Had a pre-coffee idea this morning: auto-ejecting USB ports.

[jamesvasile@fosstodon.org]

@jgilbert Hmmmm... this would be doable. Electromagnet-driven MagSafe usb-c that reverses polarity to do ejection?

[stephaniepixie@fandom.garden]

@jgilbert I would also be fully on board with an auto-ejecting USB port that makes the sound “Ptoooie!” when it’s done

[darkling@mstdn.social]

@jgilbert Where's the kickstarter? Take my money!

[theorangetheme@en.osm.town]

@jgilbert I have recently acquired an external Blu-ray drive, and I have to say, hitting a button and making my computer (ish) do something mechanical filled me with more whimsy than I expected. Hearing it spin down like "beeeoooo..." and then *pop* was just delightful.

[jgilbert@mastodon.social]

@jamesvasile ATAPI railgun

[phooky@hexa.club]

@jgilbert genuinely love this

[leeloo@c.im]

@jgilbert
I can just imagine a manual upgrade or rooting of a USB device, half way through writing the new firmware, the device is fully charged and the cable gets ejected.

Upgrade failed / checksom error / boot loop...

[feral_3d@mastodon.social]

@jgilbert until someone hacks the ejection port..... the more holes you add...

[aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social]

@jgilbert Depends on the speed of ejection and if there's a tray to pop it onto.

[juanejot@beige.party]

@jgilbert Used-up/Unwanted Spitout Bot

[anguinea@mstdn.social]

@eccentricgeezer @jgilbert
Literally began craving cat videos of this! Make it happen!

[karlauerbach@sfba.social]

@jgilbert Have you encountered some of those USB-A (and to a lesser degree USB-C) sockets on some cheaper computers? They are so badly made that it takes pliers to grab the USB plug (male) device to get enough grip to pull it out.

[themanyvoices@mastodon.social]

@jgilbert
Suggested sound effect for that USB ejection:

" 'Scuse me while I whip this out" (from #MelBrooks #BlazingSaddles ).

https://youtube.com/shorts/TC_55Er0A4E?si=2L3Abc-DkHNoXSbn

[manicpxisiemgrl@infosec.exchange]

@jgilbert device driver fails. Ptooie!

[koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.net]

@jgilbert with enough ejection force you could use it as a short range communication protocol

[koval_blazej@fedi.lzspz.net]

@jgilbert I used to have a camera, that had a spring loaded microSD port, that could easily shoot a card 15meters