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This is the Elastick. See if you can guess what it does

The object you see above is a strap-on. A strap-on stand for the iPad, that is. Here it is in action:

It’s called the Elastick, and is an iPad stand for musicians. The four loops hook around the corners of the tablet and the phallic proboscis will either support it like a kickstand, or slot into any microphone holder you might find on stage. This is smart, as history has already design a mic stand to fit pretty much any situation.

The Elastick isn’t limited to the iPad, either, or even just tablets in general. Anything that has four corners and is big enough to stretch the straps can be stuck in there. The stick is made from black ABS plastic, and the straps from silicone.

As you may have already guessed, the Elastick is a Kickstarter project. The minimum pitch that will get you a unit is $40, going up to $50 at retail.

If it makes it to production, that is: Judging by the horrible sound quality on the pitch video, and the lack of punctuation and even correct spelling on the Kickstarter page, it doesn’t look like the designers pay much attention to detail. Still, now the idea is out there you could always take a trip to your local adult toy store and pick up another kind of strap-on to do the job.

Elastick project page (Google cache)[Kickstarter via Core77]

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Many SSDs could easily blow away that legacy spinning drive in your notebook, but there’s always room for a performance boost when it comes to tech. Announced last week, Samsung’s 830-series SSD packs up to 512GB of storage, and full support for SATA’s 6Gbps max throughput — a 100 percent boost over Samsung’s previous gen drive. There’s only one problem with last week’s version: it’s only available to OEMs, leaving a DIY upgrade out of the question. Well, today Samsung announced consumer availability for the same drive, letting any Joe Bag O’ PC Upgrades pick one up at retail come October. Drives will be available in 64, 128, 256, and 512GB capacities, with pricing details coming at the official launch this fall. Jump past the break for the full PR, should you care to read all about the drive’s “precision engineered” brushed metal enclosure, with “deep black” highlights and a “stylish and chic exterior” — exactly the features you should be looking for in an SSD.

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