Here’s Joya, a collection of USB Flash drives by NU (New Universal) designed to be worn as necklaces, if so desired. I’m more of a flash-drive-on-the-keychain kind of person myself, but they do look pretty good.
NU-global.com: Joya Product Page
i-tech: NU Joya USB Flash Drives ($37 - $65)
(Via Geekalerts)
There’s plenty of car-related co-branding going on right now (Porsche cells and laptops, Hummer cellphones, Ferrari and Lamborghini laptops, you name it). Luckily SanDisk is considerate enough to mind the bikers as well and have launched a collection of Ducati branded products - here’s the Extreme USB Flash Drive Ducati Edition.
“The attractive industrial design echoes the performance, colors, and lines of a Ducati MotoGP motorcycle. And hidden beneath this unique exterior lies a fast, 20MB/second USB Flash Drive.”
Darklite is Messiah’s new and sleek DVD remote control for Playstation 3 sporting bright backlit buttons (primary buttons on top and the secondary buttons just a slide-out away), a USB-connected receiver doubling as a charging station and both BluRay / DVD compatibility.
The Darklite is available on pre-order now and starts shipping September 25th.
PlayMessiah.com: Darklite DVD Remote ($29.99)
(Via Geekalerts)
Even though I don’t own any cassette tapes myself (or would want to preserve the cassette tape sound, for that matter) I still find the BTO PlusDeckEX impressing. It’s the external follow-up to the internal PlusDeck 2c.
Besides abling you to quickly rip and archive your cassette tapes to MP3/WAV files it features RCA I/O, 7.1, an LCD control panel, AM/FM radio tuner, a USB port and a remote control.
(Via Forevergeek)
The Japanese Penguin USB Flash Drives has room for 1GB of storage and you reveal the USB connector by pulling the head backwards. Uber-cute, and probably the definitive opposite to IronKey’s full-metal, encrypting and self-destructing USB flash drive I wrote about the other day.
They’re available in blue, grey and black and are Mac, Linux and Windows (+ Vista Readyboost) friendly.
FruitShop.com: Bone Penguin 1GB USB Flash Drive (3980 Yen, about $34 US)
(Via Ubergizmo)
What could be better than a regular 4-port USB hub? Well, how about a happy-lookin’ USB Hub Man? Simple and small. Available on Kikkerland.com in a month or so to an estimated price of $19.00.
(Via Technabob)
The Ironkey USB Thumb Drive was originally built for the US military and is now available for all paranoid consumers out there. Besides being encased in waterproof metal it sports an encryption chip that both makes sure to keep the stored data uber-encrypted and (here’s the cool part) physically self-destructs if the user can’t enter the correct password after 10 tries.
Without the encryption chip the data is completely useless, meaning no worries about those private pictures popping up on Facebook if the thumb drive gets stolen.
Available in 1, 2 and 4 GB models.
ThinkGeek: Ironkey USB Thumb Drive ($78.99 - $148.99)
Amazon: IronKey Secure USB Flash Drives ($72 - $147)
If there’s two things I wouldn’t want to combine it’s “backups” and “fire” but anyway, here’s Memlite, a range of lighters that are refillable, available in a bunch of colors and feature removable 128 MB to 4 GB USB Flash drives.
Memlite.com (29.90 Euro, about US $40)
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Microsoft is reviving the SideWinder series with a brand new 5-button mouse designed for serious gamers. Among the features we find software customization for each game you play, buttons to change the current DPI setting (400, 800 and 2000) along with a built-in LCD display to show which setting you’re using at the moment, a wide metal scroll wheel, a weight compartment so you can find the perfect weight (from 5 to 30 grams in 5 gram increments) and three sets of feet in different materials for that perfect friction.
Frag on.
Some USB hub designers aim at making their products as small and unobtrusive as possible, the people behind the Engine USB Hub obviously does not. The engine on this odd USB hub (”A one of a kind USB gadget straight from Japan!”) will rev up, vibrate and act like an engine in general every time you connect something to it.
AudioCubes.com: Cube Collection Engine USB HUB ($55.00)
(Via OhGizmo)
