Wristwatch USB Drive

opwierde writes "For the gadget happy multitude LAKS has made the ultimate wristwatch. It's a USB drive combined with a watch and they've managed to make it look rather nice." (This looks like a nice place to store a persistent homedir to use with Knoppix-MiB ;))

Comments

Other uses?

[Ignorant Aardvark]

Now my hands can be used for other things! Ohhh wait, 128MB ... hmmm, that's a decent sized porn clip...

Nevermind, there are no new uses for my hands here, sorry.

shipping delay?

[ptorrone]

i ordered one of these from them over 30 days ago, no watch and no returned emails....anyone get theirs yet?

Re:shipping delay?

[aaamr]

It's also available at ThinkGeek.

USB Drives Rock

[l810c]

I purchased my first USB drive a couple of months ago. I love it. As the family and friends 'computer guy'(not to mention work), I'm always fixing this or that on other peoples computers. I keep a collection of utilities on my drive so that I can plug it in and have most everything I need.

Re:USB Drives Rock

[mvdw]

Really useful for keeping those USB drive drivers... errr, hang on...

Re:USB Drives Rock

[generic-man]

It's incredibly easy to set up a USB drive in Linux.

1. Compile USB support into your kernel.
2. Reboot.
3. Become root.
4. Create a mount point.
5. Give your non-privileged user rights to access that mount point.
6. Insert the USB drive.
7. Figure out the device number that it has been assigned.
8. Mount the drive.

Linux is the easiest, most intuitive operating system out there. No other OS comes close.

Wow... Simply Amazing...

[zbowling]

Wow. It really is an interesting watch. The usb cord seems to hide inside the wristband. I bet this will making cheating my collage harder when testing in the testing lab. The already check you body and your keychain for usb thumbdrives.

I'm getting one i guess. The 128 meg model is only $93...

Re:Wow... Simply Amazing...

[wideBlueSkies]

>>The already check you body and your keychain for usb thumbdrives.

How exactly do they check your body? Is this like prison where you have to drop em' and endure being probed by the world's longest finger?

Not trying to be a troll here. I'm really curious.

Thinkgeek pics here

[sould]

Nice looking watch

Look at loads of pics from thinkgeek here

Re:Thinkgeek pics here

[Y2K is bogus]

BTW, those are the stock photography, nothing that the linked site doesn't have.

I'd really like to know why ThinkGeek is always the worst deal at geeky things. They are always way overpriced at most of the things they carry. A good example is this watch, the linked site lists it for $93, whereas ThinkGeek is selling it for $119, a $26 dollar premium. When you consider what USB drives and cheap citizen watches go for, you'll quickly realize that they are making a lot of money off this product. The linked site is still making good money, Thinkgeek is probably just making at least another 50% more.

It just bugs me that ThinkGeek has some cool stuff, but none of it is a bargain, especially when Fry's carries the same stuff for a lot less usually. Too bad.

Re:Thinkgeek pics here

[Cyno01]

Thinkgeek has some deals, but for the rocord the watch on the manufacturerers site is 93,not dollars, that ends up as $108.747 USD(1 USD = 0.855192 EUR). That plus a USB extension cable, and not having to pay international shipping on the watch makes it a comparable deal.

For the html impaired.

[Stonent1]

www.laks.com

Re:What's the point, really?

[stefanlasiewski]

I'd rather carry a floppy in my pocket

Hottie: Is that a floppy in your pocket or are you just happy... hey wait. That is a floppy in your pocket. Like, you're such a nerd! Forget it!

USB everything

[Tweakmeister]

Okay now, come on!!!

USB watch, toothbrush, shaver, coffee pot, George Foreman grill...

yet there's one thing every nerd still needs by their computer, a USB Girlfriend!!!

Re:USB everything

[marcushnk]

USB Girlfriend
I had one of them once.. she left me for someone with a bigger bus...

Re:Porn videos ... on a *watch*?

[z84976]

Is it just the pr0n you're suggesting he needs the magnifier for or... um... nevermind.

Re:USB Girlfriend

[ihatewinXP]

A USB Girlfriend? Would that acronym be

Undress Some Baby?

Unsane Serial Bitch?

Unending Soulcrushing Banter?

Unloved Slightly Bloated?

(im going to hell for this)

It's ugly

[easter1916]

Made it look nice? With that honking USB connector wrapped around the wrist strap? Why not brand the word "NERD" across your forehead?

Re:It's ugly

[dupper]

Hey, don't knock the Geek self-advertising. I've worn the Matrix Binary Watch I bought from Thinkgeek for the past year. It's been a great conversation piece with non-nerds, and even (gasp!) girls. Just conversation, though, and only about the watch, but it's better than I was doing.

(pause)

Kill me. Kill me now.

Batwatch

[wideBlueSkies]

When I first saw the watch with the cable sticking out if it, I thought of Batman using it in lieu of something in the batbelt. You know, the Penguin pushes him off the top of a skyscraper and he saves himself by shooting a cord out of his watch and attaching it to a flagpole or something.

Then spiderman finds out and sues him for IP or patent infringement or something.

Waterproof

[kyoko21]

Is this thing waterproof? If so, how deep can it go before it cracks under pressure?

Re:Cord...

[Jade E. 2]

You know you should have read the whole page when:

3 people correct you with almost identical posts, and all 3 are modded as informative.

USB girlfriends are the best...

[WIAKywbfatw]

...because you can daisy chain 127 of them together.

Re:What's the point, really?

[KrispyKringle]

You know, A Proud American (if that is your real name), I see you on here constantly posting about how the latest post isn't something that interests you or how something else is so much cooler. Now, ordinarily, I welcome a breath of fresh air (metaphorically, at least) but in your case, your opinions seem less backed up by logic and more based on a desire to be contrary for the sake of contrariness.

While I'd be the first to agree that maybe a radio isn't cool just because it runs Linux, or a watch isn't cool just because it has USB, this tends to be the theme of Slashdot. Certainly, I take it with something of a grain of salt and read other news sources, but I find Slashdot interesting. If you don't like the common topics (like useless gadgetry), then don't read it. If you read for the sake of pointing out things you don't like, you are little more than a troll.

Please befriend me if you don't like idiots.

One decent sized clip?

[mao che minh]

Cmon, all porn afficiados know that the best part of any porno is the first and last 2:30 (precisely). The former being the entertaining oral sex scene, and the ladder being the build up to climax and the resulting "money shot". In this respect, this watch could be harnessed to store the power of 20-30 decent porn clips, not just one.

When you absolutely, positively have to beat off right now, accept no substitutes.

timex tmx2

[CreGen]

If you're going to be storing files on your watch, you might as well listen to music at the same time with one of these.

You can buy one for the low price of $129.99 USD at your local Radioshack.

Not only does it function as a watch, it also plays mp3 files (4 hours of play time on one AAA battery) and stores data (by way of usb mass storage device).

You get a choice of wearing it on the GripClip cradle, wriststrap, or lanyard. Much more convenient than just a watch.

It works without drivers in winXP (or newer, when we get newer) and MacOSX.
Best of all. Because it acts as a USB mass storage device it works under linux. Simply compile in the usb drivers, usb mass storage drivers, FAT files system drivers, and scsi generic drivers and your ready to go (after a simple mount =)

It even includes the AAA battery =)

Re:Cord...

[markov_chain]

I wouldn't hold my breath for it. Using Bluetooth will require some serious battery power (at least, compared to what is ordinarily put into watches). USB is nice because it can power the device from the host (and perhaps even recharge the watch).

Re:What's the point, really?

[ColaMan]

Where have you been?

(Austin powers voice)

Floppies aren't floppy anymore, they're *hard*, baby. YEAH BABY! YEAH!

Re:Cord...

[lowkster]

I wouldn't hold my breath for it. Using Bluetooth will require some serious battery power

All they need to do is make the watch using those kinetic self-winding mechanisms in it. I gather from the first 100 beating-off-to-porn posts, no slashdotter would have to worry about power again.

Get one for free!!!

[sbryant]

If you're in Germany, you can get one for free! The ISP 1&1 is giving away the 32MB version when you sign up for DSL. The offer ends in a week.

Some features it lists:

• Watch by Citizen
• Drive by Toshiba
• Password protected
• Waterproof (DIN 8310)

Although it doesn't say so, it is the Laks watch that they are offering. Personally, I preferred the combo DSL/ISDN PCI card that 1&1 used to offer.

-- Steve

handy tip

[pixelbeat]

I got one of these myself and it's really nice.
Anyway I wanted to be a bit more sophisticated
and have multiple disk images that I can just
dd to the watch (/dev/sda) as required., rather
than just have the 1 vfat partition on it.

However when you dd a 2 partition disk image to
the watch for e.g. after it's been registered
with having only 1 partition, you can't mount
or do anything with /dev/sda2

So you need to get the linux kernel to reread
the partition table, and the handy way to do
this is: blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sda

also the best size to read/write the watch (32MB
version anyway) is: 32k, so to backup the watch
just: dd bs=32k if=/dev/sda of=watch.backup