Whilst we would be the first to admit that USB powered mini fans are neither particularly high tech or cutting edge, we couldn’t pass up on briefly posting about this particular USB powered personal fan as, design-wise not only is it quite beautiful but it really appeals to us as …

As far as USB microscopes are concerned there’s no doubt that the Carson ePix tramples the competition in the looks department – and, thankfully, it’s beauty is far from merely skin deep.

Imagine the scene. A designer is approached and told that company X wants to produce a USB flash drive that stands head and shoulders above the rest. This drive, the designer is told, should be the Cartier watch of USB flash drives and, to that end, the company deposits a …

Initially when we came across this four port USB hub complete with digital clock and an inbuilt electronic letter opener we thought it was more than a little gimmicky but now, as we write this, we’re not so sure. In fact, we would even go so far as to say …

We’ve great admirers of Dima Komissarov’s concepts here at TFTS and we’ve previously featured a number of his novel concept works – namely the Flashbang USB, the Speech Bubble Cell Phone and the fabulous Remote Beads (still not in production – and they really ought to be) so we couldn’t …

There was a time when it was seemingly obligatory for devices such as this to be boxy, beige coloured affairs with about as much design flair as a cardboard box. Thankfully that time has long since passed allowing designers of computer peripherals to engage us with inspiring, eye ctaching designs …

Just when you think that the world has just about exhausted just about everything when it comes to puerile USB based gadgets – such as USB powered humping dogs, animated chameleons and even fish tanks - along comes another wholly pointless device, such as this USB Desktop Bouncer.

Hearts are amazing pieces of kit - beating an average of 100,000 times a day, which amounts to 2.5 billion beats in the average lifetime, and pumping 5.6 litres of blood through your body every three minutes which is the equivalent of your blood travelling a total distance of 12,000 …