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Jan 2, 2011

A USB Hub With a Power Strip State of Mind

That's the idea behind Japanese company Elecom's latest attempt to re-engineer the humble USB hub, a power strip-esque block with ports facing skyward and a switch dedicated to each one.

Sure, the garden of sprouting cords won't help you forget that the hub is sitting on your desk, but that means you won't forget that they're sucking up precious electricity, either. The hubs are on sale now in Japan $41 for four ports or $106 for seven.



15 comments:

The Liquor Guy said...

Sounds like a pretty neat little device!

SuciƓ Sanchez said...

I don't have that many low speed devices to plug in.

Pawawanpi said...

Well that's pretty neat.

Zombie said...

No longer will i have to choose which of my hard drives to leave plugged in!

Lizard said...

i use like three USB things for my computer. i should invest in one of those, haha.

000 said...

a whole bunch of USB stuff!

Tommy22 said...

that USB's quite neat, but it looks abit bulky....nice blog man!! as always, im following and supporting :)

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Anonymous said...

how can the psu handle the load? i hope this device won't fry someone's computer.

sknroiws said...

Now that's pretty cool I wonder how the performance is with multiple devices connected and in use

mrecan said...

whoa wanna get one right now
this looks so useful

Anonymous said...

Definitely a very cool looking hub, but I would not feel safe plugging that monstrosity into one of my USB ports, that's for sure!

Tsipise said...

Cool. USB extension plug.

Monster Madness said...

You never know when one of these could come in handy.

anon408 said...

Pretty cool! I'm sure it would be popular if it were cheaper.

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MRanthrope said...

I'll pass. maybe If I had more USB stuff to use...