Flashbag USB Drive

Thursday, Apr. 13 2006 | Author: J. Angelo Racoma

Some people just think of everything! Just when you thought you’ve seen pretty much everything there is to see with USB flash drives, here comes the Flashbag! Remember how pissed off you get when you try to copy files into your USB drive, but suddenly get a “disk full” error message? Well, the Flashbag aims to solve all that. The drive expands and contracts according to how much data it contains.

The design is still in its conceptualization stages, though and I’m sure that at this point, people would have mixed reactions about the drive. For one thing, I think it’s pretty silly to have to use the thumbdrive’s size as a visual cue for free space. I’d have some difficulty fitting that one in my pocket in its expanded form. I’d rather have an OLED indicating the percentage of occupied space. But I guess it’s exciting to see the disk expand and contract as you add or delete data. I’m also pretty sure some people would find more creative and imaginative ways of using an expanding-contracting mechanism.

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4 Responses for "Flashbag USB Drive"

Bob

April 14th, 2006 at 13:16
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Yeah, visual indication is a great feature that until recently has not been considered. But Memorex already does have a USB drive with an LED display on the market. It comes in 512MB and 1GB. It’s called the TravelDrive ID.
ProfeXorGeek

April 14th, 2006 at 15:14
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Interesting but it seems a little…..overboard. I think LEDs would be a bit more practical. Or, if you’re going for style points, a little analog guage would be pretty sweet.
Newsome

April 15th, 2006 at 01:52
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Is that full USB drive in your pocket or are you just happy to see me.
Asbed

April 29th, 2006 at 01:15
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HAHAHAA Flash Bag………
Its a bad name it sound like a euphimism oh well im sure it wont look or be called that after all it is still in its conceptualization stages. The idea is no half bad though. i would rather a massive external hard drive that fits everything on it.