Comments on: Out with the old, in with the USB http://r3fresh.com/2007/02/20/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-usb/ Anything Goes Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:51:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: sirus http://r3fresh.com/2007/02/20/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-usb/comment-page-1/#comment-32815 sirus Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:08:18 +0000 http://r3fresh.com/?p=23#comment-32815 even though your idea is very innovative and futuristic, i dont see it going anywhere. like someone above said, usb is for low voltage and data transfer. so a universal usb power cable isnt happening anytime soon. other than that having your toaster connect to the web? come on. you have any idea how much a toaster with a screen would cost? sure it would make life easier which in turn would make us more lazy. id rather have a regular toaster and a computer than a duplex thing. If this were to happen companies would take advantage of this probably charging you to let your toaster access the internet on top of the price yo already pay for the internet connection itself, software companies would offer antivirus software for you toaster. I'd rather keep things simple. its a good start but i think you should work on your idea, dont focus on the usb or the internet so much. think big! even though your idea is very innovative and futuristic, i dont see it going anywhere. like someone above said, usb is for low voltage and data transfer. so a universal usb power cable isnt happening anytime soon.

other than that having your toaster connect to the web? come on. you have any idea how much a toaster with a screen would cost? sure it would make life easier which in turn would make us more lazy. id rather have a regular toaster and a computer than a duplex thing. If this were to happen companies would take advantage of this probably charging you to let your toaster access the internet on top of the price yo already pay for the internet connection itself, software companies would offer antivirus software for you toaster. I’d rather keep things simple.

its a good start but i think you should work on your idea, dont focus on the usb or the internet so much. think big!

]]> By: Roger http://r3fresh.com/2007/02/20/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-usb/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Roger Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:17:39 +0000 http://r3fresh.com/?p=23#comment-338 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. 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.

]]> By: LOR3N http://r3fresh.com/2007/02/20/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-usb/comment-page-1/#comment-330 LOR3N Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:23:42 +0000 http://r3fresh.com/?p=23#comment-330 "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. “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.

]]> By: Electrician http://r3fresh.com/2007/02/20/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-usb/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Electrician Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:03:26 +0000 http://r3fresh.com/?p=23#comment-327 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. 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.

]]> By: Roger http://r3fresh.com/2007/02/20/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-usb/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Roger Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:42:10 +0000 http://r3fresh.com/?p=23#comment-320 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. 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.

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