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Mnemosyne: $10,000 Aluminum USB Drive: One of the Most Ridiculously Expensive Useless Pieces of Sh*T I have Ever Seen in My Enti
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A Japanese company called solidalliance has come up with Mnemosyne, an aluminum cube that holds an otherwise ordinary 16GB flash drive inside. But it’s not that simple: the cube is actually a puzzle. It’s made of smaller pieces that you have to slide apart before you can get to the… |
July 3rd, 2009
Handmade Frog and Duck USB Flash Disks (Just Don’T Drop ‘Em in a Pond)
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The gadgets that Brando sells are often weird but they’re mostly affordable. GeekStuff4U has it the other way around: slightly weird gadgets that really hurt the pockets. Case in point: handmade frog and duck USB flash disks. Why? I mean, sure, they look nice, but… Why? Okay I must admit,… |
June 18th, 2009
Jaw-Dropping, Wallet-Emptying Steampunk Flash Drive
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Flash drives are becoming a popular item for the steampunk modding community, but projects like this are rare even so. This incredibly detailed piece of steampunk art sold out in a day at Etsy… even at the price of $165. A little steep for the average 16GB flash drive, but… |
June 9th, 2009
Nexcopy 60-Port USB Duplicator: Data Processing En Masse in a Flash
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Geared towards schools and businesses, Nexcopy’s modular 60-port USB duplicator is a Windows-based device that allows for quick and easy data distribution. It’s perfect for making a ton of copies of Linux distros, or perhaps copying student submissions in one go. The duplicator can be used as a single 60-port… |
June 1st, 2009
Brando Cockroach Necklace Flash Drive: Who Wants to Wear One?
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Brando, producer of gadgets that are mostly devoid of sense, is at it again with their latest flash drive, the “jewel bug necklace flash drive.” Look at all the shiny plastic. Brando is kind enough to include a chain so that you can make a necklace with the bug as… |
May 18th, 2009
Ars Technica Flash Drive Roundup: No Surprises Here
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It doesn’t take a genius to predict that over time, gadgets will be cheaper compared to their predecessors, and they’ll have improved performance as well. And that’s basically what Ars Technica’s 5-page 2009 flash drive roundup reveals: today’s flash drives are cheaper and perform better compared to the ones available… |
May 15th, 2009
Panda Flash Drive: Buy a Rubber Panda, Help Save a Real Panda
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From Active Media Products – the folks who make the Obama Drive – comes another gimmicky storage device, the Panda flash drive. But at least this time it’s for a cause: 5% of the flash drive’s retail price goes to the panda-loving World Wildlife Fund. Active Media Products is also… |
May 13th, 2009
This is a Flash Drive?
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Our What the –?… product of the week comes from China-based Everbright Technology. 7 Gadgets‘ write-up about the device is as follows: “You can protect your data by plugging in this USB silicon rubber.” If you’re scratching your head now, wait ’til you see what it looks like: The mystery |
May 1st, 2009
LEGO Flash Drives Make Losing Your Data a Snap
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You’ve probably seen EagleTec’s Nano flash drive, a gadget that redefines “Nano” in terms of gadget size. The iPod Nano’s nanoness cannot compare to the EagleTec Nano’s. What could possibly be more awesome than a tiny flash drive? A tiny LEGO flash drive, that’s what. Etsy seller Stefan offers a… |
April 24th, 2009
Storage We Need: Obama Flash Drive Preloaded With Inaugural Address
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Someone – I forgot who – once said that politics is “showbiz for ugly people.” Well the United States of America beg to differ, as they now have a leader whose charms are so far above Hollywood levels that he makes betting on the NCAA Final Four absolutely bewitching, even… |
April 22nd, 2009
