2507: USV-C - Revision history

R128: /* Explanation */ banknote citation

2025-12-12T14:42:14Z

‎Explanation: banknote citation

Kynde: /* Explanation */

2025-03-07T11:37:18Z

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Memo Spike Connector: I'm not sure which UV can do this. By the way, is this a Category:Portmanteau?

2023-04-12T07:12:25Z

I'm not sure which UV can do this. By the way, is this a Category:Portmanteau?

Sabik: /* Explanation */ Note that far-UVC is safe for human skin and eyes

2022-06-29T01:07:38Z

‎Explanation: Note that far-UVC is safe for human skin and eyes

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2022-05-04T23:43:44Z

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 22:21, 4 May 2022

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Ex Kay Cee Dee at 20:35, 4 May 2022

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 {{w|USB-C}} is a rotationally symmetrical {{w|Universal Serial Bus}} (USB) connector. {{w|Ultraviolet#UVC|UV-C}} is a range of {{w|ultraviolet light}} with wavelengths between 100 and 280 nm.  This is often used as a germicide, so this comic may also be related to the [[:Category:COVID-19|COVID-19]] pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has an [https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/uv-lights-and-lamps-ultraviolet-c-radiation-disinfection-and-coronavirus infosheet] with information about these devices and COVID-19. And the connector number (280) is likely chosen because it is the boundary between UV-C and UV-B in nanometres.
-Similar cables actually exist, with a USB port at one end to power a small (usually visible light) lamp at the other. A cable with a UV-C lamp could, as noted above, be useful for disinfecting surfaces or verifying banknotes {{actual citation needed}}. However, the depicted design would be problematic because it would expose the user's skin and eyes to harmful ultraviolet radiation, unless it's specifically Far-UVC (222nm, [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes]).
+Similar cables actually exist, with a USB port at one end to power a small (usually visible light) lamp at the other. A cable with a UV-C lamp could, as noted above, be useful for disinfecting surfaces or [https://www.secretservice.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2020-12/KnowYourMoney.pdf verifying banknotes]. However, the depicted design would be problematic because it would expose the user's skin and eyes to harmful ultraviolet radiation, unless it's specifically Far-UVC (222nm, [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes]).
 Unless there is more to the UV-C end than indicated, the cable seems not to have use in bidirectional communication (even to confirm that it is {{w|TOSLINK|plugged in}} or {{w|Infrared_Data_Association|shone upon}} some suitable optical transceiver) so in any {{w|Li-Fi|data transfer situation}} it could be a limited-range broadcast-only system at best - which has its uses in certain niche cases.

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 ==Explanation==
-This is the fourth installment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and presents Cursed Connectors #280: USB-C to UV-C. It follows [[2503: Memo Spike Connector]] (#102) and was first followed just a bit more than half a year later by [[2589: Outlet Denier ]] (#78).
+This is the fourth installment in the series of [[:Category:Cursed Connectors|Cursed Connectors]] and presents Cursed Connectors #280: USB-C to UV-C. It follows [[2503: Memo Spike Connector]] (#102) released 9 days before but was first followed just a bit more than half a year later by [[2589: Outlet Denier ]] (#78).
 This comic depicts a cable that converts from USB-C (at the top of the picture) to UV-C (at the bottom).

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 {{w|USB-C}} is a rotationally symmetrical {{w|Universal Serial Bus}} (USB) connector. {{w|Ultraviolet#UVC|UV-C}} is a range of {{w|ultraviolet light}} with wavelengths between 100 and 280 nm.  This is often used as a germicide, so this comic may also be related to the [[:Category:COVID-19|COVID-19]] pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has an [https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/uv-lights-and-lamps-ultraviolet-c-radiation-disinfection-and-coronavirus infosheet] with information about these devices and COVID-19. And the connector number (280) is likely chosen because it is the boundary between UV-C and UV-B in nanometres.
-Similar cables actually exist, with a USB port at one end to power a small (usually visible light) lamp at the other. A cable with a UV-C lamp could, as noted above, be useful for disinfecting surfaces. However, the depicted design would be problematic because it would expose the user's skin and eyes to harmful ultraviolet radiation, unless it's specifically Far-UVC (222nm, [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes]).
+Similar cables actually exist, with a USB port at one end to power a small (usually visible light) lamp at the other. A cable with a UV-C lamp could, as noted above, be useful for disinfecting surfaces or verifying banknotes {{actual citation needed}}. However, the depicted design would be problematic because it would expose the user's skin and eyes to harmful ultraviolet radiation, unless it's specifically Far-UVC (222nm, [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes]).
 Unless there is more to the UV-C end than indicated, the cable seems not to have use in bidirectional communication (even to confirm that it is {{w|TOSLINK|plugged in}} or {{w|Infrared_Data_Association|shone upon}} some suitable optical transceiver) so in any {{w|Li-Fi|data transfer situation}} it could be a limited-range broadcast-only system at best - which has its uses in certain niche cases.

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 {{w|USB-C}} is a rotationally symmetrical {{w|Universal Serial Bus}} (USB) connector. {{w|Ultraviolet#UVC|UV-C}} is a range of {{w|ultraviolet light}} with wavelengths between 100 and 280 nm.  This is often used as a germicide, so this comic may also be related to the [[:Category:COVID-19|COVID-19]] pandemic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has an [https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-covid-19-and-medical-devices/uv-lights-and-lamps-ultraviolet-c-radiation-disinfection-and-coronavirus infosheet] with information about these devices and COVID-19. And the connector number (280) is likely chosen because it is the boundary between UV-C and UV-B in nanometres.
-Similar cables actually exist, with a USB port at one end to power a small (usually visible light) lamp at the other. A cable with a UV-C lamp could, as noted above, be useful for disinfecting surfaces; however, the depicted design would be problematic because it would expose the user's skin and eyes to harmful ultraviolet radiation.
+Similar cables actually exist, with a USB port at one end to power a small (usually visible light) lamp at the other. A cable with a UV-C lamp could, as noted above, be useful for disinfecting surfaces. However, the depicted design would be problematic because it would expose the user's skin and eyes to harmful ultraviolet radiation, unless it's specifically Far-UVC (222nm, [https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/collaborations/2020_04_07_01.html safe for human skin and eyes]).
 Unless there is more to the UV-C end than indicated, the cable seems not to have use in bidirectional communication (even to confirm that it is {{w|TOSLINK|plugged in}} or {{w|Infrared_Data_Association|shone upon}} some suitable optical transceiver) so in any {{w|Li-Fi|data transfer situation}} it could be a limited-range broadcast-only system at best - which has its uses in certain niche cases.