USB-powered lava lamp

We're pretty sure that the sheer geekiness of plugging this into a USB port kills whatever swinging bachelor pad/hippie love nest vibe you might be trying to create, but Lava World International is going to release a tiny USB-powered lava lamp to commemorate the 40th anniversary of everybody's fave/least fave Sixties artifact.  

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

Groovy And so Lame it's a fun item.(if they don't charge a arm & a leg for shipping)How about a Lava Lamp Lightsaber?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

This is actually the lamest gadget ever. There's no need, no interest in having a USB powered lava lamp. How about a usb powered telephone?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

I dunno, it depends how much light it actually yields. The soft diffused lighting might be nice in say...a college dorm room or shared apartement/room where you need just a little extra light to see the keyboard but too much more will wake your roomate (although personally I've found that for about $0.06 you can usually rig up a little aluminum foil to reflect enough screen light downward so that the keyboard is *just* visible enough...or study in the bathroom...).

I fairly specific use I know, but it will likely see limit success. Useless crap always seems to... :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

what's the interest of it if? This is to be supposed as a relaxing and distracting item, and this way can only be lit when the computer is ON. So the fan, hdd, and etc makes noise.. I mean, you can't for example leave it ON by the night unless u keep the computer ON too...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

wrrrronnggg number 4, if you have a USB hub (which cab be powered directly by a socket), you can use the lava lamp without having to turn on the computer..!!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

If the usb hub has a socket, then u got (extra) cables again!
Oh, and being usb limits the lamp locations; because normally you have more 120/220v sockets than usb ports in a house..

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

Really, guys you are getting way too worked up. Just plug it in, sit back and let the groove mellow you out. Yeah, baby!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

How ccan they get away with calling it a lava lamp when in reality it's just a light up snow globe? There's no lava in it, just bits of glitter and snow.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:16AM]

If this was an external unit for offloading the heat from a water cooling system, _then_ I'd be interested :)