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Universal Power Supplies

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In 1998, Douglas Adams wrote a essay about the de facto Universal Power Supply - the in-car cigarette lighter. He was half right. We've settled on USB as the standard  - simply because it's ubiquitous. A few days ago, the ITU finally caught up with the rest of the world and endorsed micro-usb as the standard for all phone chargers. Sam Manchin tweeted about now seeing USB charging stations in …