Big square USB-key duplicator

The awesomely, Sovietly square Nexcopy USB200PC key duplicator will flash 20 USB sticks at once from a master key. Sounds like a useful tool for samizdata (see, for example, Cuba, where keys were used to spread videos of a suppressed congressional crisis), and it's going to look great on the scrapheap of history in a decade or so! Link (via OhGizmo)

[#1 posted by themindfantastic , March 21, 2008 7:46 AM]

I assume its not standalone (which would actually make it quite effective, images of shady types in some unidentifiable accent in some far off country going 'Hey want some Amerikan Porn?' go through my head) and that you need a computer to facilitate the transfer, though it could be interesting to use as a massive USB hub.

[#2 posted by Paulefinch , March 21, 2008 8:07 AM]

Am I the only one who loves the incredibly retro industrial design? If I bought one I would rub off the nexcopy logo and put something more appropriately obscure.

[#3 posted by seyo , March 21, 2008 8:20 AM]

"it's going to look great on the scrapheap of history in a decade or so!"

Yeah, electronic waste is sooo awesome! Hopefully there's lots of gold on those circuit boards for little kids in India and China to pick off so that they can buy some rice! Sweetness. I love barely useful mass produced electronic gadgets that have a utility lifespan of about 9 months.

[#4 posted by phreatic , March 21, 2008 8:25 AM]

Yeah, I love the design also. Too bad it is not something I need...
Well not yet at least. Maybe when our robot overlords come the only way to fight back will be uploading viruses into their programming by sneaking up behind them and shoving in a USB key preloaded with the virus. Then these things will be valuable weapons factories.
Just a thought.

[#5 posted by Chinese Jet Pilot , March 21, 2008 8:40 AM]

"Sovietly" -- what a great word! I'm going to start using it in my daily speech.

[#6 posted by gmo , March 21, 2008 8:53 AM]

The style is very nice and unfortunately the picture doesn't do it justice because the face plate is a sweeeet brushed metal.

[#7 posted by runasand , March 21, 2008 9:21 AM]

"The awesomely, Sovietly square.." -- nice one :)

[#8 posted by razordu30 , March 21, 2008 9:36 AM]

In mother Russia, stick copies you!

[#9 posted by jwerner , March 21, 2008 2:23 PM]

Samizdata. Heh, that's a great term.

[#10 posted by GlenBlank , March 23, 2008 7:15 PM]

"Sovietly square"? "Incredibly retro industrial design"?

What? Did none of you grow up with soldering irons in your geeky little hands?

This is just a standard, off-the-shelf "project box" or "project enclosure".

Round-cornered box made of folded, painted sheet metal or molded ABS plastic with a screwed-on sheet-aluminum cover. Used by generations of hobbyists to build one-off or limited-run electronics projects of all sorts.

You can get ones just like it today at Radio Shack or most any other electronic hobbyist parts supplier.

[#11 posted by hmmurdock , February 6, 2009 8:39 AM]

thes ethings are pickign up in popularity.. I found a site with a couple differnt brands, from 3 units to 118 unit capacity
http://www.alltecstores.com/usb-duplicators.html