10 stupid USB Devices

You can put a USB con­nec­tion on just about any­thing — even an ampu­tated fin­ger — and there are so many USB devices around that the “uni­ver­sal” is becom­ing a lit­eral descrip­tion rather than an indi­ca­tion of ubiq­uity. Here’s ten USB devices that should never have been made. Let alone sold.And where to buy them.

  1. Dance Dance Devo­lu­tion
  2. Air con­di­tioned neck tie
  3. The Chat­ter­Bot — this one needs describ­ing.

    WowWee™ Chat­ter­bots are fan­tas­ti­cally fun ani­mated com­puter acces­sories to have on your desk­top. These col­lec­table, highly styl­ized char­ac­ter fig­urines always have some­thing to say about what you are up to — and it’s not always appro­pri­ate! Each Chat­ter­bot™ fea­tures a unique per­son­al­ity and a sig­na­ture ani­ma­tion. Con­nect directly to your Mac or PC using the included USB cable, then lis­ten and watch as your Chat­ter­bot enter­tains you with its unpre­dictable stream of jokes, dia­log, and com­ments about your vir­tual life.

    And an image…

  4. An Air­con­di­tioned Shirt
  5. A USB roll up piano key­board
  6. A USB stress ball that will cause your screen to respond
  7. USB pow­ered ugg boots
  8. USB Rub­ber Chicken (you have to make it your­self fol­low­ing these Span­ish instruc­tions)
  9. Stu­pid USB dig­i­tal photo frame
  10. Stu­pid USB hubs — of all kinds — par­tic­u­larly the Teddy Bear vari­ety…
  1. 1
    queenstuss

    That key­board is NOT stu­pid. I would love one. That would make com­puter com­po­si­tion much much eas­ier. If I had the soft­ware too, that is.


  2. 2
    queenstuss

    As long as it would work with proper music com­po­si­tion soft­ware, like Cake­walk or Sibelius, that is.


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