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Posts tagged “USB”

Bluelounge Refresh Charging Station

Similar to the larger Sanctuary charging station, the newest compact Bluelounge Refresh is designed to keep your gear organized and fully charged while not in use (we think it's important to have a ...

Cheaply Get Touch Capabilities for Your Laptop via USB Monitor

Touch screens are what most users really want. With Apple releasing their neat new mulit-touch touchpads for their MacBooks, the race is on to provide touch and multi-touch capabilities to users. Unti...

iStubz iPod Cords: Useless and Necessary at the Same Time

The easiest way to battle cord messes in your home is to eliminate them entirely. That's why we dig wireless products so much. But if you can't go wireless, why not try and eliminate as much extra cor...

USB Battery Charger

Ha, we had this bookmarked to post about a little while ago, get back to it and now the sucker is sold out? Well, it's still a good product to place on backorder for those of us who have some spare US...

Look! Bento Box USB Drives

For all you fans of those cute lookin' traditional Japanese lunch box boxes, here's a miniature version of it for ya. Made with details such as mini broccoli and edema-me beans, you can finally pair u...

DIY Project: Create USB Power Pack From Netbook

You know the situation. You are stuck somewhere in the boondocks with no power and no way to recharge your gizmos. What can you do? If you have an extra battery for your netbook lying around, then you...

Final Frame: Bacon and Hot Wings Flash Drives

We're getting clogged arteries just looking at these photos of Brando USB BBQ Flash Drive assortment. We're also kind of hungry now....

Bamboo Hard Drive: Uses Wood to Cool Down

We've learned by experience that not having any fans on external USB drives is a bad idea. These HDs get very hot. If they have no way of dissipating the heat they generate, they break. It's an easy p...

Traveling With Data: When Flash Drives Aren't Enough

The one thing that is very important when you are on the road is your data. By data, we mean photos, music, videos and more of the usual things that we gather on our trips. Depending on how long your ...

Bose SoundLink: Wirelessly Play Tunes Anywhere In Your Pad

Over here at Unplggd, we have a special regard for wireless things. They are just so convenient and keep the wire messes at bay. Nothing says wireless as wirelessly playing your tunes all over your pa...

Easily Transfer Data Between Laptops When You Are On the Go

Almost everyone travels with a laptop. Laptops are handy in the way that they let you assume the same functions as a desktop, but right there as they are sitting in your lap. It's strange to image lif...

This Laptop Essentials Kit is Your New Travel Buddy

Maybe you're traveling for business. Maybe you're traveling for pleasure but you just gotta take an entire tech arsenal with you to keep tabs on all the happenings back at home. Either way this laptop...

Tiny Wireless Camera Security System Keeps an Eye While You're Away

Yes, we often make light of that most guilty of pleasues known as Skymall, but once in awhile we do see something that catches our eyes like this color surveillance system with 4 wee-sized wireless vi...

Princeton PSP-NXT USB Powered Paper Model Speakers

We've always had a soft spot for paper models. There's always something pleasantly rewarding about carefully cutting something out, folding and slotting tab "A" into tab "B" and converting a 2 dimen...

Elecom Wall Socket USB Hub Blends Into the Office

With more USB peripherals than we know what to do with—our slim Mac Laptop frequently is plugged up with a mouse, a flash drive, camera cord, iPod Nano and an iPod Shuffle—it can get tough...

Tengu Mouths Along With Your Music...and Other Sounds

You might be asking yourself, "Is this another useless USB accessory?!" Yes and no, for Tengu is indeed an unnecessary USB gadget, but one we're going to endorse because it's really so darn cute and ...

NY Times Untangles the 'World of Cables'

So, admittedly, some of us are not all tech experts. Even though we love a sleek MacBook and couldn't do without our iPod dock, we aren't exactly well-versed on all things home tech. Like we still get...

Grassy Lawn Charging Station: Nerds Love It, Re-Nest Approved

While we're pretty sure these Tetris-inspired gardening puzzle pieces probably came out first, who would've thought that adding a punch of functionality (and replacing it with some fake grass) would t...

Roundup: Five Unique and Stylish USB Hubs

It’s a given that we need USB hubs. There aren’t enough USB ports on your computer to fit all of your gadgets and gizmos. USB hubs come in all shapes, sizes and colors, but ultimately people want ...

More Transformers Peripherals: From Mice to USB Hubs

Well, we've just made a little discovery. There are more devices in disguise available out there for all of you Transformers nuts. Transformers are pretty close to LEGOs in their universal appeal to t...

Transformers USB: Flash Drives in Disguise!

As we're writing this post, we're already humming the theme music for the Transformers. Robots in disguise! For those of you who are unaware, just like G.I. Joe, Transformers was a pretty important an...

Woodventure Carved Wooden USB Flash Drive: Secure and Beautiful

We've seen a couple of wooden USB flash drives on the market, but I have to say that this one is by far the most beautiful. It's carved from an exotic wood that's known for being resistant and hard. B...

USB Couches Provide a Living Room Network

Are your couches geeky enough? The “USB Sofa” is a concept created for OFFF Lisbon 2008, the International Festival for the Post Digital Creation Culture, which looks and functions like a leather ...

Stackable LEGO USB Hubs: Stack As Many As You Want!

We love LEGO bricks and we know that you love them too. That's why we always look for LEGO devices. Maybe it's because we loved LEGOs when we were kids. Maybe it reminds us of those hours spent assemb...

Recycled Cardboard USB Flash Drive: Go Green!

If you ever wanted to have a green USB flash drive, you'll want to have this one. It's a USB flash drive that's actually made out of recycled cardboard. Now, when technology evolves, you can just recy...