Japanese manufacturer Sanwa announced a new series of Ethernet cables with magnetically detachable connectors that 'break' at the Ethernet port [h/t GDM.OR.JP]. These should prevent the wires from becoming tripping hazards at threat to hardware or people, and will also lessen the chance of an accidental yanking on the ethernet cord that could injure the port. The Sanwa KB-SL6ABA series Ethernet cables have slim, soft cabling design and support the CAT6A standard at 500 MHz bandwidth, which reaches speeds of up to 10 Gigabits per second.
These new Sanwa Ethernet cables immediately recall the design of Apple's "MagSafe" cables, which function under the same principle but are used for charging cables instead. Like MagSafe branded connectors, Sanwa's magnetically detachable Ethernet cable will come smoothly unplugged whenever someone trips on or tugs on the cable, preventing damage to the hardware or network port so long as the fall or trip doesn't also break something.
