j5 Creates a Wormhole, enables keyboard and mouse sharing with only one cable

There are already quite a few keyboard and mouse sharing solutions obtainable, but alas, most aren’t foolproof nor affordable enough for the common Joe. As such, we fell in love with j5 Create’s Wormhole KM Switch and Wormhole Station at Computex . The previous, pictured above, is just a cable sporting a USB dongle on each end; whereas the latter is an aluminum, externally powered expansion dock rod that incorporates an intergrated KM switch, two USB 3.0 ports (which requires a USB 3.0 host for full potential, in fact), an influence button on the end, and card readers for microSD, SD, and MemoryStick.

After the only-click setup using the built-in installer, you could set your chosen approach to toggle the keyboard and mouse switching: either by clicking the center mouse button, by clicking a user-defined hot area at the screen, or by simply moving the cursor off one side of the screen. As you will see in our hands-on video after the break, the switching was seamless, and we had no problem with drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste around the two PCs. If either the Wormhole KM Switch or the Wormhole Station seems like your sort of gadget, then keep a watch out for them at Fry’s soon for $29.99 (about $10 cheaper than IOGEAR’s USB Laptop KVM Switch ) and $129, respectively. Additionally, there’ll even be a Mac-compatible KM Switch available next month for $39.99.

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