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“Nailed” Memory Stick – Stop: Hammer Time!

Karen M. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:57:08 +0000

The “nailed” memory stick makes it look like you got very frustrated with your computer, and in a fit of rage, hammered a nail into it. It sends a much different message than, say, storing your data in a chicken wing.

This is the first product from plankton, a new design company based in the Netherlands. The USB stick is made of polyurethane and iron and has a 1 GB memory capacity.

This doohickey will set you back €29,50 (a little over $46 in the U.S.A.) You can buy your own from plankton, and make the guy in the next cubicle think you’re a whole lot tougher than you really are… in case some of your other flash drives have made him think you’ve gone soft.

Bling This: Diamond-Studded Camera and Memory Stick

Karen M. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:30:20 +0000

It’s just what you need: a memory stick and camera studded with hundreds of diamonds!

The accessories are a collaborative effort between Dalumi, LG, and Ricoh. They’re made with white gold and more than 200 diamonds each. The camera is a mere $25,000 and the memory stick a reasonable $10K. Which, of course, is SO worth it. What a great use of thousands of dollars! I mean, why buy a car when you could have this?

[via BornRich]

Boynq Toastit Will Not Burn Your Memory Cards

Technabob — Mon, 14 May 2007 22:45:16 +0000

Normally, I couldn’t think of a less interesting computer accessory than a memory card reader. Leave it to the design wizards at Boynq to change my mind on that.

Their $30 Toastit is a 27-in-1 memory card reader that bears a striking resemblance to a retro-modern toaster. While it won’t actually brown your Pop Tarts, the Toastit will read most memory cards, including Compact Flash I & I, MicroDrive, SD, MMC, Memory Stick and xD formats.

The plug-and-play flash memory reader is completely USB powered, and transfers via a high-speed USB 2.0 connection to both Macs and PCs. And no, I couldn’t find a ‘bagel’ setting anywhere on the thing.

4th Star Wars Mimobot Flash Drive Revealed

Technabob — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:58:11 +0000

The next in the series of Lucasfilm-approved Star Wars USB memory sticks (known as “mimobots”) has been revealed and it’s everyone’s favorite droid, R2-D2.

Stormtrooper, Chewbacca and Darth Vader models were previously announced. These limited-edition mimobots come in 1GB ($79.95), 2GB ($119.95) and 4GB ($169.95) versions and will start shipping in early January 2007.

[via NOTCOT]