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Re: Out with the old, in with the USB

Roger — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:17:39 -0000

I really like the trend these days around universal functionality; integrating as much as you can into a single device, cable, etc. And reading something like this really gets my creative juices flowing, so to speak.

Re: Out with the old, in with the USB

LOR3N — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:23:42 -0000

"USB at the current moment is not powerful enough to power a computer or plasma television, but in the future we should expect to see higher power capacity in every cord. It also doesn’t have a very high transfer rate which I would also expect to change."

I never said that USB at the current moment could be a replacement.

Btw- Wireless USB is where it's at.

Re: Out with the old, in with the USB

Electrician — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:03:26 -0000

Here's the thing: While it's not a terrible idea, it would be fighting 100 years of infrastructure, and it would require technical training of existing tradesmen.

Also, you couldn't use the standard USB 2.0 connection just because 120 volts would fry USB devices, USB cords can't handle 120 volts, nor could the cords or receptacles handle the amperage. You'd have to meet somewhere in the middle.

Besides, data transfer is moving to fiber optic connections anyway, so wires would be obsolete for data transfer once it were implemented.

So I guess it is a terrible idea.

Re: Out with the old, in with the USB

Roger — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:42:10 -0000

That is a really cool idea, makes me wanna set up something like that in my place. However, I seem to remember reading in the USB standards guide (I made a USB powered fan, for shits and giggles) that USB cables can't be longer than 3 feet or something, any longer and the signal noise starts to exceed acceptable levels.

I dunno, I could be wrong.