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USB Powered Aromatherapy Oil Burner

Posted on March 19, 2010 by David Allen
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Some offices are great to work in, they are airy and full of sunlight and then there are the offices that the rest of us have to work from you know the ones, the dark, damp and smelly ones!

By plugging this simple device into the USB port of the laptop and then putting a few drops of the aromatherapy oil onto the stick, it would create a nice atmosphere around your desk.

Features of the great scent 2.0 USB powered device:

Also makes a great gift – really, why buy a bouquet of flowers when you can give your special someone a tiny USB stick and a little bottle and t

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The USB mini Christmas tree

Posted on December 15, 2009 by David Allen
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Make a splash this season with your own USB powered fibre optic Christmas tree, it will brighten up your desk and show that you are not a Grinch at Christmas.

USB Fibre Optic Christmas Tree

•On/Off switch

•Powered by USB

•USB ports all occupied? Power with 2 AAA batteries (not included)

•Lights pulsate

•Low power consumption

•Plug and play, so easy a non-geek can do it

•Perfect holiday gift for people who love Christmas, trees, fibre optics, or having fully occupied USB ports

•Height: 18cm (approx.)

•Wei

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USB powered digital microscope

Posted on November 30, 2009 by David Allen
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Get some great digital images that hardly anyone else has been able to come up with, in fact these are images that are not seem all of that often.

Simply plug this into the USB port of a laptop and anything is possible.

Specs -

•Handheld USB Microscope (comes with Stand)

•Sensor: 1/4” Colour CMOS

•1.3M / Resolution 1280×1024 pixels

•USB 2.0 Output

•Magnification: 10x ~50x, 200x

•Achieves effective magnification values of up to 330x with digital zoom

•8 built-in LEDs

•LED on/off controlled by soft

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Get those old LP’s out

Posted on October 15, 2009 by David Allen
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You know the other I was clearing out an old cupboard and right in the furthest corner was a box, inside there are quite few LP’s, nothing rare or anything like that. However, it did me thinking about what to do with them.

The obvious reaction would be to play them but on what? So then, the next choice is going to be selling them and then I found this USB powered record player that not only lets you listen to those old tunes, but will convert them to a digital WAV format.

 

Features – An independent media testing firm used 21, 31, an

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USB devices get hot!

Posted on October 9, 2009 by David Allen
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It is getting to the point where we will not be able to function as a society without a USB port to connect to. Is there anything that cannot be powered via a USB port or are we getting used to plugging things into that little connection point at the side of the laptop?

Thanks to the people over at Thanko, there is another device to plug in and actually, this time it is pretty useful if you work with electronics. It’s a soldering iron capable of giving the user a nice 390f, but connect it to two USB ports and you can hike it up to 570f, now that’s hot!

It cost about $28, b

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A self illuminating web cam

Posted on September 23, 2009 by David Allen
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With this web cam not only do you get a great camera, but it has also been fitted with six small but very bright LED’s, this makes it possible for the computer user to make face to face calls over the internet or video files no matter what the background lighting conditions are.

 

Features:

It can capture video at 30 fps at 640 x 480 resolution (as well as 5 fps at 1,600 x 1,200 resolution), providing a focus range of 2 3/4″ for close-ups and a 20″ field of view

It has a built-in microphone

It plugs into your comp

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The Antec laptop cooler

Posted on July 26, 2009 by David Allen
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If you are going to buy a laptop cooler than it has to be worth getting one that actually looks like it can do the business of cooling down your laptop and preventing serious damage. This one from Antec looks as if it can do the job and according to all reports it does what it says on the box.

 

Product Features

Product #: NBCOOLER200

Manufacturer: Antec Inc

Manufacturer Item #: Notebook Cooler 200

UPC: 761345750196

Technical Details

Brand Name: Antec

Model: Notebook Cooler 200

Priced at $54.5

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Cooling fan and USB hub

Posted on July 26, 2009 by David Allen
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Laptop coolers do a great job, but powered versions use up a USB port, if these are limited on the computer this can leave you without a spare port. Fortunately, this notebook cooling fan comes with an extra four USB ports, so even if the laptop only has one USB port they will still end up with three spare.

 

Product Features

Your laptop can breathe easy with this ultimate notebook cooler.

Extends the life and functionality of your laptop

Features: 2 ultra-quiet cooling fans (14CFM / 1,500RPM):4-Port USB hubON/OFF Switch for th

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