The gadget world is slowly adopting a new power cord standard called USB Type-C. They're small, multipurpose, universal, reversible and might fry whatever gadget you plug them into.
The advantage of the new standard is that USB-C isn't owned by any one company. That means anyone can make them for cheap. The disadvantage: They might wreak havoc. Read more at:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/05/technology/usb-c-cords/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/05/technology/usb-c-cords/index.html
