Linked by David Adams on Mon 26th Oct 2009 19:32 UTC
The "wall wart" is one of humanity's worst inventions (not counting all of the inventions that are actually intended to kill and maim each other, I'll admit). AC-plug power supplies are a cheap workaround to various engineering, economic, and regulatory problems that manufacturers face, and they solve those problems by pushing them off onto end users. So what can we do about it? OSNews takes a look at an ingenious workaround to the Wall Wart problem, and some hopeful trends that might make them a thing of the past.
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Useless stuff: I haven't been able to login for ages afaik, weird that it worked now, but I guess atleast now I can post comments then ..
Useful stuff: But why buy that from thinkgeek for 20 dollars + shipping when you could get it for around 5 with free worldwide shipping?
4.55 dollars: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28670
5.31 dollars with more power and one mini-USB: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13526