One Socket Fits All
Ever since the USB port made it's way into my hands, I've been a fan. It is truly a Universal Serial Bus. However, because of it's size and shape, it requires that all connects be external.
In computer hardware support, a field I have long worked in, there are sockets known in the industry as SFP (Small Form-factor Pluggable). These sockets allow for a considerable number of interface formats to use the same housing-connection.
A great idea would be to create a Universal Serial Device Socket. A host device that could take all sorts of items. Items could include networking and storage, but also lights, tools, interfaces to other items like monitors, keyboards and mice.
Although it may be apparent that this very thing could be done by merely placing a USB socket into a frame, it is still possible to use the USB protocol. But I would hope for something smaller, lighter, and sheath-able, rather than exposed per the current standard.
Although the image above doesn't much match the ideal of this post, to have a Swiss Army Knife of gadgets with sockets-galore, might just be a Mad Tech Idea.
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