USB watch strap weds form and function

Ondrej Vaclavik's watch design embodies the wonderfully simple concept of having a strap double as the USB cord for storage contained in the timepiece itself.

Vaclavik's site [via technabob and Design Boom]

[#1 posted by styrofoam , August 8, 2008 9:37 AM]

http://www.x-tremegeek.com/templates/SearchDetail.asp?productID=16238

This is the device that's got me in a tizzy right now. It just seems so genius.

Make a flat USB cable and use it as the Lanyard for your camera. Now you've got the connection from your camera to your computer, always handy.

Sure, I have questions about its durability, and the inability to cinch the loop closed around your wrist might be a downer- but it's a nice idea!

[#2 posted by coop , August 8, 2008 1:10 PM]

Those fang-like projections on the 'top' of the watch grab the back of the USB connector and hold it in place.

Anyone who ever ripped the skin of a few nuckles, or off the back of their hand in the 90's when messing about the insides of an unfamilliar desktop PC can attest to that.

It works for the watch, I agree that the lanyard you linked to might have problems...

coop

[#3 posted by styrofoam , August 9, 2008 12:50 PM]

for the "cinch", I meant with respect to the lanyard- the littel 'bead' that's typically on the wrist straps for cameras.

The grabby fangs on the watch- no doubt it'd hold snug.

[#4 posted by strider_mt2k , August 9, 2008 6:18 PM]

I'd wear this.

[#5 posted by Garr , August 10, 2008 3:35 AM]

Too bad it's digital (the clock), and plasticky. The idea is great, the design is crap.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , August 10, 2008 8:55 AM]

They make multi-colored ribbon cables. I don't give a flying fag if people will think I'm gay - rainbow ribbon is the only way to go if you want to look serious about your electronics.