The EZSAVE supports both 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives, even solid state drives. You can set and enter the password via its touch control panel or, for added flair, via voice. As with other 256-bit AES encrypted drives, your HDDs and SSDs won’t be read even if they’re unmounted from the EZSAVE and connected to other devices. If you forget your password, you can still access the data as long as you remember the master key that the EZSAVE generated when you connected the drive for the first time.

Make sure no one’s around you when you order the EZSAVE from Brando for $109 (USD). Then erase your browser’s history. Delete your browser. Reformat your computer. Throw it away. Hide your kids. Hide your drives. This post will not self-destruct.

[via Ubergizmo]

Apparently, there are a lot of us, though, because Cubby was born.

Cubby was designed by Stephanie and Bruce Tharp of materious. It’s a coat hook slash cubby hole that gives you the best of both worlds: a huge hook with which to hang your coats and bags, and a tiny round shelf right smack in the middle to hold all of your other stuff. The idea is so ingenious, I wonder why someone else didn’t think of it sooner.

Cubby is currently up for funding on Kickstarter. A minimum pledge of $19(USD) will get you your very own Cubby, while $47 buys a 3-pack, and $79 buys a 6-pack. And if you can only fork over $5 or $10, you’ll be treated to a thank-you note (and drawing) from the team’s adorable child named Isla Rey.

The device will work on certain Android smartphones running Honeycomb 3.1 and up thanks to the enhanced USB host mode those devices have.  It also has the ability to connect USB drives and microSD, SD and miniSD memory cards. The media dock adapter even allows you to plug in a mouse and actually see a pointer on the screen, or you can also plug in a gamepad to control video games. However, it can only supply 100 mA max power to attached peripherals.

At this point, it’s known to work with the Samsung Galaxy II, Sony Xperia NX SO-02D; Sony Xperia acro HD IS12S; Toshiba REGZA Phone T-01D; and Sony S-series tablet, and it’s likely to work with other recent Android gadgets as well.

The Sanwa USB Reader is available direct from Sanwa Japan [JP] for ¥3,280 (~$40 USD). It sure would be great if somebody would make one of these for iOS devices too.

[via EverythingUSB]

Imagine all the bacteria that could be living on your tub or around your bathroom. And then imagine all of that coming into contact with the water. Not a very nice thought, isn’t it? That’s where the WaterBOB Emergency Drinking Water Storage comes in.

WaterBOB is basically a gigantic plastic container that can store up to a hundred gallons of water. It’s made of high quality food grade plastic and even comes with a siphon pump so you can get water from the container when you need to, without any spillage.

Definitely seems like a good thing to have on hand in the event of a disaster – assuming you can get some clean tap water into it right away at the start. WaterBOBs are available on Amazon for about $32(USD) each.

[via The Green Head]

If you’re car guy or just like quirky flash drives, this line may be perfect for you. All of the cars are highly detailed you have a USB plug sticking out the back like some sort of jet engine. Thankfully, that connector slides in and out using a switch on the bottom of the cars so you don’t have to look at it all the time.

They even have rubber tires but lack side mirrors. Granted, the only Mini Cooper of this vintage I have seen in real life lacked side mirrors as well. Perhaps someone familiar with real vehicles can enlighten us on whether vintage Coopers came with side mirrors at all.

These Mini drives have 4GB of storage, and sell for about $36(USD) over at GizmoAgent. These aren’t the fastest or biggest flash drives in history, but there certainly some of the coolest.

[via EverythingUSB]

The Acer Cloudmobile was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress and it’s the first phone equipped with the Acer Cloud storage service. It’s meant to allow you to access media and documents stored on users’ home computers, even when the PC is sleeping. All photos taken via the phone are also automatically saved remotely onto your home computer.

The phone itself has a 4.3-inch HD touchscreen, and will run Android 4.1 on a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and comes HSPA+3G network ready. The Acer Cloudmobile phone is slated for release in late 2012.

[via designboom]

Korean designer Sang Hwa Lee came up with this ingenious concept which turns your headphone cable into a bumper for your gadget when not in use. By using a flat tangle-proof rubber ribbon cable for the headphone cord, they simply wrap around the perimeter of your device when not in use. The three layers of rubber even provide added protection when the cord is stowed. It’s not 100% clear from these images, but it looks like the earbuds themselves would be fairly low profile, and snap into a groove placed on the headphone line itself along the edge of the device.

I’m still not completely sure of how the cable would stay put, but that could probably be achieved by pairing the headphones with a matching case with clips built in to hold it. While it’s definitely not ready for production, the concept seems like it’s on the right track to finally solving this annoying and challenging problem. Kickstarter, anyone?

[via reddot]

So what’s Norway’s solution to this? The Hundehiet, which translates to “Dog Den” in English. These are basically storage lockers where you can leave your dogs or cats in while you pick up some groceries. To rent out a space, it costs 10 Kroner (approximately $1.72), which is relatively cheap.

It’s better than leaving your pet in your car but I’m still not very comfortable with the storage lockers though, specially during the summer. But hey I suppose it’s better than nothing. Your dog, on the other hand, may have something different to say about it.

[via PSFK via Pop Up City]

This isn’t the first Transformers flash drive we have seen, back in 2009, an official flash drive rocking Transformers’ looks surfaced, and then there were some cartoony Mimobot drives too. This new flash drive comes with either the familiar Autobot and Decipticon face logos on it, along with a “TF3″ logo that lights up when accessing data.

The face logos are made of die-cast metal, though the rest of the drive appears to be plastic. The USB connector retracts so there is no need for a cap, making for one less thing to lose. You can even flip the metal face up to find another Transformers logo underneath.

The Transformers drives are available on Amazon in 4GB and 8GB capacities starting at $33 (USD).

[via EverythingUSB]

These drives have a 4GB capacity for anger/data and the USB drive itself is hidden inside the body of the bird or pig that you choose. If you love flinging birds at pigs with a slingshot, then you will probably love these drives.

You can score one for €19.99 (~$26 USD) from EMTEC. That’s not a bad price for a bird or pig USB drive. I think that yellow guy looks like Bert from Sesame Street, but more pissed off, which I didn’t think was possible.

[via Journaldugeek]

The Oturakast Cabinet was designed by Rianne Koens. The cabinet is made up of separate drawer units that are meant to be stacked up, one upon the other. What makes the design even more unique is that each separate drawer has foldable legs underneath.

So if you happen to have some people over at the apartment but don’t have enough chairs and stools to go around, just unstack your drawers, pull out the legs, and gather every around in a circle.

[via The Design Home]

The Flash Rods Mercedes SLS is offered in red, black, and silver colors. Inside the cool model with the working doors and hood that opens is a small portable USB HDD. The HDD has 250 GB of storage and is a small 2.5-inch unit you can’t see.

The only way you can tell this isn’t just a cool model car is the USB port on the back of the car. That is where you plug the drive in for power and connectivity. The HDD will cost you $250 if you want one. While the SLS AMG is awesome for gearheads like me, I think many geeks would have rather had Doc Brown’s Delorean Flash Rod.

[via EverythingUSB]

The LockDown has a touchscreen keypad and LCD screen to facilitate password entry. It uses AES 256-bit hardware encryption, and you can use it with any OS or USB-based device. Here’s Satechi’s setup video for the LockDown:

Turn on private browsing and head to Satechi’s website to order the LockDown. It sells for $99 (USD), which isn’t too bad considering it comes with a USB 3.0 cable, USB-to-DC cable and screwdriver for assembly. Note that the encryption will still protect the hard drive even if you take it out of LockDown, so you can make and swap out multiple encrypted hard drives. Just make sure you don’t lose the enclosure, or you’ll never access your data again.

(This article has been significantly revised because the whole “Cryptex” concept from The DaVinci Code flew over my head. My apologies. And now, we return to your scheduled programming.) The Crypteks USB drive doesn’t just have a mechanical lock like the DIY Cryptex drive. It has additional security features aside from the mechanical lock, like 256-bit AES hardware encryption, a read-only mode and the ability to set the number of wrong password attempts before the drive goes Men in Black and wipes its contents.

The Crypteks USB has already earned more than twice its target goal on Kickstarter. The fundraiser will still be up for 22 days, so sneak your way to its project page if you want to be one of the first to own a Crypteks USB drive. Those of you who want to play it safe with your money (but apparently not with your data!) can avail of the retail version when it drops mid-2012. My only complaint about this drive is that it’s USB 2.0-spec only, which is kind of disappointing considering the drive costs $130 (USD) for the 8GB version and $160 for the 16GB version.

[Crypteks via The Verge]

It was built by UK model-maker msmuse101 – with the help of her Dad – over the last few months, and it really looks great. When closed, it looks just like the iconic blue police box, but when the doors opened up, it conceals eight shelves for books – or in msmuse’s case – her DVD collection.

Unfortunately, she didn’t capture any photos during construction, nor any directions for making your own, but that’s okay. How many of you were really going to run out and start building one tonight anyhow? Check out more photos and discussion about the Tardis Bookcase over at The RPF. Great job, msmuse101 (and Dad!)

There are four different LEGO-style boxes in the series, two smaller onces in blue and green, which are supposed to be use for aluminum and glass respectively, and two larger ones in yellow and white, for paper and plastic. The models are specifically color-coded for the Italian recycling system, but they can be modified for a bunch of different uses.

Since they are based on the interlocking structure of LEGOs, they can be easily stacked in a variety of different configurations. My only question is this: with enough of them, could you build a house out of them?

[via designboom]

Today the fact has surfaced that those memory cards won’t just be for DLC. Some of the normal games that you buy will not save game data unless you have a memory card installed. This is despite the fact that the PS Vita has (a small amount of) internal storage.

There are a number of games that will require the memory card. There’s a list of titles and their storage requirements over at via Kotaku Japan (JP). Given that so many games will require the additional memory, it seems that if you want to buy the PS Vita you might as well get a memory card at the same time.

[via jin115]

This latest idea gets rid of those random clumps and decides to instead make larger grains (ten nanometers, up from seven to eight nanometers), in regular patterns, which each store one bit. A spokesperson from Singapore’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering likens it to packing your clothes in a suitcase. The neater you pack it all in, the more it can carry.

They use an e-beam lithography process that produces fine nano-scale structures for the discs and when sodium chloride is added to the developer solution, they found that they could create nanostructures with a higher resolution: down to 4.5 nanometers half pitch, without overly expensive equipment. In the end, this salty process could allow for anywhere from 1.9TB to 3.3TB per square-inch, a substantial increase from today’s capacities.

[via Wired]

The ioDrive2 is available in multiple capacities with up to 2.4TB of storage available. The device has almost symmetrical read and write access according to Fusion-io. It has 15 microsecond latency and 3 GB/s of bandwidth with 700,000 read IOPS and 900,000 write IOPS.

The drive also has a new self-healing feature that will rewrite data lost if one or more chips fails, the data can be written to other chips without interrupting use. With super fast performance comes a huge price. The 365GB version starts at $5,950 (USD). It comes in 785GB, 1205GB, and 2.4TB. I can only imagine that the high-end capacity would be super expensive.

When connected together, it sets up a a 256-bit AES encrypted connection between the two halves of the iTwin, providing secure data transfer between devices. Once the connection is set up, the other half of the iTwin can be carried with you and plugged into any computer for a secure cloud-style connection for sharing files.

iTwin also provides a remote disconnect code so if the dongle is lost or stolen you can kill the connectivity between the devices. Another cool part about the device is that it will give you access on the road to any amount of storage that is connected to your computer. It’s like your own personal cloud system. For more info on the iTwin head over to their website.