Quick! What’s the most irritating thing you experience on a daily basis?
If you answered “putting the USB cord in upside down and having to turn it over in order to attach my expensive tiny piece of technology to my larger expensive piece of technology,” congratulations, you have very few problems. However, the good people who make your expensive technological miracles are about to solve your annoyance, so you can get back to your monocle and top hat wearing.
The new connector is called the Type-C and is scheduled for finalization during 2014. It is purported to be the size of a micro-USB plug and will support a variety of new features, including scalable power charging and data rates nearing 10 Gbit/s, as well as always being right-side-up.
Says Brad Saunders, USB 3.0 Promoter Group Chairman: “While USB technology is well established as the favored choice for connecting and powering devices, we recognize the need to develop a new connector to meet evolving design trends in terms of size and usability.” This unfortunately means it will not mate with existing USB ports and cables, but “The new Type-C connector will fit well with the market’s direction and affords an opportunity to lay a foundation for future versions of USB.”
As of now, pictures of the new cable have not been released, but may be similar to Apple’s Lightening Connector, which is reversible.
What Sparks Our Fire: Innovation solving interface issues with the technology we use on a daily basis, leaving us more time to wax our mustaches and go to the opera.
Is this a problem you believe needs to be solved at the expense of older USB models?
