The Best Surface 3 Easter Egg

Today is Surface 3 review day for hardware kids — video incoming, I promise — meaning that the media is mostly getting its first full day  with the new Microsoft tablet hybrid. The device is much as we expected it to be, a less expensive Surface Pro 3 in a smaller package.

Most importantly, however, is the simple fact that you don’t have to charge the Surface 3. Ever. As Brad Sams of Neowin noted earlier today, if you plug your Surface 3 into itself, it claims to charge for some time. Here’s Sams:

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This, of course, had to be tested, so here by the grace of God went TechCrunch:

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I have to admit, that is some damn fine engineering. Breaking the laws of physics is no mean feat. Jokes aside, this is what comes of adding USB charging to devices. Onward.