I’ve had this idea for a while. It’s inspired by all of the many DIY projects for building home versions of the Flux Capacitor found on the interwebs. I really want a cool USB hub, and I might try to build on of these if I had the time. Knowing that I’ll likely never take the time, I’ll leave it here as a concept image that I mocked up in Photoshop:
-kingfish
If you’re looking for fun hubs, check out http://www.dealextreme.com. They have the ‘people’ type hubs that you mentioned on the show. 🙂
There’s no flux capacitor, though this looks cool.
Looks like thinkgeek stole your idea!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1ba1/
Ideas are only as good as their implementation. The best ideas are worth nothing if you don’t pursue them. I’m glad someone else thought it was a good idea.