The earthy cousin of the wooden memory sticks the Mass Storage Stone is an external hard drive inspired by nature. While it's still a concept, Michael Leung hopes to create a portable 4 GB hard drive that fits into your pocket, and has similar qualities to a stone - textured and slightly cold to touch. Do you like the natural feel and idea or do you think a stone looks preposterous next to a computer? I happen to think the metaphor of things being stored in a stone is fantastically geek chic - but that might be the geologist in me.
Our own calamari spotted this one on Swiss Miss!
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Mass Storage Stone: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
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I don't understand this craze to make data storage drives into as many obscure objects as possible! Just give me a plastic colored stick, please!
1I love having fun gadgets around my desk- something like this is right up my alley!
2i love the subtlety, though I would like some sort of indication that it is on and working. also, i would fear someone would throw it out!
3something to throw around and play with when you're bored. it's the new pet rock. : )
4I like it, I just think I'd end up losing it or having someone throw it outside while I'm not around.
5Hilarious!
6That rocks.
7definitely pass on this. I'd also be afraid someone would throw it out. its just a dumb idea
8bizarre. But my son would love it, he loves to collect rocks!
9USB Mass storage/ Paperweight/ prehistoric pencil
10Totally geeky for me. I like the idea but it just looks weird next to a computer.
11"So easy a caveman can do it" haha
12It's clever, but I don't think it looks very attractive... so I wouldn't buy it.
13lmao thats crazy, hopefully no one puts it outside.
14so cool, but a little weird.
15It's so interesting. I'm going to buy it for my nerd husband.
16um.. no. yuck
17this is awesome! now you don't have to worry about people stealing your external hard drive!! I'm all about disguising valuables.
18I like it a lot!
19love it! it'd be a great paper-weight when you don't need it.
20Or you could have a more arty, but less portable version here
http://www.dgen.net/music/release1.php
21That rocks! (pun intended) lol
22what the heck!?!?!?!?!?
23I think this is totally chic!!! Having married a computer scientist and me being an interior designer, need I say more!! I am always looking for cool new products that will blend in with our surroundings!! Keep them coming.
24It looks funny next to the computer but oddly I like it.
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