Actually, ever since I saw the electric pencil sharpener in my elementary school (Wildwood Elementary, Massachusettes), I’ve harboured a secret love for electrified normally-mechanical devices. The electric stapler gun is another example. And the auto shredder…
Ahem.
So anyway, not only does this device sharpen your pencils, there are actually built-in flashing LED lights too! Bookworm cool? “People still use pencils?”.
The iSharpener can also be powered by normal AA batteries and costs ¥1,980.
Another product in the iSharpener family is the iShaver.
“The iShaver is a men’s [sic] shaver that charges through the USB port. Thankfully yes, once it is charged up you can use it independently from the computer, so all of you who envisaged standing at your bathroom mirror whilst your laptop dangles from your chin repeatedly hitting you in the balls, can breathe a sigh of relief.”
–[Gizmodo].
The iShaver will set you back ¥2,980.
The slightly less Apple-rific “USB Nail Care System” is an electrical nail buffer thingy. It also costs ¥2,980.
Family 3 Item Set
パパ用 [For Papa] ~ママ用 [For Mama] ~ ボク用 [For Me]
All three items are available as a bundled family pack, all for the low, low price of ¥3,980. How could one resist?
Amusingly, the site states that all three items can run under both Windows and Macintosh.
Well you know, it may not be such a bad idea after all. If you travel alot, getting the right power adaptor can be annoying. What if you need the adaptor to charge up both your laptop *and* shaver? See with all these USB-powered devices, you only need that one power adaptor ^_^”
Let’s take this further, let’s have *all* electrical appliances run off USB! Instead of power points, we’ll have USB ports, yeah! Not only can you power your devices, you can control them through the central home system computer server USB hub thingy! Now how cool would that be…I should try that! Maybe my house would get a design award like “Home of the Future” (or more likely it will be made fun off on sites like Gizmodo and Slashdot XD). I’d probably just run heaps of USB cables through the walls, then they will all plug into a scalable USB hub that is hidden away in some wardrobe. The USB hub will be powered with a suitable power pack, and perhaps a small form factor computer can be used to control the devices.
I, for one, welcome the day when I can power my USB-enabled iFridge through my laptop.