gizmodo.com - 10/12/2008
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Designer Thomas O'Connor has come up with a concept to join the legions of goofy USB flash drives with this charming USB Floppy Drive. Take one of those floppy disks granpappy's always going on about, hollow it out, stuff it with some flash storage and a USB dongle and you've got a ...
ohgizmo.com - 10/14/2008
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By Luke Anderson I’m very glad that I’m
living in the age I do. Sure, part of...
my childhood was spent using floppy disks as a medium of storage, but thankfully CD’s and later USB flash drives became a much better alternative. I ...
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Concept Design Brings Back The Floppy Disk
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USB Floppy Disk
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... Unlike other concepts, the idea behind this is "to recycle/reuse old, outdated and obsolete 1.44mb floppy discs and reuse the housings to create modern, USB hard drives." Click here for more pictures of the USB floppy disk.
Take one of those floppy disks granpappy's always going on about, hollow it out, stuff it with some flash storage and a USB dongle and you've got a "sustainable" and nostalgic USB drive.
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