Seriously, it should be a Class 1 felony that there's no way to buy this. Okay, so maybe that's a stretch, but we can't get over how genius this is. As the old adage asserts, the best solutions are spawned from the most perplexing quandaries, and when one hacker determined that two USB ports on his laptop simply weren't enough, he figured out a way around it. Essentially, he utilized a VGA gender changer, a spare USB port and a bit of old fashioned solder work in order to transform an unwanted VGA connector into a power-only USB socket. Sure, the applications are limited, but are you really going to complain about an extra option for charging your cellphone / DAP / Darth Vader voice changer? No, no you are not.

[Via EverythingUSB]

Filed under: Peripherals

Conceptually simple hack turns VGA port into power-only USB socket originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Article Awards:    *Awards based on a combination of variables from both users and Heffee moderators. (1023.40)

Site: Engadget Feed: Peripherals () Url: http://www.engadget.com/2008/1... Views: 0 Added On: 2008-11-26 13:20:19

None

terbmenski in book