This is brilliant. I’m not 100% sure what the practical application is yet, but I think I want one. ATP built an SLC NAND-based solid state drive designed to plug directly into the USB header on your motherboard. Great idea right?
ATPs product doesn’t have a huge storage capacity, so I’m not sure what you’d use it for, but the idea has promise. The drive is only available in capacities of 512mb to 4GB, but the transfer speeds are up to 30 Mb/s, and you could boot from it. No word on how much it’s going to cost, but according to ATPs website you should be able to buy it at Wal-Mart and Target.
It’s fresh, hot and very cool: here is today’s news about new gadgets. For starters we have some good news for people who are always on the go. Imagine all those moments when you were thirsty and wanted to drink juice or water but because you were in a vehicle that was moving and shaking, you always spilled liquid around and sometimes even ruined you favorite pair of jeans. The Contigo Autoseal bottles are here to make your day. Wait, don’t get me wrong, they are not just bottles. They are even mugs and cups for kids. They have a special auto-seal system.
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This means that between every sip that you take, the Contigos will automatically seal, preventing any type of spills and accidents. There is a button that you must press when you want to sip and then press another one to reseal the bottle in an instant. The price? It’s between 17 to 25 pounds.
Alarm clocks have never been my best friends but I guess they are the necessary evil. How else would we get to work every day? Well, if it’s going to be an alarm clock, at least let it be an original one! I bet that most you have found yourselves in the situation where your alarm clock goes on, you turn it off just to snooze “5 more minutes” and those 5 minutes turned into 50 and you were eventually late for work. At first, the Danger Bomb Alarm Clock may appear like a regular alarm clock except for the fact that it has a super cool design. Well, I can assure you, there is more to it that meets the eye. Well, this clock is not going to let you snooze anymore because when you have to get up, it means you have to get up!
The only way to turn off the annoying sound of this alarm clock is to defuse the bomb. On the front panel you will notice 3 LED lights which are going to start glowing and you have to defuse the corresponding wires (the ones with the same color as the glowing LED) or else… Or else what, you may ask. Well, should you disconnect the wrong wire, the bomb will “explode” and, trust me, that noise really is unbearable. So, you had better be careful not to mess around with the wrong wires. I wonder that new gadgets will they think of next! The price of this gadget is $35 and it could make a great gift if you have a friend that you know for sure has trouble getting up in the morning. Just make sure it’s a close friend which is going to appreciate the gift because when this Danger Bomb Alarm Clock start going off in the morning, you might not receive all the best and happy thoughts from its new owner. It is however, an ingenious idea that will help you get out of bed every morning. I mean, you don’t want the thing to explode in your face now, do you?
Most artist’s statements are pretentious garbage — much like their art. But this deconstructed Hummer project makes a statement that’s as straightforward as it is true: “Keep it up and you’ll be driving one of these.”
Unfortunately, the statement about over-consumption is somewhat compromised by the fact that he’s leaving the GPS, DVD player, and so on intact. So it’ll be a carriage and four, but you can still watch Lost in the back and sip Mimosas.
So want to maintain a nearby stash of your favorite alcholic beverage. But what about inconsiderate co-workers, who consider anything not nailed down freebies? Or what about that ever-watchful boss, ready to fire you at the sight of even the most minor transgression? Sneaking in a sip or two between meetings and long hours of pretending to be busy isn’t a crime, is it?
Enter the secret beer fridge, which hides its true purpose thanks to some simple yet effective DIY ingenuity:
Even better, the secret beer fridge won’t cost you additional time nor money, on top of the price of your typical short fridge, and the effort to locate the appropriate camouflaging material and securing it on the fridge door. Of course the whole setup starts with finding a great location that let’s you pull this off, while making sure HR won’t get on your case for running up the corporate electricity bill.
How would you feel if somebody talked of using a beer-filled USB flash drive? Amused? You bet! That’s exactly how I felt while I first read the crazy looking title of this particular blog post. (in case you are planning to pick something other than beer inside the USB; let me make it clear to you – no vodka, no rum, only beer! And what’s more this weird USB is not available in market for commercial purpose).
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CNK Promotions, a merchandising agency and supplier of premium, promotional and custom marketing products, introduced their out of the box idea – Beer Filled USB Flash Drive- for corporate use. So that keeps the USB outside commercialization. How the CNK Promotions group decided to come out with such a freaking crazy idea is mystery, but this USB flash drive certainly is an out-of-mind stuff.
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· The USB features 3D optional customizable floating objects (you can get your logo or web links written on the device or get custom floaters in from of your product – A fresh selling trick you could use this USB for). · The storage capacity of the USB ranges from 128 MB to 8 GB.
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Introduced with the primary {motive} of using the product for corporate gift, this USB does not actually sound very practical for commercial or personal use. But yes, for marketing of any product, this customizable USB could be gifted with things written about the product or service or any thing you wish to publicize).
This beer fiiled USB flash drive may be a good marketing tool but it would hardly make any difference if you possess. Yeh, may be at times you could just break open the USB and take a little sip of your favorite beer! Now that’s crazy.
CNET official Audiophiliac Steve Guttenberg guest hosts today’s ball-busting show. Steve brings his usual brand of random topics to the table today that include the most bizarre festival you’ll never want to visit and the world’s largest ketchup bottle. We also introduce another awesome band in our Becks/Last.FM semiweekly audio draft!
Today’s show is very important, for three reasons. First, we’re stoked to welcome Audiophiliac Steve Guttenberg who brings his expertise to answer all your high-end audio questions on the second half of the show, but not before introducing us to the most horrid festival that you’ll never, ever want to visit. Let’s just say that the subject matter of this food fair leaves room for plenty of punny jokes to be made, and we take that opportunity every chance we get (see:show title)–too funny!
Second, it’s also a very important day because it’s the first time we actually get a few bottles of Beck’s Beer into the studio to sip on during the show! Don’t worry though, we take things in moderation here at The 404 (yeah…), but no amount of self-control can prevent Wilson and me from getting the classic Asian glow.
Finally, all of us are caught offguard when Wilson Tang, infamous for literally feeling indifferent about any music made after 1791, makes an executive decision and chooses Grizzly Bear for today’s Semi-Weekly Audio Draft Pick, sponsored by Beck’s Beer in conjunction with Last.FM.
Grizzly Bear is a four-piece band out of Brooklyn here in New York that has been slowly gaining popularity for its dusty mix of folk piano and a mix of other instruments including whistles and an intermittent banjo. After releasing several albums in the past few years, Grizzly Bear just released a new one called “Veckatimest,” which includes today’s song, “Two Weeks.” The album retains Grizzly Bear’s unique low-fi sound–mixing airy vocals with refreshingly creative arrangements that are rare to find in today’s soundstage. We hope you’ll enjoy Grizzly Bear as much as we do!
(Last.fm is a part of CBS Interactive, which also publishes CNET News and Reviews.)
One more thing: We’d like to congratulate newlyweds Elizabeth and Ian for getting hitched recently. They’re both avid 404 listeners and while we doubt that Elizabeth walked down the aisle to our theme music, we’re swooning with you and wish you guys the best of love.
This is brilliant. I’m not 100% sure what the practical application is yet, but I think I want one. ATP built an SLC NAND-based solid state drive designed to plug directly into the USB header on your motherboard. Great idea right?
