Punch cards? Totally passé. Handcrafted USB sticks that cost $1000? That’s the way of the future!
At over $15 a gigabyte, the Pocket Memory 5 does not exactly represent great value for money, but when you take a look at the custom made 64Gb memory stick, it’s hard not to feel a little tempted by it. The drive was created by Will Rockwell, a steampunk artist, and is built out of brass and copper, with a glowing jewel at the end.
In Rockwell’s own words “This enormous drive is the culmination of months of research into the design and potential of Steampunk USB drives … The drive comes in its own custom velvet lined box and features a unique “cooling system” of pipes and manifolds to ventilate the enormous memory. “
I’m not going to pretend that it’s a steal at only a grand, but it sure is pretty.
Source: io9
Published: Nov 29, 2009 06:11 pm