[WebSurfer]

Have you ever used or seen a USB lamp?

A friend of mine had one, and he was kind enough to give me a spare one that he had. It's pretty much a mini lamp for your PC. You just plug one end to your USB port and it shines some light.

It looks like this: http://www.macstuff.nl/images/randap...d/flylight.gif

There's no driver required, and I'm pretty sure it works on any PC that has a USB port regardless of the OS.

[StarLab]

It would work from the moment the power was turned on, and like you said, would work on any platform.

It likely utilizes the 4.75–5.25 volts on pin 1 of the USB port. More than enough power to drive a small LED lamp.

[VicParent.com]

That sounds like a great idea, I might just have to try that out soon.
Thanks for the link, I like the design, it's nifty.

So how about USB trouble lights for getting down into the back when you're checking and fixing cables, or looking for a marking inside the CPU on a piece of hardware etc... ?

Cheers.

[TheLastLegion]

ahhh it looks like a great idea as well

But how would it power it self? batteries?

And being that the CPU is already hot most times won't it increase the hotness?

[joeybob]

most of my usb ports are used for one thing or another, so i would have trouble finding a place to connect one of those, the idea is still good enough though.

[King]

i have one and it is nice, i also bought somekind of power adaptor for my laptop that has a usb port, that way i can use the light regardless of wether the pc is on or off.

[lamos]

i would surely like one of those, i might consider buying one via ebay or something, it would be very useful since i need a few extra lamps.

[Disguised]

from what i see from the picture, they are really small, are they really that good ? the idea sounds good, but im not really sure about this.