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Most Cursed Prank Ever: an Engineer Created the First Android Phone With an Apple Lightning Port
Last October, a determined engineering student did what Apple has stubbornly refused to do: upgrade an iPhone with a USB-C port instead of Lightning. That phone went on to sell at auction for over $US86,000 ($119,385), proving there was a demand for the upgrade. This time Ken Pillonel has done the opposite, swapping out an…
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You Can Finally Charge Your Power Tools Using USB
A workshop filled with cordless power tools is also a workshop filled with battery chargers gobbling up outlets and power strips. Ryobi’s new USB Lithium cordless power tool system trades proprietary chargers for USB-C ports on the battery themselves, allowing them to share the chargers your phone, tablet, and laptop use.
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Ditch Your Tangle of Cables and Chargers for the Lego-Like PWRBOARD Charging Station
Batteries continue to not only be the bane of every electronic device but our homes and offices too, necessitating tangled nests of wires and random chargers cluttering desks and bedside tables. The PWRBOARD promises to bring some much-needed order to your charging routine with a modular build-it-yourself portable base station that keeps all your chargers…
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USB-C iPhone Sells for $117,935, Proving Apple Is Leaving Money On the Table
What started out as a simple engineering project has now turned into a major windfall for the device’s creator after an auction for the world’s first USB-C iPhone ended with a winning bid of $US86,001 (A$117,935).