Corsair has introduced the Flash Survivor family – USB 2.0 flash drives that feature 256-bit encryption and can withstand the elements. The Flash Survivor series has Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer seals which allow the drives to be waterproof for up to 200 meters and Computer Numerical Control milled aluminum coupled with rubber moulded collar shielding for shock and vibration resistance. There will initially be two variants of the new USB 2.0 drives made available: the 4GB Flash Survivor ($59.99) and the 8GB Flash Survivor GT ($129.99). The Flash Survivor GT will offer read speeds of 34MB/sec and write speeds of 23MB/sec. The Corsair Flash Survivor drives are available now from authorized retailers and come with a 10-year limited warranty.
"Corsair has built the Flash Survivor family specifically for customers with a "Bring It On!" attitude, someone who doesn’t want to worry if his/her equipment can stand up to the active lifestyle they lead. Storing your valuable information on a USB flash drive capable of weathering the storm of everyday life while ensuring your data is safe -- that is what Flash Survivor is all about," said Corsair VP of Marketing Jack Peterson.
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"Corsair has built the Flash Survivor family specifically for customers with a "Bring It On!" attitude, someone who doesn’t want to worry if his/her equipment can stand up to the active lifestyle they lead. Storing your valuable information on a USB flash drive capable of weathering the storm of everyday life while ensuring your data is safe -- that is what Flash Survivor is all about," said Corsair VP of Marketing Jack Peterson.
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Like making Rolex's water proof......who in the hell is going to go diving with a $3,000.00 watch?!?
Saving your laptop when the boat is sinking? Better be a small hole...cuz there's not going to be much time to do that....you'd be better off grabbing a sealed plastic bag as you're jumping off the boat!!
The drive is only protected as long as it's in it's container. Therefore you can't use the drive underwater
Only scenarios I can think of:
1. You work for an intelligence organisation and you are carrying secret plans and you decide to go for a leisurely swim, before delivering the plans to their intended destination.
2. You work for an intelligence organisation and you are carrying secret plans and you take a bath, it's your USB bitlocker decryption key for your laptop and you don't want it to fall into enemy hands.
3. You need to transport data to an underwater cavern where the men from U.N.C.L.E. are waiting for the top secret info.
4. You decide to swim the channel (or some other vast expanse) in a bid to become a modern carrier pigeon.
5. Your family photos are really precious to you and you want to keep them around you neck all the time, even in the bath.
6. You get in the bath and forget you have your USB key around your neck!
7. You're strolling by a lake and you accidentally drop your USB key, which happens to be in your hand at the time, into the water.
8. You're at work, completing an important presentation, another employee challenges you to a triathlon but you're afraid that it's all a ruse to steal your work, you save your presentation to the USB key and compete in the triathlon, keeping the USB key on your person.
9. You really like the USB key as it can double up as a stick for the dog to fetch (in water...).
10. You're on one of the old style Apollo capsules re-entering earth, you realise you need to evacuate the capsule (Capsules heat up upon re-entry), you save all the important mission data to the USB key (NASA would already have all this tho.) and you get into a life raft, safe in the knowledge that the mission data was secure.
11. You want the USB capsule because it doubles nicely as a jelly bean or moon rock container.
Also, i'm sure it's only water resistant? I bet after a while underwater the container would start to corrode?
Bah... spent too much time thinking about the obscure ways of using this capsule!
Last edited by Z3r0 on 01 May 2007 - 23:51
Thanks for the effort.....
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