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Intel’s Ajay Bhatt indeed deserves rock star status. Without his hard work we might not today have such a wondrous bounty of USB devices, like the hub pictured after the break. It not only sports a light for illuminating your keyboard or helping you find that last Skittle that skittered away into the dark confines of your desk, but it also has a rechargeable battery, meaning you can use it as a rather unwieldy reading light. New, too, is the Lego-themed (though not Lego(R)-branded) USB hub shown above, which enables you to elegantly add USB devices to your setup in blocks of four. Oh, and then there’s the newfangled USB wristwatch ($26) which packs a connector at the end of the strap. Hot stuff, we tell ya.

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Storage

Latest USB gadgets light up your life, fill up your wallet originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 May 2009 12:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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That Ulysses S. Grant greenback you were about to fork over to Thanko? Hold onto it for now, as TEC’s Lingo mouse might be more tempting. While more traditional in function than the aforementioned deskless variant, its claim to fame is a self-appointed “smallest mouse” title. While we doubt that’s really the case, at 27.5 x 60 x 19 mm and 0.8 ounces, it certainly makes a good argument. Since we know you’re dying to hear the nitty-gritty details: 800 dpi, 2.4GHz with a range of up to 32.8 feet, and about 15 hours battery life with automatic shutoff if left dormant for five minutes. No indication of stateside release, but if you find somewhere to import it, at least shipping won’t be too terrible, all things considered.

[Thanks, Matt]

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TEC’s Lingo mouse touts itself as world’s smallest, most likely to get lost in laptop bag originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 May 2009 20:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been waiting for an inexpensive wireless USB-to-HDMI solution for what seems like forever now, and it sounds like we’ll finally have some options soon: Source R&D has just announced that it’s going to be shipping the Warpia Wireless USB Adapter set at the end of May for an estimated $129-$149. Just like the Atlona AT-HDAiR, the Warpia kit is just a rebranded OEM unit from Wisair, so most of the same caveats apply: max resolution is 1400 x 1050, range is about 30 feet, and HDMI and VGA are the only output options. Still, we can’t really think of a better way to do some quick’n’dirty Hulu watching, so we’ll be on the hunt for one of these soon — keep an eye out.

P.S.- Yes, we hope image quality is better than this totally bunk press pic on the Warpia site.

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Source announces Warpia wireless USB-to-HDMI adapter originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 17:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Have you ever found yourself furiously typing in the dead of night wishing your keyboard had its own personal light? Well, Mr. Brightside is here to help. This little guy is a USB keyboard light sure to take away your extremely minor lighting gripes, and it’ll look good doing it. Mr. Brightside comes in lime green, pink, black and blue for the many shades of your moods. They’re available now for $20.22.

[Via Coolest Gadgets]

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Mr. Brightside USB keyboard light illuminates your keys, taste in music originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You might think that everything that could possibly be said or done with USB missile launchers had already been said and done, but you’d be wrong — dead wrong. The next (final?) frontier for these staples of modern cube warfare has arrived in the form of an iPhone app, iLauncher, that’ll allow you to control your PC-connected arsenal from afar over WiFi. It’s the coolest use of a phone as a deadly weapon since James Bond ghost rode a Bimmer in Tomorrow Never Dies using some crazy one-off Ericsson, but air / ground supremacy doesn’t come cheap: expect to spend $2.99 to nab this off the App Store.

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iLauncher for iPhone makes you more dangerous than a dictator with an inferiority complex originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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