USB drink warmer

[AliBabaIncorporated]

http://www.dct-net.co.jp/special/usb_hot.html

It takes a while to load cuz the page is one giant image ... ggah. It's a canned-drink warmer (e.g. for canned coffee, canned hot chocolate, and other stuff like that, which are more popular in Japan than over here) which connects to a PC's USB port. It only takes 350ml cans though ... no mugs or other stuff like that.

[VV o n g B a]

if only they could make it wi-fi compatible... :P

[kangal]

man, they need a cooler too! i hate having my beer get warm after a few sessions of por---..ummm...pork price updates......yeah, thats the ticket

[SunWuKong]

hahahh... err... what's the point of it being USB compatible? :P
can you control the warmer with your computer?

[himura-dono]

no it's powered off the usb

[537]

Right, but what's the POINT of it being powered off the USB is what SWK is trying to say.

You could just as easily plug in a damn drink warmer in any outlet. What's the advantage of it being USB? Do you get to set temperature? Will the computer tell you when it senses the optimal temp? What's the big friggen deal with this stupid thing? lol

[thaite]

That is cool.

Some workplaces don't let you plug accessory eqiopment into electrical outlets, citing a fire hazard. A USB-powered drink warmer could circumvent that rule.

[VV o n g B a]

u could use it if u were in the park and had a laptop and had lots o battery power.

[AltimaGTR]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Feb 27 2003, 09:53 AM
hahahh... err... what's the point of it being USB compatible? :P
can you control the warmer with your computer?
That would be Tiiiite! You'd be able to specifically set how warm you'd want it to be to the nearest degree. Of course, that'd probably make it an extra $20 bux or so...

[AliBabaIncorporated]

did I see the post about the USB toothbrush here or at some other website? shameless plug: anyway, I translated an article about it from Japanese. see http://mixedasian.blogspot.com/2003_02_23_...e.html#89803805 (http://mixedasian.blogspot.com/2003_02_23_mixedasian_archive.html#89803805)

yeah there seem to be a proliferation of useless devices lately which power themselves off USB but have no other real use. but I guess it leads the way towards putting little microchips in it which interface to a PC through USB port.

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by thaite@Feb 27 2003, 02:42 PM
That is cool.

Some workplaces don't let you plug accessory eqiopment into electrical outlets, citing a fire hazard. A USB-powered drink warmer could circumvent that rule.
until they make a rule that you can't plug accessories into USB ports either. :o

[himura-dono]

i love how this would fuck with the draw on your psu tho...

so, oem computers could forget it. and so would any overclocker concerned about their voltage lines...