If you're anything like us, you probably cringe every time a new
USB flash drive is announced, but then the guilty pleasure takes over and you just have to look anyway. At first glance the "Recycle" from INF Import isn't much to look at, but then we figured that's kind of the point. After all, what better way to hide all your most precious and/or illicit data than in a totally bland enclosure that looks like something that chipped off your wall in the last earthquake? -- which isn't far off seeing as how it's composed of
recycled newspaper. Oddly enough no storage capacity is mentioned, so lets hope your stack of worldly secrets doesn't run too large, or you may have to tile your walls with these babies.
Update: The INF site has now been updated to include the storage capacity: 512MB - 16GB.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
)law( @ Sep 18th 2008 2:09AM
I hope it comes in other colors. That color oddly enough reminds me of tofu. Hope no one eats that flash drive.
Jimmy @ Sep 18th 2008 2:25AM
I don't really care about it being recycled, I just think it has a cool design. I wouldn't mind getting myself one of these for x-mas.
who? @ Sep 18th 2008 2:26AM
Not eco-friendly enough, the USB connector should be made of granite... :)
nak @ Sep 18th 2008 3:36AM
I'm pretty sure metal recycles fairly well, not so sure about granite however.
who? @ Sep 18th 2008 8:00AM
Well, at least it would be 'all natural' or whatever you kids like these days... :p
EntropicDecay @ Sep 18th 2008 8:09AM
I'm pretty sure that certain plastics recycle fairly well too. This is an interesting idea and all, but it seems to be more of a clever marketing ploy to me.
athousandleaves @ Sep 18th 2008 8:36PM
i'm pretty sure that the most eco-friendly flash drive is that old 128 MB one sitting in everyones desk...
why make more when you can still use & recycle your old ones!
GameboyRMH @ Sep 18th 2008 9:04AM
Uh, you know it has to conduct electricity right?
nak @ Sep 18th 2008 3:33AM
Hmm... I don't recall seeing a post from "Stephanie Patterson" before. Could this be her debut post?
bartoron @ Sep 18th 2008 6:36AM
Actually, it's her 4th. :P
Earthian @ Sep 18th 2008 4:26AM
she seems to have posted for the first time on the 16th of September (click on her name under the title)
...
maybe she should do a post about the Large Hardon ;) Collider ....... j/k
Dave Green @ Sep 18th 2008 2:25PM
Had the same problem with cheap plastic drives failing; I'm fairly rough on them with my travel. Bought an EDGE Guardian recently. Tough enough to withstand being run over by a bus, and utilize 256bit hardware encryption for security.
http://www.edgetechcorp.com/usb-flash-drives/guardian-secure-flash-drive.asp
Earthian @ Sep 18th 2008 3:20PM
"thanks" for the low rank
... it was just meant as a joke in a fake immature geeky kind of way
Ryan Trevisol @ Sep 18th 2008 7:31AM
Great, just what I need. my last memory stick (a Crucial) couldn't withstand the rigors of 1 week in my pocket before dying. Once Flash drives commoditized, they ceased to become a useful tool for me.
engadget @ Sep 18th 2008 7:32AM
Where the site says:
"Capacities: 512mb - 16GB"
that's the storage capacity available. ;)
somedude @ Sep 18th 2008 8:13AM
"Oddly enough no storage capacity is mentioned"
There was a mis-print. Look for the correction on the inside paging file...^_^
athousandleaves @ Sep 18th 2008 8:36AM
i'm pretty sure that the most eco-friendly flash drive is that old 128 MB one sitting in everyones desk...
why make more when you can still use & recycle your old ones!
bob sakamano @ Sep 18th 2008 8:54AM
need more input stephanie
Shinigami @ Sep 18th 2008 9:39AM
Make it also look beautiful and I'll take one. Or few...
happy_penguin @ Sep 18th 2008 11:46AM
Newspaper should be recycled into toilet paper so we can use it for all its worth.
Mark @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:23AM
ECO USB drive from condurro available at www.futuregizmos.co.uk
usb drives @ Nov 17th 2008 4:57AM
Your USB drive is now bootable.
Insert your newly formatted drive into any USB-bootable mainboard, reboot, and select the USB drive as the first boot device. You will be brought to a Windows 98 MS-DOS prompt. From here you can update your BIOS, make system disk fixes, etc.
tape4backup.com
HeadMonkey @ Nov 26th 2008 9:21AM
Related to this post about recycled and recyclable USB flash drives, you can get wooden USB drives from the UK made from recycled wood. You can look at www.flashsticks.co.uk these are slightly better looking than the one pictured above!