DeLorean Hard Drive

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Great Scott! This is heavy. It’s a 1:18 scale DeLorean Hard Drive. You don’t even want to know what this 500 GB hard drive can do once it hits 88mph. It’s not going to need 1.21 gigawatts of energy to power it up, so no need to rig up a whole thing ...

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Pen Holder Hard Drive Clock

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I have to admit this Pen Holder Hard Drive Clock made from a 10 platter SCSI hard drive looks really sharp and almost has a bit of a sculptural quality to it. The base is made from the cover while the brass hands add a classy touch to covert the disk platter ...

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Samsung G-Series Hard Drives Are Purty

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We normally don’t cover too many hard drives here because let’s face it- hard drives are just a box. But sometimes you have to think outside the box and that’s just what Samsung did with their unique looking G-Series hard drives. Now before you go expecting a hard drive shaped like the ...

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Strobe Light Hard Drive Clock Hack

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This hard drive clock, called Strobeshnik, is one of the wildest hacks we’ve come across in recent memory. As you can see above, the modder has punched out the numbers 0-9 in the hard drive platter itself. Behind the hard drive platter is a series of diffused LED lights that are hooked up ...

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Review: Hitachi SimpleTough 500 GB USB Portable External Hard Drive

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We were recently sent a Hitachi SimpleTOUGH 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST/500GB (Carbon Fiber) Review: Hitachi SimpleTough 500 GB USB Portable External Hard Drive to review, so that’s just what we did. We reviewed the heck out of it. This drive’s unique proposition is that it’s ruggedized and is shock and water resistant.
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The exterior is has a weird textured yet smooth surface with rubber on the edges to absorb spills and falls. As you can see above, the USB cord itself is more like a thick cable than a wire and tucks into the back of the drive itself. The only downside there is that the cord is very short- so it’s not a problem to plug into laptops but for desktops it could get a little hard to place.
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Using a Hard Drive to Pick a Lock

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You can use a hard drive to pick a lock. How? I’m not entirely sure; I’ve read the instructions, watched the video and all I can figure out is that the vibrations from the hard drive are used to shake a screwdriver turned lock pick inside a simple lock and open ...

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