Are you worry about the limited USB ports? Don’t worry, in addition to USB hub, the Tandem USB Connector should bring you additional USB ports soon.
For the time being, the USB connector is still a design concept, but it’s not keep us from checking the wonderful USB gadget. Tandem USB Connector is designed by Yi Fan Lin & Hong Yih Chu, and won an iF Concept Design Award 2010. As we can see, the USB connector consists of two parts: a main USB plug with USB port for another Tandem USB connector, and a USB cable for USB device such as USB mouse, printer, external HDD, and etc. And the integrated USB port doesn’t exist the difference of right and wrong side, so you can plug USB device into the port freely.
Unfortunately, the USB connector is unavailable at present. You also like the USB connector? Let’s be patient and wait for it to appear. Additionally, here is another similar USB connector design concept.
By the way, don’t forget we have many useful USB hubs such as the USB 3.0 hub and the multifunctional USB hub.
Human Centipede, but for USBs.