router – super cool travel adapter, USB charger and WiFi genius in one

Do you travel around the world? If you do then we know you’ll hate how each country has a different electrical socket layout, which means you absolutely need to carry around adapters as well as chargers, so you don’t get caught out in your hotel. There are lots of international power socket adapters around of course, but not like this cool new product from Satechi.

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Satechi Smart Travel Router – super cool travel adapter, USB charger and WiFi genius in one
Gadgets June 18, 2012 posted by

EarthCalm Omega Electromagnetic Protection Stick keeps you safe and saves tinfoil

There’s no doubt that we live in a world awash with radiation. Not just naturally occurring stuff like UV and microwaves, but also the man-made type that comes from all this industrialization and wireless technology. With the average smartphone holding upwards of a dozen radios, it’s hardly surprising to find that some people are starting to feel a little sensitive to all the EMF (electro-magnetic fields) floating around.

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Gadgets May 12, 2012 posted by

Arcam rPAC USB audio converter magically improves your computer audio

Computers are great for all sort of stuff, like writing resumes, designing CD covers and tweaking photos of your Great Aunt Maude. But they’re typically not great at making audio sound awesome. Most computer audio cards, especially in laptops, are barely passable in terms of audio quality; the sound you get from them is more like your average MP3 player than anything else.

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Gadgets May 5, 2012 posted by

Right Angle USB 3.0 Adapter gets you out of tight spots at speed

For some reason this clever little Right Angle USB 3.0 Adapter really makes sense to me. There’s been a bunch of times when I’ve had to wrestle with USB devices because the computer or other bit of equipment has been jammed up against a wall, at which point I would have been really pleased to have this little fella along for the ride. The fact that it also sports the super fast USB 3.0 spec is a bonus, as is…

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cool tech May 1, 2012 posted by

Simplicity Homekey lets you recycle an old computer into a sleek silver surfer

If there’s one truth in life, it’s that old computers never die, they just end up cluttering up our cupboard space for years and years and ever. Hands up all of you with at least 3 of these things lurking somewhere in your home? Yeah thought so. Well here’s a new way to get rid of the guilt and the old hardware at the same time and instead put it to some good use.

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Gadgets April 19, 2012 posted by

PNY Whistle USB Flash Drive strangely combines two radically different universes in one tool

We’re desperately trying to work out why you would need to embed an xGB flash memory drive inside a whistle, but we’re failing to come up with anything. You’re worried about being mugged and your accounts data being stolen? You live in a foggy city and often get lost on your way to work? You act as a part-time referee at the weekends and need to keep the game rules close to hand at all times?

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