If you’ve ever owned a USB charging cable (and if you’re reading
TechCrunch, odds are you have), then you’ve encountered the problem that
Snakable
wants to solve. That is, after repeated use, the cable breaks, the
wires are exposed, and then, more often that not, the cable itself
becomes unreliable, requiring you to jiggle it in order to get
your device to start charging. Snakable, instead, offers a new type of
USB charging cable that includes built-in protection from the dangers of
over-bending and strain present in today’s cables, with a
patent-pending strain relief assembly on its end that has free-moving
ball joints to prevent the cable from bending beyond a safe radius.
Oh, and I guess this makes the cable look a little bit like a snake because of the way it moves, hence the name.
The project was dreamed up by Wes Goulbourne, whose background in
aerospace has had him working alongside engineers for his entire career.
(He currently works at Boeing in Philadelphia.)
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