Universal Power Supplies
douglas adams mobile power USB · 350 words · read ~224 times.
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 hotels. In Hotel USB For the last few years, every device I've bought has had a mini-usb charging …
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