29 March 2009

More USB Bling (Edited 30/03/2009)

Have you survived the financial melt down? Are you a retiring Banker or CEO? Why not shout yourself one of these?The Gold Disk On Key is a USB drive made out of 14K gold with three diamonds inset that are backlit and light up when the drive is working. The drive also has a 4GB capacity, which means it's totally worth the US$2,000 price tag. Although it's still cheaper than the US$3,500 Gold USB below. Which means if you show up to your annual rich person's meeting with the Gold Disk On Key you'll be laughed out of the room.


This Gold USB stick comes in either 14 or 18 carat gold and is available with diamonds for US$3,500 or without diamonds for US$2,800. It doesn't even list the storage capacity because, well, who cares about that. If you have to ask its capacity you can’t afford it.. The only goal when you buy something like this is to show off how rich you are. Personally, I just tape a bunch of cash to my USB stick. $100 bills, baby. That's how I roll.


Have an urge to do a bit of espionage?

The Thanko Spydisk packs an SD card reader/writer along with 512 MB of its own flash memory into a pen the size of one of those jumbo pencils you used in kindergarten because you had no hand coordination. The USB connector is hidden under the pen cap, and the card reader is behind the pen's clip. I question its spy-worthiness. Of course, I'm not a very good spy. The last time I tried to steal a company's trade secrets I didn't download anything and accidentally uploaded my personal banking information, along with some private pictures my girlfriend.


This one is for those of us who want to strengthen our Apocalypse Fortress. Although not a Data storage device, it is USB Powered.

The "vCrib" is a USB powered sentry gun that can be controlled via a remote computer. Moreover, the weapon actually packs a webcam on the barrel, allowing users to login via computer, tilt / swivel the gun with simple mouse flicks, and fire away if you spot any intruders within its broad line of sight.

EDIT 30/03/2009
OK I've done some research into the vCrib gun. It is still in the development stage but it has good possibilities. I think we could adapt it to our purposes. Have a look at the video and let me know what you think.




Stay Good and be Kind to each other.

7 comments:

Moko said...

/awesome.

Therbs said...

"vCrib" - must have for all bikie gangs.

yankeedog said...

$3500 for a $50 USB drive?!? How do I get into making these fancy USB drive covers?

Havock21 said...

1 and 2 do not appeal to me..but 3 sure as fuck does

bangarrr said...

Well where do we find our own vCrib? (you don't want us borrowing yours do you?)

Dr Yobbo said...

Yeah the Gold Soon To Be Superceded Disk On Key might seem arsexplodingly exxy but think of it like this, it's only 50c a Mb. Cheap at half the price!

Still, that gun's a lot less likely to be obselescent overnight.

Steve said...

Still waiting for the USB sex toy.

Not for me, mind you...just thinkin' 'bout the lay-deeez.

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