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Let There Be Light, in the Form of a USB Rechargeable Clip
Posted by Charlie White at 12:51 AM on November 28, 2007
Charge this mini flashlight in a USB port, and use its notebook clip to shed light on your laptop keyboard. For less digital activities, use its book clip to illuminate that page-turner trash you read under the covers every night with no one the wiser. It has an LED inside that's bright enough to light up the night, and once you've spent its internal battery, it only takes about three hours to charge it up again. Who needs a $US400 electronic book reader, when a mere $US14 keeps you from cursing the darkness, reading good old-fashioned paper? [Brando]
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chemicalwelfare
Posted 1:46 PM 27/11/07
@ANoel: i wish they had more backlit keyboard. honestly i have the G15 on my wishlist just for the light. and some for the gaming uses.
chemicalwelfare
ANoel
Posted 12:20 PM 27/11/07
Really.
My biggest laptop pet peeve is that it doesn't have a backlit keyboard.
The USB position on the side would be perfect to illuminate it!
Add this to my Christmas Wish List!
ANoel
strider_mt2k
Posted 11:37 AM 27/11/07
That's a bright idea!
strider_mt2k
OldSchoolGadgetLover
Posted 10:50 AM 27/11/07
Finally, a useful USB device. Thanko.
OldSchoolGadgetLover
phatpat
Posted 10:44 AM 27/11/07
Not to be nit-picky, but a Kindle wouldn't help you read it the dark, it still needs some sort of light to read by. So this little gadget might help with your $400 ebook reader in addition to your $4 used paperback.
phatpat
StarChaser Tyger
Posted 8:06 PM 27/11/07
@ANoel: There are plugin USB lights you can get for just what you're talking about... an LED on a positional gooseneck to light up the keyboard.
And the IBM T20somethings had a light up on the top of the screen in a perfect position to light the keyboard in the dark.
StarChaser Tyger
thedancingrogue
Posted 11:48 AM 28/11/07
I've got one of the IBM laptops with the built in light. It still works after all these years, even though the screen itself died a while back. It was the best thing since sliced bread.
thedancingrogue