So if all this crap (aside from the mass storage) just uses the power from the port, why's everything like $40?

USB devices are only supposed to draw up to 500 milliamps from the bus. At 5 volts, that's 2.5 watts. I'm not sure how much you can actually draw from the bus if you don't care about totally disregarding the spec.

How about a combination USB camera/flashlight/vibrator? That might be interesting.

2004-03-21 03:10:58 PM doublesecretprobation
"stupid people will buy anything."

I'd like to buy that phrase and use it as my own.

Could you put the duck in the bath? Probably not - so its completly worthless. Cuh, damn cheesey inventions.

How about a usb toothbrush.

Now if they could make a USB coffee maker,I am sooo there

USB sex toys... You know, there's gotta be a market for this. I mean, cyber sex could have a whole new meaning...

$35 for an ashtray that looks like a McDonald's Happy Meal toy. Color me impressed.

Hmmmm.

There's this guy in our office who always attaches a USB connector to his pants every morning and gets really irritated when he is asked to leave his desk for any reason.

I wonder if.......

Adam & Eve has what you are looking for: Vibrating Heart Throb Stimulator

so it's just drawing power from a usb plug...big whoop dee do...someone should just make a standard 3 prong to usb adapter.

That link is semi-not safe for work, btw

nightshifter, i think you forgot a NSFW marker...

Though I guess it's kind of understood if it's a link to a vibrator.

I did, I apologize.

What Farker wouldn't want this-



USB Homer

rorschach1:

Acutally, you really can't draw more than 500mA from most motherboard usb ports. There are current limiters inside the USB chipsets. Some external usb hubs allow you to take up to 1 or 2A per port. Some bus-powered scanners stipulate they must be plugged into a powered hub to work without an external adaptor.

500mA is quite a lot of current to run little devices though..

I think some of you must have rather limited sex lives.

Personally, I think anything less than a diesel-powered sex toy just isn't worth the time or trouble.

I fail to see the point if there is no software interaction of some kind.

b0rg9...the USB Homer is cool but...why in the hell would it not be compatible with Winblows XP? (aside from the obvious flame bait)

some of this stuff is cool...I want a USB coffee maker.
Anybody seen one?

Where can I get one of those USB Noodle Cookers? Sounds like a college student's dream come true.

What about the iGrill?



/April fools came early.

usb coffee warmers.. im getting closer.

spleef420, apparently the manufacturer just doesn't feel like it.

Well, to go along with your USB ashtray, you might as well get your own computer cigarette lighter (granted, it's not USB, but still...)

If you're going to get a cigarette lighter, it's got to have the cup holder too.

That's what I'm missing... a USB Homer.

Geeze...show me a link to those bad boys. Someone actually thinks it's a good idea to have something like a dash-lighter in a computer?!?!?

Isnt it cute...

Thermaltake X-Ray cigarette lighter and beverage holder

Just make sure your power supply is good for an extra 6.5 amps on the 12 volt rail.

Probably more strange USB devices than you thought existed...including a vaccuum, a humidfier, a noodle warmer...and of course, those X-mas lights mentioned above.
[url=http://macdebate.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=48660194&f=81860937&m=53060247]Mor e Strange USB devices[/url]

alright...make that
http://macdebate.com/eve/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=48660194&f=81860937&m=53060247

so much for trying to use code...grrr.

MightyMouse:

Fark uses html, not that weird BBS code you're trying. Use things like More Strange USB devices instead.

HTML off on purpose.

Yeah...dug into the links a bit and saw those lighters are for real.

Perhaps I'm closed-minded , but that doesn't seem like a good idea. ESPECIALLY the ash tray in your computer .

Geez... talk about a "human interface device"

Could this be considered "hardware"?

/got nuttin'

I want a USB pecking bird (the ones with the liquid...up...and down...up...and down)! What it would do with USb, I'm not sure, maybe help with my nuclear reactor commands?

/Simpsons

this thread reeks of photoshop contest

/can't wait

Matrix Flavored Wasabi, b0rg9, llDuffManll

Homer: "[reading screen] "To Start Press Any Key". Where's the ANY key? I see esk ["ESC"], Catarl ["CTRL"], and Pig-Up ["PGUP"]. There doesn't seem to be any ANY key. Woo! All this computer hacking is making me thirsty. I think I'll order a TAB. [presses TAB key] Awp...no time for that now, the computer's starting."

USB Controlled Vibrator. Not hello-kitty, but what the heck.

Here is cool firewire hub:

http://www.tikimac.com/