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The Top 10 Weirdest USB Drives Ever
Ant writes "Fosfor Gadgets lists the top weirdest USB drives ever, including photographs. Sushi and shrimps look yummy." From the article: "We start off with the least weird USB drive, and it's the iDuck from the Japanese company Solid Alliance. They are available in six different colors and the version on the picture even lights up when it's plugged in. It's cute so it's not that hard to understand why it's popular, right?"
but then ...
Rip the head of the cute Barbie doll, and plug it into your PC.
can you say TWISTED???
An old-timer with old-timey ideas.
Anything, even the weirdest USB drives ever, could only improve on the sad, shallow life you now lead.
except for me, uhmmm... I'm doing research... drawing statistical relevance from the /. polls.
"Academicians are more likely to share each other's toothbrush than each other's nomenclature."
Cohen
I never thought I'd find myself saying this, but I just don't think the internet is weird enough.
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4. idisk ..... How on earth should can you avoid not misplacing this really tiny (and very weird) product?
Obviously whoever wrote this forgot about TransFlash cards in cell phones such as my i870. Try keeping a spare one of those out of the vacuum cleaner.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000100066100/
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These are pretty great. My take on it, though, is if it you can't get it under 1.44Mb, it's not worth saving.
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They're all pretty weird, except the iDisk. That product seems pretty useful to me. I might actually be tempted to keep that little thing on me, unlike clunker "keychains". I could put it in my wallet, for instance. Who cares about the likelihood of losing it? That doesn't make it "weird." When I buy it I know it's small.* Small is useful. It's not weird at all.
* There's a joke in there, somewhere. Go nuts.**
** Yeah, I know.
Anyone know where you can buy the iDisk referenced in the article? Also, does it have any other storage options larger than 128 meg?
Has anyone out there ever used a usb drive this small, and was it effective?
wdd
if you could actualy eat the usb drive (the shrimp not the thumb) ones.
I don't think I've seen that many hehe's since I chatted my niece online last week. Geez.
"The fact no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. But we love your new '99 models." -7Ball
"Obviously whoever wrote this forgot about TransFlash cards in cell phones such as my i870. Try keeping a spare one of those out of the vacuum cleaner."
Disappeared in a flash, did it?
sushi disks1 _id=37
1 _id=60
http://sa-store.com/shop.php?category_id=25&item0
more food
http://sa-store.com/shop.php?category_id=40&item0
shinto amulet
http://sa-store.com/shop.php?category_id=50
USB camera (from the old Gegege-no-kitaro cartoon)
http://sa-store.com/shop.php?category_id=48
mice
http://sa-store.com/shop.php?category_id=46
These things make me very proud of being a Japanese, hehe...
(Yes, we do have a sense of humor, albeit a rather wacky one.)
They need a middle-finger USB drive. At least that way I know what my computer's trying to tell me everytime windows crashes!
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
I think that guy definitely needs a thesaurus.
Yes, I know it's a list of *weirdest* USB drives ever, but couldn't they have checked with a thesaurus for alternate words to use? Each entry makes use of the word "weird".
No digg--er, lame.
Is zero, with the small size of most USB drives, I could carve some space out of anything, even "mariatal aids".
I'm still waiting for a USB penis so I can finally shut everyone up by showing that my e-penis is as big as I've been claiming for years.
For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.
"Anything, even the weirdest USB drives ever, could only improve on the sad, shallow life you now lead."
Of course my life is shallow. I'm the lifeguard for the kiddie pool.
Bill? Is that you?
...because that sounds exactly like my neice, hehe! Oh wait, I don't even had a neice, it just seemed so real. Hehe, ok!
I have freaks! I did something right...
...do they run on linux?
At least 7 of those 10 drives are made by the same company. Cute though.
I learned of the existence of this in a SkyMall catalog on a particularly awful Delta flight today:
USB Bible
Pray tell, (ok, pun not intended), what is the point of this thing? Is this for when you really need that Jesus fix, and are at a computer with no net access? I don't get it...
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#6 and #1 are odd enough that I might buy them as gifts for someone. #6 I'd buy even if it was just a paperweight. #1 is just so insane I'd have to buy it.
4 is tiny, so it could be a very good purchase, although the combo USB/SD drives would be more useful.
As for the rest... just WHY??? Who wants to make their USB thumb-drive 10X bigger so it can look like sushi?
This would have been a good top 3 list...
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
.. and your irc scripts. e-penises are for pussies... err e-pussies! damnit!
Some other excellent Slashdot post ideas: 1. The top ten iPod tea cozies 2. The top ten keyboard warmers 3. The top ten stickers that attach to the top of cheap laptops 4. The top ten girlie-themed skins for WinAmp 5. Top ten USB-powered mug warmers (and fans, and lamps, vibrators and anything else that shouldn't be attached to a computer) Any idiot can stuff a USB drive into a farking prawn. That doesn't make it technologically interesting. Do people not have feed readers that enable them to read gadget blogs without having to submit links to the front page of Slash? This story was linked all over the blogsphere a couple of days ago.
I wouldn't want my SO quizzing me on where else my USB drive had been recently...
http://michaelsmith.id.au
Where have I seen this before?
USB Sushi is Old News http://www.oldnewsbaby.com/url/22b621f2fb44d168d34 f9064bc3358d4
Wouldn't wanna see the Ken USB-drive...
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Yeah, um...saw this at digg at least 40 hours ago... Is this a new saying?
...it reminds me of that one nightmare on elm street where the girl puts her head in the TV
Build it yourself based on an existing USB drive, like this one for example. Plus I bet its size would match the scale of you e-penis ! Enjoy :)
VICTORINOX SWISS MEMORY USB http://www.swissknifeshop.co.uk/swissmemory_standa rd.html
64mb - 1gb
It's even penguin friendly!
PQI intelligent sticks are physically not much larger than the iDisk. I have 2, 128m and 1G, which I bought because they're so small, not bulky in my pocket like the POS Sans disk I used to have. They've both been through the wash machine, and one was stepped on, and they still work. Also, the PQIs come with 2 nice-to-haves, a "sleeve" that makes them sturdier (never use mine), and a hard plastic wallet carrier that fits 2 drives in it (I use this all of the time, but not in my wallet).
They're not the fastest around (don't remeber the numbers right now), but are fine for small storage.
Also use on mac, linux, and windows boxes at home. I got 1 drive from Newegg, and 1 from microcenter. Highly recommended...
Oh, the questions and comments a "marital aid" usb drive sticking out of your computer would get...
I pretty much catch everything there is, and see at least one repeat everyday. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, becaus eht evariety of comments is the entertainment.
Yes, I said it.
The only drive on the list that I thought would have any value (other than, aww heck I'll say it, the "Wierd"-ness factor) was the iDisk, and only then for its small footprint. Specifically, I thought its size would allow it to be easily inserted into a system, left there for a few days to collect data, and then recovered without anyone being the wiser. You'd need some time of AutoRun / rootkit to install a keystroke logger onto the host system, or perhaps a version of DSniff to capture interesting passwords going across the NICs. I see PCs in big retail stores dedicated employee-use that would be perfect candidates for this type of hack.
Now, of course I'm NOT advocating this at all. Heck I'm a Security/Network admin, but these are the types of backdoors that bite you in the ass if you don't properly plan for them. My guess is that systems like this that have some type of management access but are not physically secure should have USB disabled via default (i.e. Group Policy), but that would be in bigger shops with a large-ish IT staff and at least some sembelence of a security policy. My bet is that your doctor's office DOESN'T, and that with a device like this you'd be able to accomplish a suprising amount of data collection without anyone knowing. Anyone out there in the SecAdmin side (or even BlackHat side) like to chime in?
Every day...another article from digg... this article was up either yesterday or the day before on digg...i forget when exactly well...anyway...the only 2 that even seem cool or weird are the thumb thumbdrive and i really to like that doll one...it looks really funny with its body sticking out of the laptop
See these wearable USB memories!
Again, yup, this was on Digg. So what? The sites may occasionally (ok, maybe relatively frequently) contain similar stories, but the sites are fundamentally different. Digg is content oriented (many many posts of stories) and Slashdot is comment oriented (many many comments on all manner of things tangentially related to the article).
I like Digg just as much as the next guy and read it frequently just to get a zeitgeist of interesting tech news, but for interesting discussion on the story, I come to Slashdot. So, maybe for now, can we just say that's enough "I saw it first on *site*"? I guarantee, even before it was on Digg, someone saw it first and can give the same response to Diggers.
You can hide data in places where people do not expect it to be data, such as inside the barbie.
Example, if someone search for data in your appartment, they search for CD, DVD, harddisk, floppies, ZipDisks, USB thumbdrives, etc.
But if you have the barbie, people wont know that it is a USB drive that can contain data. Because it does not look like a USB drive or anything that could store data in digital form.
Kinda like special cans and hollow books that can store money, papers, etc.
79 usa dollars for a 128mb usb drive with a plastic duck stuck on it. Or get a usb extension cable shaped like a plate of spagetti for just 200 dollars. Somehow I'm less excited.
haha talk about subtle humor. That HAS to be the funniest thing i have read in a long time.
Is there an English translation please? my apologies, I'm very poor at languages :-(
Also would you know if they post overseas?
I have to admit I quite like the idea of a tiny memory stick....
I'm waiting for the Fruit F*cker model.
Several of these, especially the later few have some very interesting security implications. Normal USB disks are usually so large that they are possible to locate when searching a home, but trying to locate something like the iDisk in a normal family home would be close to impossible.
So, a person who wants to hide data now has another tool to make discovery even more complicated, and unlike previous methods to store huge amounts of data in compressed form (such as microfilm) this one doesn't require any special equipment. I wonder how the police, or corporate security, are countering this. I have worked at places where USB sticks were banned for security reasons, but sneaking these tiny things past wouldn't be hard.
That has possibilities as a "boot drive". Does your GF run Linux?
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
This is just an ad for Dynamism's USB products.
m l
Compare the items in the article to:
http://www.dynamism.com/solidalliance/pricing.sht
Having said that, I will say that the barbie USB port is just freaky. Wow.
Beware - some companies such as Goodmans in the UK - have been using chips designeded for "ROM ONLY" use rather than continual rewrite cycles in their USB drives.
More information about the one I found at:
http://www.mways.co.uk/rom_use_only_usb_key.html
Jolyon
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I had to order the 'Thumb' drive! I'm going to mod that into a cup of Wendy's chili.
This is not an illusion, a rip-off, or a ninja technique!
Heh, it's the 3ds max duck. Make sense. Now where's my Utah teapot?
How long before Apple sues these companies making these drives that start with i-?
http://www.angelkitty.jp/News/
the drive is not included, though...
Sure, they can engineer a USB drive to look like a duck, but why can't they make a 1GB drive with a sturdy attachment, one that will not break off my keychain after a week of normal use? The older Sandisk Cruzer is the closest I have found yet, metal encased in plastic, but the newer ones have done away with the metal attachment point. Is there any example of these drives not encased in flimsy plastic that breaks in a week of normal use?
Why not put some flash memory in one of these? (Not work safe)
Don't you mean booty drive?
http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/fundue.shtml
...stupidest stories. Someone owes me thirty seconds of my life back.
robert
Heres the link http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/1018/solid .htm
*double byte browser support needed*
Talk about too little too late. Though I really enjoyed the barbie USB drive. They dont have those in japan.
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To make your own do-it-yourself usb stick using these tutorials is not that difficult. See for example this HowTo: Homer USB Drive.
RTFA. The Barbie doll in the picture was a brunette.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
I hear you can get those for just $1.99 with any value meal that includes Chili at Wendys...
If they wanted bizzare USB drives that would probably sell, they should make one in the shape of an Orbo tube from Witch Hunter Robin (I'd actually wear that one around my neck rather than have it attached to my belt loop via lanyard) or that neck-pack unit thing from Ghost in the Shell. I'd wear it for sure, and sit in front of the computer, pull out the retractable USB cable, plug it in, and rock. Fanboys rejoice.
I work in a Japanese MNC and there is a stupid IT manager who was paranoid about security.
He feel that some employees may steal confidential materials using the USB drive so he tested an evaulation copy of a software that could lock all USB ports.
However, what he doesn't realise is that the DELL PC's mouse and keyboard also use USB ports and his PC turn into useless doorstop instantly.
In the end, he need to reformat the whole drive and reinstall Windows. Now he feel that it would be easiler to ban all USB drives in the company.
His stupid idea will affect many who use the USB drive to backup their files.
Those weird USB drives may be the things I need to get past security if his stupid idea is implemented.
I am very sad that the Tiki drive is apparently no longer available from thinkgeek. I think my husband would have liked that for christmas :( Has anyone found this elsewhere? I haven't googled, I'm just being lazy!
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