I’m on the left coast, so not exactly sure on why Pexagon had the motivation to create a New Yorker USB Hard Drive [customer request], but none-the-less, it’s here and available.

The Pexagon New Yorker hard drive has over 4,000 issues of the East Coast’s favorite magazine.  The Complete New Yorker gives you instant access to every poem, short story, cartoon and ad since the magazine’s inception back in 1925.

Pexagon is known for their engraving to USB storage devices and The Complete New Yorker is no exception.  The hard drive measures 3 x 5 inches and has a brushed aluminum front with beautifully etched New Yorker logo and icon.  The magazine archive takes up a small percentage of the 80GB hard drive so the $65 price tag gets you not only storage but a great opportunity to educate yourself and become well read if you’ve been living under a rock for the past 80 years.

I would imagine someone interested in this would need to be a die hard fan of the magazine, so now the question is: Are you?

Accordian USB drive, are you kidding me?  This is nothing more than silicone wrapped around a USB adapter port.  Sure you could slap some marketing gargon on there, like accordion USB drive, but we’ll all see past it.

None the less, I didn’t think of it so kudos to Jacek Ryn for such an idea.  You can see his little gadget trap at Poland’s Fine Arts in Gdansk.

The concept is fairly simple and straight forward.  Put a USB port and memory device into an accordion shaped silicone casing and call it something new.

Sorry, but this stuff kills me.Source:  Core77.

The typical UFD sticking out of your laptop is probably nothing more than fancy shaped plastic, or possibly wood or even gold ($6,000). Today we look at the softer, fuzzier side of UFDs. Paul from Technabob uncovered these fuzzy little USB critters, created by a design artist Nifer Fahrion.

Nifer Fahrion has two version of her fuzzy USBs. The one above is called Maggie the Maggot and the one below is named Gizzy the Data Worm. I’d opt for Gizzy if I had to choose.

Honestly, I think these fuzzy guys are an example of what some kids could do on a rain day to kill some time. Grab some material, glue and let the imagination run wild. I’m tempted to try this myself and turn it into a USB tutorial, but I don’t think anyone would care or try.

SO, with that being said - if I’m off base and you digg this kinda stuff, hop on over to Technabob’s post or Nifer’s site and get ready to drop your $66 on a 4GB original.

Source: Technabob.

As an after-thought, if you are looking for another home-project, how about turning a Pez dispensor into something interesting.

Not that fee shipping on a USB drive should put anyone over the edge, but consider an 8GB Kingston drive for only $32 - now that’s a deal worth jumping on board [for].

This GetUSB Dealz has no rebates or coupons, just raw savings.  The Kingston DataTraveler was originaly $54 but is reduced to $32 and change.

This particular model has the flip-out USB connector which I’ve always been a fan.  The mechanism reduces the device size and helps protect the product for a longer lasting unit.

So here is the company line:

DataTraveler 110 contains room for high-definition photos, graphics-intensive documents, videos, spreadsheets, presentations, term papers, and music that can be stored and retrieved in a flash. Sleek, practical, and attractively designed, the affordable DataTraveler 110 serves the needs of the budget-conscious user as well as those looking for significant storage capacity in a lightweight, compact design. DataTraveler 110 features a retractable USB connector for ease of use and safe housing.

Grab the GetUSB Dealz Now.  8GB for only $32 and change.  Plus free shipping.

What does a high class manufacturer of motorcycles have to do with a manufacturer of USB sticks? Ducati and Sandisk have decided to create a partnership together creating fast memory products like CompactFlash and USB Flash Drives.

Well, Ducati and SanDisk believe by slapping “Sandisk Extreme Ducati Edition” and creating a 4GB flash drive with a fast 20MB/second transfer rate will be able to command $125 from consumers. Why so expensive? The flash drive was designed in an industrial look echoing “the performance, colors and lines of a Ducati MotoGP motorcycle.” I’m sure someone will buy it, but I can get a 500GB drive that would be faster (and much bigger) for about the same price!

Source: Gizmos for Geeks

Here is the Personal Pocket Safe UFD which is the first of it’s kind that is an “encrypted, epoxy coated, pin-protected smart drive.”  Not the first pin-pad USB stick we’ve seen.  But with military grade encryption and a mysterious “track-covering” feature to insure no one can trace it’s where-a-bouts after removing from the host.

Lets say you did find the Personal Pocket Safe, well you still need the pin number.  This guy features a 10 digit touch-pad pin code using between 4 and 10 digits to lock down your passwords, documents etc.  Get the pin number wrong and the Personal Pocket Safe goes in complete lock-down.

“The Personal Pocket Safe™ is powered by proprietary software embedded within a pin protected pocket safe that features a host of security-rich options that lock in all of the confidential and critical information that powers the lives of today’s consumers.”

Here are some key bullet points from the press release: (more…)

Lets just raddle off the use of the Cellink USB swivel gadget.  Of course you have the shape, look and feel of a typical UFD.  With flash memory for…well you know.  Next, swivel the Cellink and you’ve got a microSD card reader.  Swivel the other direction and you’ve got a direct connected to your USB port and cell phone for some wireless charging.  Of course you’ll block all the other ports in the process, but that’s the cost of cool gadgetry.

If these become readily available it would be a great item to have.  It seems like down-sizing your basket full of gadgets is a continual process.  So here we streamline to a single UFD, forget another reader and the power cord to your cell phone.

That’s progress.

Source:  Aving.