USB Power Outlets ~ Charge Without Wall Warts

This is a pretty cool idea. For around $10 per unit, you will be able put electrical outlets in your wall that include two USB power outlets. Then charge your iPod or cell phone without a lumpy wall wart transformer messing up your view.

It would be even cooler if these actually connected to a massive USB network in your house, but that'll have to come later. For now, you just get the 5 volts that is USB standard and you can use that for charging just about anything that will charge through a USB connection. That would include iPods and most other MP3 players, some digital cameras, and many mobile phones.

These aren't available just yet, but FastMac, the company that makes them, will accept advance orders now for delivery in "early 2010".

They call it the "TruePower UCS Power Outlet With Built-in USB Ports". Catchy.  Find out all about it at this link.