Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Disposable USB memory sticks

The Creative minds over at Art Lebedev have recently thought of a new concept, cardboard memory sticks. The design team are calling this product "Fleshkus" and they will be supplied on sheets of cardboard. As the user needs one they simply tear the new memory stick off the sheet of card and easily write a description of the memory sticks contents on the stick itself.

In my opinion this would be perfect for class type situations where a teacher needs to provide a documentary etc to the class but its to large for email, the teacher can just tear a bunch of these sticks off and hand them out to the class. I am guessing that by the time these become a reality they will be so cheap it won't matter if they are disposed of once you are finished with them. Do you think this product could work?
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24 comments:

  1. ohyoucantsaythatFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    seems kind of a waste. followed

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  2. CiriisFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:21 AM

    This is a god awful idea, this would produce Soo much unnecessary waste. and with the silicone circuits they are not recyclable either :-/

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  3. PanickevFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    I kinda like the idea XD
    But someone else could easiliy write something else on the USB. But its fun :D

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  4. Dr. GrimFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    there's no reason for them to be disposable... and that tech isn't that far in the future, even today there are USB memory sticks that are smaller and more compressed, there is no telling how many more innovations there will be...

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:26 AM

    Thats the stupidest idea ive ever heard.

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  6. Bring_NapkinsFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:41 AM

    Creative, but kind of wasteful. I remember the days when USB's used to be like $100 for 128mbs. Oh, how we've come so far.

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  7. BentFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:47 AM

    I like the idea, but not at this point when they're still slightly expensive.

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  8. Joe SomebodyFebruary 16, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    I hate that these are just a concept. They need to produce these.

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  9. Chris C.February 16, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    It still seems like a bit of a waste, especially when you have services like Dropbox available.

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  10. thatguyFebruary 16, 2011 at 3:25 PM

    I agree about it being extremely wasteful. Maybe if there were alternative ways for it to still work other than standard circuitry and electronics, otherwise it would be wasting sooo much. =/

    What WOULD be cool is if the information needed could be printed out on some sort of complex barcode, and you could hand those out. THAT would be pretty cool, and nowhere near as wasteful.

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  11. AuditorAwakeningFebruary 16, 2011 at 3:53 PM

    It's a good concept, however I agree that it is very wasteful.

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  12. Josh JacksonFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    Good concept, but would be horrible for the environment. Undecided on if I think it would be a good idea

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  13. TastyFebruary 16, 2011 at 6:24 PM

    more shit is wasted all the time.. I don't see this as a HUGE waste.

    I don't think it's being marketed as a "use it and toss it" deal, just an easy to use and distribute and store thing.

    are these things going to be one time write I wonder? I think traditionally flash drives have had like a million or so read/writes before it dying out? could be wrong though.

    either way pretty interesting idea.

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  14. swagdigitalFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    I like the concept, kind of a waste though...

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  15. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Seems like an interesting idea.

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  16. Adam JensenFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Liked their keyboards better :)


    cool site, has potential.
    your archive looks kinda weird tho
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    Best of luck!
    secretpctips.com (you can edit this out)

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  17. andrewFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:47 AM

    hey gatis, thanks for the support, if you know how to change my archive so it looks normal please tell me!!! haha, i have been trying by moving it to every possible position in my blog but it just doesn't want to work

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  18. D22 ZoneFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:00 AM

    I reckon though this will be the future! No more CDs!

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  19. AndrewFebruary 17, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    I like it--the innovation part, but we have to find out a way to make it more responsible... Perhaps have a place to throw them away with some incentive for us... Otherwise they might become like cigarette butts, all over the road! Oh, noes! I like your blog and will be following, thanks for sharing interesting things.

    http://kingcotton02.blogspot.com

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  20. MatthewFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    soon everything we consume will be organic so we can throw it all away :)

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  21. ~FabiMarch 10, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    Disposable anything is a bad idea. It destroys my mind to see my dad's girlfriend serve food on disposable plates every single night.

    In a house of 11 people, no one can bother to wash some dishes?

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  22. InternettttMarch 10, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    Cute design. I love gadgets!

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  23. JaksonHuntMarch 11, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    even though its a waste, its still very cool!

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  24. asldkasdMarch 20, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    This is quite possibly one of the coolest things I've read..

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