SNES Cartridge USB Hub
April 6, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Peripherals
Instructables’ article on how to make a USB hub from an old SNES cartridge is not only geeky, it’s useful. That’s because if you can get the required items (the most important of is listed on Tradera, the so-called Swedish eBay), you can modify the instructions a bit to make a USB hub from practically any container. You’ll just have to decipher the Swedish on Tradera first if you want to get anywhere.
Perhaps more experimental types should start out with trying to turn cartridges from other consoles. Although games no longer run from relatively bulky containers, so it may be …read more
Not-So-New USB Hub is Impractical But Cool
April 3, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Peripherals
Found the Asterico Hub through Boing Boing Gadgets, and it’s quite a looker:
Obviously, the Asterico serves as a USB hub, turning one port into four. The five-star shape makes it look really cool, but robs it of the practical compactness that characterizes your typical USB hub. But that’s ok: anyone interested in this want some style mixed in with their function.
The Asterico apparently remains a product concept—even months later. So it’s not too late for these suggestions for designer Joel Escalona, if he ever decides to take his creation to retail: One, bundle a cable to connect the hub to …read more
