Next USB plug will be reversible

Doesn’t it seem like a waste of time when you have to figure out what side of the USB plug goes into your device when you want to charge it? It seems work has begun to create a new USB connector called Type C that is supposedly going to be finalized mid-2014. The connector will be around the size of a microUSB plug and will be reversible.

“This new industry standards-based thin connector delivering data, power, and video is the only connector one will need across all devices,” Brad Saunders, USB 3.0 Promoter Group chairman, said in a press release.

Source: The Verge

Build your own camera with Chinon L.A.S.T.

If you want to take on a D-I-Y project, the Chinon L.A.S.T. (Learning-Achieving-Sharing-Teaching) camera kit might be the project for you. The 35mm film camera comes with two interchangeable lenses, normal back cover and light leak back cover for more creative photos. Assemble the kit and even swap the front plates to customize the camera further. The camera costs US$59.99 and comes with a free single front panel label.

Overview: Nautica's 30th anniversary NMX 650 Tide Watch

By Corey Herscu

Oh man do I love my watches.

Big or small, glimmery or simple, high tech or as bare-boned as one could imagine, chances are, I own at least one iteration of each previously descripted piece in my growing collection of wrist candy.

But none are quite like my friend pictured above, the 30th anniversary NMX 650 tide watch from Nautica. And I'll tell you why

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The Apple Beat: Mac Pro getting pre-order status in Germany as launch anticipation builds

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's new Mac Pro is the supercar of desktops. A product that's both exotic and incredibly powerful and quite far ahead of what the competition has available now.

The much awaited replacement to the cheese grater Mac Pro design (which harkens back to the dark days of PowerPC and the G5) is also one which unapologetically pushes various boundaries in industrial design, engineering, fabrication and performance. Apple's promised that the first Mac Pros would be available to order in December and while no firm date has been set, a German reseller is already taking orders for this statement product.

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