The Thousand Dollar Steampunk Memory Stick

[Logan Westbrook]

The Thousand Dollar Steampunk Memory Stick

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 [http://www.etsy.com/shop/WillRockwell], 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 [http://gizmodo.com/5414612/64gb-steampunk+inspired-usb-stick-priced-into-the-stratosphere?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+gizmodo/full+(Gizmodo)]


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[Energylegzz]

Do Want! But not for 1000 bucks =/

 

[Nimbus]

It doesn't even look all that good. I probably wouldn't even pay €100 for that.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

It does look pretty cool, but unless it actually runs on steam, it's not worth a grand to me.

 

[Jharry5]

There's no way I'd pay that amount for that. I don't think it looks particularly cool to be honest...

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Awesome! I've finally found a good USB stick for my laptop [http://www.thisnext.com/item/6E39B094/Datamancers-Steampunk].

 

[Lilani]

I'd pay $45 for that, at the very most. :\ Very cool though, considering it is made with metals rather than a cheap plastic cover over a flash drive.

 

[zoozilla]

I think it looks pretty sweet.

More things should be steampunk-ified.

 

[gmacarthur81]

Being made of brass and copper with some non-functional gears tacked on does NOT make this thing Steampunk.

It makes it a really expensive poseur.

 

[TheGreenManalishi]

Some people have zero business sense.

 

[Tales of Golden Sun]

God, it's hideous.
Who'd buy that?

 

[AceDiamond]

Being made of brass and copper with some non-functional gears tacked on does NOT make this thing Steampunk.

It makes it a really expensive poseur.

This. Plus it's expensive beyond any logical belief. You could buy a 1TB external hard drive for less. Hell you could buy two 1TB external drives for less.

and yet a bunch of trendy celebutards would probably buy one.

 

[WrongSprite]

I'd pay $45 for that, at the very most. :\ Very cool though, considering it is made with metals rather than a cheap plastic cover over a flash drive.

HAHAHA.

$45 dollars for 64gb?? Even if it was an ordinary memory stick it'd be much more than that!

 

[Archemetis]

Being made of brass and copper with some non-functional gears tacked on does NOT make this thing Steampunk.

It makes it a really expensive poseur.

In total agreement.

For $1000 I'd expect it at least have moving parts.
As it stands it doesn't even LOOK like brass.
It looks like the entire thing is make of molded plastic, even the gears, which have been rather disgustingly BENT round the thing, because that just exudes the illusion that the gears serve a purpose...

 

[Teh_Doomage]

That is great....But, well, I'd never buy one.

 

[Nemu]

Why?

Seriously...just, why?

And WHO would buy this...?

 

[CloggedDonkey]

It looks nice, but they need to make a whole set of them before I'll buy it.

 

[Ancientgamer]

Being made of brass and copper with some non-functional gears tacked on does NOT make this thing Steampunk.

It makes it a really expensive poseur.

This. Plus it's expensive beyond any logical belief. You could buy a 1TB external hard drive for less. Hell you could buy two 1TB external drives for less.

and yet a bunch of trendy celebutards would probably buy one.

Actually you could buy about 8 TB drives with that.