Monday, December 11th 2006
The latest use of the USB port: an ashtray
The Japanese manufacturer Greenhouse has invented a novelty that will make office smokers everywhere happy- the USB ashtray. The USB ashtray plugs into a USB port, and uses the power supplied by the USB port to provide a very effective ashtray. However, when this ashtray is opened, a fan activates that effectively cleans the air surrounding it, eliminating all traces that a smoker was smoking. You can shut a cigarette on the device, cleverly hiding it in what looks like a monopoly car. Each ashtray costs Each ashtray costs around ¥500 ($4.30/£2.20/€3.25).
Source:
The Register
8 Comments on The latest use of the USB port: an ashtray
But now the emerging cancer market is China... so it could be a Chinese design.
Oh, and they are "cute".
pc case gear has had them on sale for probably over a year now.