Designers out there seem fascinated with the common household power socket and seem to be continually trying to improve on it, and we’re not going to complain about that. Now the concept Chain Power Strip is a modular power strip that makes it easy to accommodate bigger power adapters and can also support USB charging ports. The flexible design of this power strip probably means that it’s easier to hide behind your sofa too, though it looks very futuristic if you leave it out in the open.

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By Andrew Liszewski

Most car stereos that feature iPhone connectivity usually just have you attach a cable to the dock connector and then stash it away in your glove box. But Oxygen Audio’s O’Car stereo puts the iPhone 3G, 3GS & 4 up front and center where you can access all of your applications, whether you want to play or stream music, or make or answer a call.

The special articulated, pop-out cradle lets the iPhone be used in a landscape or portrait orientation, and a ball joint makes it easy to angle towards you if you want to use the touchscreen while driving. The stereo features a built-in radio tuner as well, and I’m assuming you can download an app which provides a UI for tuning stations and storing presets. It’s set to be unveiled at CES 2011 in January so there’s no pricing info just yet, but we’ll try to follow up with them at the show for more details.

Oxygen Audio – O’Car

By Andrew Liszewski

At first glance I rolled my eyes at the iProp, thinking it was kind of overkill when it came to iPad stands. But as I perused the photos of it in use on their website, I thought of a lot of places where I’d actually find it quite useful. I particularly like the alarm clock idea, or for use in bed in general when my laziness is cranked to 11 (or should that be -1?) but even while crashed on the couch or working at my desk, being able to swing it around or easily re-position would be extremely convenient.

A ball and socket joint which connects the iPad holder to the rest of the stand means you can rotate it 360° or angle it however you want, and a generous 2 feet of articulated goose neck makes it easy to finesse its position. And while the forked base looks like it might be easy to tip over, it weighs in at 3lb. 13 oz. which should be more than enough to counterbalance the attached iPad. When it’s officially available sometime in the Spring of next year the iProp will sell for $79.95, but if you pre-order now you’ll get free shipping as an incentive.

iProp VIA The Gadgeteer

Posted on Dec 2, 10 02:07 PM PDT

If you own a number of bare hard drives without cases for them and need to access and swap between the drives frequently to access data and don’t need to invest in a case for each hard drive to connect it to your computer, you may want to check out Brando’s slipper-inspired hard drive case. The case essentially turns any internal hard drive you have laying around into an external USB-powered hard drive. It’s even USB 3.0 compatible for faster file transfer and has red toes sticking out at the end that serves as a lever to eject the drive out to make it easy to swap between a number of internal HDDs. The drives are available through Brando for $45.

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