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Plugging things in around the back of a large flat screen TV or
monitor etc. is a right pain. The sockets are usually oriented
in
an inconvenient way, it's dark and inconveniently close to a
wall.
Getting in there with a light from your phone for example,
often
doesn't work either because
you need one hand to tilt the TV,
one hand to brace yourself against the wall, one hand for the
cable - there isn't a spare hand available for the light.
So, the solution. Have an illuminated input output section.
This
can be very sophisticated, with illuminated text and outlines
of
each socket, or simply a reasonably bright white LED. Or,
possibly, a UV LED and then fluorescent ports picked out in
paint.
This can be activated for a minute or so by a dedicated
button,
or, to reduce extra parts, simply every time the device is
switched on.
There, now I wont have to tip a 60" TV on it's side simply to
plug
my laptop into the HDMI port.
Fngerless glove flashlight
https://www.ebay.co...:g:cJ4AAOSwH4NZgkcZ
Useful [8th of 7, Sep 01 2020]
USB endoscope
https://www.ebay.co...:g:zOkAAOSws95fBYuc
Typical entry-level device [8th of 7, Sep 01 2020]
[link]
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Why not simply position the device with the ports towards you ? Problem solved... |
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I sympathise, [bs]; my eyesight isn't what it was, either. [+] |
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Then, with only a large mirror at 45 degrees, I can watch
the TV just fine! |
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Of course you can. "What could possibly go wrong ... ?" |
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Disappointed it's not an aftermarket addition to the drinks cabinet. |
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With flat screens getting increasingly larger I've wondered
why the sockets aren't all positioned facing down such that
one could easily see them without removing the thing from
the wall. It's not like there's a shortage of available real
estate on the case. |
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I thought this might be an idea for turning a place
like the Port of Rotterdam into a light show. |
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// turning a place like the Port of Rotterdam into a light show. // |
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Prior Art - Luftwaffe, 1940. |
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The RAF later managed an even bigger light show at Hamburg. |
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//why the sockets aren't all positioned facing down// |
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They are, which would be great if I were facing up at
them, this is difficult however what with the TV stand
being in that position. |
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//leave the cable it plugged in to the back.// |
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I know, I know, buy a few more cables, it's on the list. In
my defense there's been a surge in bs0 household demand
for cables since the recent proliferation of working at
home monitors and emergency workstation construction
projects. Then there's the change in standards for the
newer hi-res screens rendering some of the more
established cables somewhat redundant. |
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Surely each port on the back of your 60" TV should
have a tiny embedded camera in it which can display
on the TV screen a massive image of your hand holding
the cable slowly approaching the port? The high-end
model will display so that it looks like a spaceship
docking procedure, accompanied by "2001: A Space
Odyssey" music. |
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Baked. A thin glove with a USB endoscope glued to the knuckle of the index finger. Plug USB into phone, use image to guide item to target. |
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//A thin glove with a USB endoscope glued to the
knuckle of the index finger// - I bet you've already
got one of these... |
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[8th of 7]; I thought you were just joking, but it turns out
that USB endoscopes are actually a Thing. Cool! |
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// I thought you were just joking // |
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<Sound of Borg Collective not laughing, even a little bit/> |
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This isn't on a fingertip; it's further back, on the knuckle. |
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It uses a modified "glove flashlight" <link> as the basis, with the camera of the endoscope attached just alongside the LED mount on the index finger. |
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It works surprisingly well, but it's more a proof-of-concept than a marketable product. Extra elastic straps are useful around the forearm and upper arm to restrain the cable, otherwise it has a tendency to get tangled in confined spaces. |
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It took about five minutes to make, which includes half a minute mixing the epoxy and four minutes waiting for the epoxy to set. |
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//Prior Art - Luftwaffe, 1940// That was port
elimination not illumination. |
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"port illumination" is traditionally done with a
lighthouse, so this device should really be in the
form of a mini USB-powered lighthouse. |
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// elimination not illumination // |
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Something must have got lost in the translation. |
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Why not have the ports on the end of flexible or pivotable
dongles? |
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