Werewolf transformed my old gadgets into USB-C powered ones

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/verge-werewolf-vflex-sean-hollister-1-6.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">When I haul my 27-inch desktop monitor into the garage to film <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/712844/today-im-toying-with">fun gadget videos</a>… or want to play Japanese SNES games with friends… or lose the AC adapter for my old external hard disk… I can now power them with a USB battery instead. </p> <div class="youtube-embed"><iframe title="USB-C all the things! #TITW" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V1zZ5JVEd_U?rel=0" allowfullscreen allow="accelerometer *; clipboard-write *; encrypted-media *; gyroscope *; picture-in-picture *; web-share *;"></iframe></div> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">None of them came with USB-C ports; the entire USB protocol was barely a twinkle in its creator's eye when Nintendo shipped the Super Famicom in 1990! But a tiny programmable dongle, from a company <a href="https://werewolf.us/">called Werewolf</a>, can transform old power ports to accept USB-C electricity. I'm so impressed, I just bought a second kit for a friend's birthday. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">With these dongles, there's no surgery required to add USB-C. You …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/975965/werewolf-vflex-usb-c-dc-barrel-jack-preview-hands-on">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>