minerman30 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The other day, I was in a hotel with no wifi, just an ethernet port for laptops. I was kind of mad that I couldn't use the internet on my Microsoft Surface (yes, I have one).And I had an idea. Mini-Ethernet. A special connecter about the size of a Micro-USB port, that could be inset into tablets and smartphones, and would allow people to use wired connections on those devices.I will attempt to build a proof-of-concept device out of an Ethernet cable and Micro-USB connecter, to send data over an ethernet->micro-USB->ethernet cable I will be making.If you have any suggestions or tips on making this work, please feel free to contribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordOfTheOrbits Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I don't really see the point of this, you could just use a Ethernet to micro-USB adapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faark Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I agree with Orbits. The point of USB was to get rid of lots of different ports wherever possible, and we still got enough of them, so introducing new ones is the entirely wrong direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minerman30 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 I agree with Orbits. The point of USB was to get rid of lots of different ports wherever possible, and we still got enough of them, so introducing new ones is the entirely wrong direction.Oh, so they can be used that way. I didn't really understand the point of those until now.Nevermind about this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnicalK3rbal Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Oh, so they can be used that way. I didn't really understand the point of those until now.Nevermind about this thread.You can delete the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal_vager Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Better close this to save Minerman any more embarrassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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