The lego flash drive

If you've got some spare Lego bricks, a rather tiny USB flash drive (might we recommend a Lexar USB FlashCard?), a bit o' spare time, and no discernible fears for the safety and well being of your digits and extremities when applying tools to rather small, hard plastics, then we'd like to point you to Stickman's Lego flash drive how-to. Novelty, yes; but why is that a bad thing?

[Via MAKE: Blog]

[TeleCustom @ May 26th 2006 12:39PM]

If someone figured out a way to make it so that the more bricks you snapped on, the larger the capacity got...imagine snapping together a 20 gig flash drive.

[Cod @ May 13th 2008 3:49PM]

There called Bugworks computers

[PodMonkeys @ May 26th 2006 12:43PM]

Thats great! I might have to go pick up a brick or too to do that to one of my sticks! :D

[David @ May 26th 2006 12:52PM]

I dream of having that much free time! Not that I'd use it that way :)

[Paul @ May 26th 2006 12:54PM]

I am totaly going to do that now. I have a flash drive that got smashed when my laptop fell off my lap (cord got snagged while I was turning :( ) the circuitry is fine, the plug was a little bent, but the plastic casing cracked along the original joining point between the two.

Also, I was really into legos so I have a butt load just sitting around, this looks like a really fun mod.

[heyhow @ May 26th 2006 12:57PM]

nice one!

[CJ @ May 26th 2006 1:02PM]

Talk about hiding in plain sight. See, you could store all of your most important and critical files (read: pr0n) in that model of Darth Vader's head you have on the bookshelf, and no one would be the wiser...

[TechSamurai @ May 26th 2006 1:38PM]

Finally, a flash drive that has a place to stick the cap!

[PEZ @ May 26th 2006 1:55PM]

LEGO (my ego) should just have some assholecompany make these FOR them.

What would be SICKER is, if you lock two or more together, the thing combines the memory! WOOOO.

[roberto @ May 26th 2006 2:09PM]

this looks like a cool little mod. think i might try it..

[Petey Boi @ May 26th 2006 2:23PM]

lol Thats cute! Can I say that "cute"?

[heyhow @ May 26th 2006 3:13PM]

no. cute is g-ay.

[Spikedmods @ May 26th 2006 3:30PM]

This tutorial was published a long time ago.

http://legoflashdrive.blogspot.com/

[faboo @ May 26th 2006 3:31PM]

lego related, but off topic... anyone pre-ordering the new Mindstorm set?

[LordZero @ May 26th 2006 4:04PM]

I have that idea first ;__;

[greatslack @ May 26th 2006 4:06PM]

This news is so old!

[SheriffDane @ May 26th 2006 6:23PM]

#4 - "Also, I was really into legos so I have a butt load just sitting around, this looks like a really fun mod."

this is more of a hard/hack than a mod, no?
i definitely wouldnt feel right calling that a mod, tho

[Tim @ May 26th 2006 6:54PM]

Dude this is so awesome... I love LEGOs! Now if only they can shove a USB stick up a LEGO guys *bleep* and use that as a flash drive, that would be cool.

[Eric @ May 26th 2006 8:37PM]

I'd be scared if i had kids. They'd rack this lego piece and put it in the millions and millions piece collection...

[Jimmy @ May 27th 2006 10:02PM]

Man, I really wanted one of those Lexar USB FlashCards, but apparently since that announcement they've released no new information and have never released the technology.

Is engadget trying to draw them out maybe?

[Joe Manning @ May 29th 2006 5:43PM]

DUPLOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Todd The carver @ Jul 28th 2006 8:56AM]

Here is a rustic mod for you log home types:)

[Goldstrike @ Jun 11th 2007 4:56PM]

how can i get one?

[tiernan @ Oct 1st 2007 3:25PM]

anyone know where to buy these?

[usbflashdrives @ Mar 29th 2008 8:39PM]

wow.the shapde is nice.i want to get one.

[Andrew @ Apr 17th 2008 10:36PM]

I just made a bluetooth dongle version of this.. its sweet.