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USB has a 'D-shaped' connector, standard Type B. People still manage to try and plug that one in wrong as well.

As it is, Type C should be seen mostly as a replacement to mini/micro A/B which (and also happens to replace regular ol' A), which are already a D shape.. just that they're fairly flattened.

There was a design for a type A plug that was double-sided, I don't think anybody ever produced a cable/product using it (probably because it would be relatively expensive to produce):
http://www.yankodesign.com/201...

Even with Type C I'd imagine there's people who, when faced with a flat connector and a horizontally oriented port, will try to jam it in vertically.

A cylindrical connector (think headphone plugs) is the only type that can truly be inserted at any angle around the axis of revolution, but those take up a fair bit more space.

Personally I've never even tried to insert a USB plug the wrong way around.. it's not like it's impossible to see the shapes and remember for any future occurrences. Unless you're drunk, tired, stupid or any combination thereof - in which case you shouldn't be inserting tab A into slot B anyway, whether it's computer hardware, assembling IKEA furniture, or recreational activities.

Not that I mind the improvement - at least it purports to get rid of Micro USB 3.0 B.. thanks to its width vs insertion depth, that is the only one that I've found to actually be problematic at times even when inserting it the right way around.

My perception of a pristine and peaceful scuba dive changed when I went for my first dive off the Great Barrier Reef. It looks so easy in the movies, but the breathing underwater with an oxygen mask is difficult. Don’t let those practice lessons in the swimming pool fool you! To make it easier for us, here is the Triton Oxygen Mask For Diving. It is a very convenient oxygen respirator concept that allows us to breathe under water for a long time by simply biting it. It also does not require the skill of breathing in and out while biting mouthpiece like conventional respirator.

Triton uses a new technology of artificial gill model.
It extracts oxygen under water through a filter in the form of fine threads with holes smaller than water molecules.
This is a technology developed by a Korean scientist that allows us to freely breathe under water for a long time.
Using a very small but powerful micro compressor, it compresses oxygen and stores the extracted oxygen in storage tank.
The micro compressor operates through micro battery.
The micro battery is a next-generation technology with a size 30 times smaller than current battery that can quickly charge 1,000 times faster.
Triton is a 2013 sadi product innovation studio project.

Read more at http://www.yankodesign.com/2014/01/03/scuba-breath/#jztgAXhpSYzsxK2V.99

There are no real images of this "product" as it is a design concept, not reality. No science is behind this design, just magic and wishful thinking. It is pretty clear that the distinction has been lost in translation.

It simply isn't big enough to supply enough oxygen to work.

Apple Puck Mouse

Oooh-ahh. DIGITAL "Hockey puck" mouse / Memory Mouse / Cyber Sport Orbita

Why can't have a laptop with a touchscreen.

Because you don't have money to buy one that already exists? http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/touch-screen-laptop-benefits/

Now what I am waiting for is something like http://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2011/01/06/asus_eepad.jpg

It was an intriguing design - trying to solve the problem of more information in a small, foldable space. Maybe someone will pick this concept up, patents willing. Then again, there's the roll-out computer design.

http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/11/19/scarab-is-small-scarab-is-fast-scarab-is-hot/ In his MsC thesis that can be requested from the author, he also solves some other traffic problems like flocking in order to reduce commuting time, etc. Basically rationally solving the traffic problem.

Blind people can surf the web just fine. Ever heard of a screen reader?

Yes, I have.
It can't "read" the diagram the professor posted to his website for some computer graphics class in the form of a SVG or PNG file.

Screen readers can only make text accessible.
Almost all websites make heavy use of graphics that cannot be consumed by a screen reader in a meaningful way.

Apparently someone has been working on this... and seems to have found a solution.

how about provide a braille e-book reader? If somebody made one Amazon would probably support it.

like this? http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/04/17/braille-e-book/

or this? http://gadgets.softpedia.com/news/Electronic-Braille-Reader-Helps-The-Blind-Surf-The-Internet-2492-01.html

or this? http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/deafblind_communicator/_details/id_118/deafblind_communicator.html

or this? http://www.gizmag.com/go/5876/

The tech is almost there, perhaps the DOJ would front some MONEY to Amazon to make a kindle compatible braille reader based on one of these technologies? Of course then the people that hand-type braille pages at $$ per page will resent being out of a job...

should run with. It's available but waiting for some company to pick it up http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/04/17/braille-e-book/

I did like this comment on the design though: "I like how the power button lights up, you know, so they can see if it's on or not. A slide type toggle switch would have been more appropriate."

I have my doubts anyone will see this comment though, as far as I can tell, Slashdot throws away top level comments by "anonymous cowards", which is ridiculous.

That would be cool, but, unfortunately, they made it just like all the other wall warts and "dongly things" (Douglas Noel Adams reference) in that it tends to cover the other outlets. You could always buy a special extension cord for it, but who wants that? This would work, but it seems a little over the top to me as a solution for such a problem.

Get them all to dress as if they are going to do a moebius strip. example at http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/06/19/mobius-dress-inside-outside-garment-by-my-studio/ Get the winner (or loser) to do one. Follow up with a game of spin the Klein bottle.

Anyone else think this is similar to the visibility gadgetry in some FPSs, like the camera darts in Splinter Cell?

It'd be interesting to see grenade cameras exactly like these in FPSs, hopefully we'll get that soon. Then we can test out all the mad sp10itz so the government doesn't have to. :)

I'd vouch for the tactical usefulness short range visibility tech, but IRL I'd probably just run in to clear a room of terrorists, accidentally cycle to my cam-nade, bean a terrorist in the head with one, then die by a headshot while circle-strafing him and waiting for my damn handgun to autoload.

Also, any chance we can combine this invention with this one? It's just not the future until little copter cameras are buzzing around like mosquitos all over the place.