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The Neuron Drive

Posted by timothy on from the functional-art dept.

billy writes "After two weeks of planning, painting, cutting, and slicing, I have completed my idea for the Neuron Drive, the world's first 80GB canvas. It is a fully functional USB hard-drive. The Neuron Drive contains 2 fans and 1 Maxtor 80GB hard-drive. It is fully functional as a hard-drive and both fans spin."

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  1. Re:Just had to be.... by Sivar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Most of the time, a series of drive deaths can be traced to all drives coming from the same supplier, or the same shipment. Most deaths are caused by shipping or otherwise something in-between the manufacturer and the user.
    It is not uncommon to see UPS drop an entire pallet of drives from the truck, and pick them back up and continue on as if it were a shipment of basketballs or something.

    Not that I consider Maxtor the best at this time, but I do not consider it the worst either. Drive companies tend to go through phases of poor reliability and then good reliability every 3-7 years or so.

    (Mods: Yes this is offtopic. If you want to talk about a painting with a hard drive glued on, be my guest)

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