Hmm, that title came out a little weird. Anyway, Vladimir released updated versions of his USB wood drives to include some odd shapes that include, what looks like to me, a mushroom, tree stump, wooden tooth and a fluted casing. Wooden Jewelery is offering these for $20 [1GB] and $30 [2GB]. The wood drives come […]
Happy Earth Day. Over the years, GetUSB has reported on a number of green friendly products. Today we’ll take a quick look at what some of those are. For example, how would you like to listen to music with a hand crank MP3 player while making your way through a jungle? Not adventurous – well […]
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 […]
Scratching your head for a unique, personalized gift? How about writing down some lofty jargon and laser etching it to USB? ZaNa Design now offers laser engraving to fully customize your USB. What ZaNa Design has done, is place a metal plate on the outer wooden chassis of their USB drives whereby you can laser […]
Markus Bischof is a Germany craftsman who’s recently applied his skills to the creation of hand crafted USB drives. Made from extremely old wood and veneers it’s hard to believe a single tree hasn’t been (recently) cut down for it’s creation. Rather, the materials used, come from old wood collections where the wood is as […]
ZaNa Design is looking to raise the bar for classy looking flash drives. Sure we’ve seen UFDs made of wood, but not like this. Using only high quality wood such as Merbau and natural Amber, ZaNa hand crafts each USB drive for 100% customization. In addition, the UFD gets further enhancements with stone flint – […]
Press Release – Burnaby BC., June 19, 2007 – Icron Technologies Corporation (TSX Venture: IT), the developers of ExtremeUSB® announced that Gefen Inc, of Woodland Hills, California, has launched a wireless USB 2.0 extender based on Icron’s ExtremeUSB technology at this years InfoComm 07 show in Anaheim, CA from June 19th to the 21st. The […]
USB novelty items are of late these days. Afterall, everyone under the sun is making one. After our Freshly Squeezed Flash article GetUSB.info went on the hunt. We just spoke with Guido of OOOMS who makes USB flash drive from tree branches. Yes, those folks in the Netherlands are very crafty and resourceful, literally.
People get attached to their USB flash sticks. They really do. If you don’t use one or have a USB stick then you probably wouldn’t understand the statement. Because of this personal attachment one has with their flash drive, we continually see high-dollar, high-end USB sticks which most deem ridiculous. We call it passion. Case-in-point: […]
Mimoco just released the second Mimobot of their Series Three in the Star Wars line, this one is Wicket. I guess this would be about as cute as one could get for a USB drive. It’s a complete opposite of the Darth Sidious release last week. The remaining two characters will be revealed in the […]
USB music albums have been out for some time, but having J. Lo introduce her new album “Brave” this way will definitely draw attention to this channel of distribution. Gresso, a high-end technology company, ink’d a deal with J. Lo and Sony BMG Music Entertainment that allows Lopez’s album to be released on their Adam&Eve […]
