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The Lego minifig thumb drive is the ultimate evolution of the form

All USB thumb drive makers should stop what they’re doing right now. Go home, update you resumé and start looking for a different line of work. The perfect USB stick has finally been made. The zenith of novelty storage technology has been reached. Behold: the Lego® Minifigure 2GB USB Flash Drive.

The genius of this drive is that it us a regular Lego minifig, with detachable hands, head and legs. The only difference comes when you pull down the little chap’s pants and find that he, for once, is wearing underwear. Not boxer shorts, either, but a pair of briefs in the shape of a USB plug, ready to be slotted into a computer port up to his waist, like a horror-movie victim sinking into quicksand.

Actually, there is one other difference in this industry-shaking figure: his normally bald head now sprouts a pair of thick dreadlocks with a keyring at the end.

The Lego minifig thumb drive will cost an expensive but oh-so-worth-it $25. Available now.

Lego Minifigure 2GB USB Flash Drive [Lego store via Oh Gizmo!]

See Also:

• Han Solo Lego Minifig Encased in Carbonite
• Lego Antikythera Mechanism
• Lego Pens Done Write
• Awesome Lego Printer Uses Felt-Tipped Pens, Tiny Workers

Hold on to your Zapper, because we’re about to blow some minds — this Nintendo Entertainment System has been outfitted with a USB port, and its Tetris cartridge transformed into an 8GB USB flash drive. Not only that, there are simple step-by-step instructions to craft your own online, so you too can slot, socket, mount and feel blissfully anachronistic all the same time. Speaking of time — it looks like we’ve finally got a sufficiently retro alternative to your Iomega ZIP drive.

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We’ve seen some pretty interesting and insanely unique watches in our time, and just when we thought we’d seen it all, artist Olivier Demange whips up this timepiece concept — dubbed Konect — that packs a wide range of features and looks futuristic while doing so. Embedded in this Tron-esque gadget watch is a Bluetooth radio that’ll act as a receiver — yes, you can finally fulfill your lifelong dream of using your watch to communicate (only if you’ve strapped a paired BT headset to your skull). You’ll also find proper controls for music playback, a button to answer and end calls, a removable USB stick, and well, a way to tell the time. Judging by the renders, we’d say finding out when it is might take more than a second or two, but you can be sure that we hope to see this thing on our wrists sometime. Check out the concept in video form below the fold — and yes, we know, House!

Continue reading Konect USB watch concept is awe-inspiring, hard to tell time on (video)

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USB 3.0 shocker! Supersonic Magnum thumb drive rocks 200MB/s read times, sure to be rather pricey originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll just keep it real simple for you: the object you’re looking at above is the Revive II charger, but slimmer, and with a rechargeable battery pack thrown in rather than a wall / cigarette adapter. Got it? Good. The goBAT II contains a 5000mAh rechargeable lithium ion battery, and it offers a pair of USB ports for charging. One’s a 10-watt (2.1 Amp) port capable of handling high-maintenance devices like Apple’s iPad, while the other is a more conventional 5-watt (1 Amp) socket. Scosche is also throwing in a USB adapter for the Galaxy Tab, theoretically letting those with divided households charge both an iOS and Android tablet at the same time. Brain melting, we know. It also works with the company’s Revive charging app, which indicates how long a device will take to charge on any of Scosche’s chargers and can also be configured to send an email notification once a device has been fully charged. She’s all yours down at the source link for $89.99.

Continue reading Scosche’s goBAT II portable battery pack handles two USB devices at once, including your iPad

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