Lego USB Stick

Step 5Finished

Finished
The finished product, the second image shows the original case for the memory stick and the final image shows the LED in action.

I was tempted to make an end cap, but it'd annoy me and I'd only loose it.

Have fun :)
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Aug 15, 2011. 6:37 PMvtheawesome says:
i made mine a spaceship :3 T
Aug 8, 2011. 11:37 AMJoshTheGeek says:
Here's mine without modifying anything, thumbdrive included:
The stuff outside keeps the (blue) cap on. The thumb is removable, but it's still fun.
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Mar 2, 2011. 6:53 PMccobra says:
'-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' lol lol kool
Feb 21, 2011. 11:33 PMCrushinator says:
Awesome!¡!¡!¡!
(:<{)
Ha ha guy with moustache
Jan 31, 2011. 10:00 AMmegaproductions says:
i was lucky and had a smaller memory stick, so it fitted in one 2 x4 stud brick and a 2x2 brick for the lid.
thanks for the inspiration!
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Dec 24, 2010. 4:33 AMthedraganime says:
mac pwns pc deal with it
Jul 12, 2010. 9:10 PMSmasher555 says:
But they made computers before iPods, smart one. PWNED
Nov 24, 2009. 7:26 PMmizzoufan96 says:
awesome
but Macs suck
Apple wasn't put on earth to make computers only ipods
just my opinion
Jun 19, 2010. 2:03 PMjoeywins says:
im with u man
Mar 15, 2010. 3:48 AMmadeline.jenny says:
 you do know that they invented the computer mouse, yes? 

Apr 20, 2010. 8:48 AMjblue22 says:
The mouse was invest by a prof at stanford and was originally deployed by Xerox.

Apple only made it mainstream with a personal computer.
Mar 25, 2010. 1:20 PMmikeeve says:
Unfortunately,  your misperception of computer history is incorrect. There are very few new ideas in computing, from HTML to the mouse, someone else probably laid the groundwork before the big boys picked it up and made it a household item or standard.
Mar 22, 2010. 6:53 PMslurp812 says:
Um, NO. Jobs didn't invent anything, he is very good at stealing ideas, and marketing them.

Mouse inventor:



Mar 15, 2010. 12:33 PMmizzoufan96 says:
nope i didnt.
but a mouse isn't a computer, yes? lol :P
Jun 10, 2010. 12:04 PMdarksword says:
:{0. guy with a moustach
Mar 19, 2009. 11:01 AMferrari484 says:
cool that you have a mac :D my brother has a imac and believe me that thing is great
Dec 29, 2009. 6:15 PMMrFunman says:
i have a imac and it's AWESOME
Oct 22, 2009. 2:41 PMmartianman says:
 MAC RULES ALL.
Dec 4, 2009. 11:56 AMfrogzilla says:
 yey, i am on the new imac, the silver one!
Apr 8, 2009. 6:57 PMKasm279 says:
lol, i have a mac, too! mine is a '99 iMac G3 @333Mhz :D
Jul 29, 2009. 2:01 PMKasm279 says:
heh, i just got 2 more, a blue and white PowerMac G3/400 and an All-In-One PowerMac G3/266 (rare)
Oct 23, 2009. 11:33 AMferrari484 says:
I am going for a emac 1ghz or 1.25ghz secondhand i trying to get 1 for a nice prise
Aug 28, 2009. 2:23 PMChromatica says:
if you have a mac why do u have a microsoft icon
Apr 15, 2009. 11:58 AMzoltzerino says:
sony psps run at 333 mhz lolololol. zzzz
May 26, 2009. 7:35 PMKasm279 says:
it probably has a PPC in it (i know the PS3 does)
Apr 14, 2009. 2:28 PMsprout_less says:
same here i love macs though i have a G5
Aug 4, 2009. 12:00 AMGamer917 says:
i prefer intel macs running windows :-P
Aug 5, 2009. 7:34 AMferrari484 says:
me too less problems to bad i don't have a mac or imac yet
Apr 9, 2009. 8:30 AMferrari484 says:
lol my brother has the 2,6ghz whit 4gb and 320gb hard disk and 2tb of extern memory and crazy enough there almost full, 500gb to back up
Aug 6, 2009. 12:32 PMsnowluck2345 says:
i like my mac pro 2nd gen dual 2.8hrz quadcore 10gb ram 500gb hardrive and soon to have a gtx 285
Aug 30, 2009. 12:50 AMFieldownage says:
I love 'em ;)
Dec 29, 2009. 6:14 PMMrFunman says:
Cool
Dec 17, 2009. 3:04 PMjoshman458 says:
 My flashdrive fell apart not too long ago, and I remember seeing a Lego USB on this site. I decided to do it (I haven't started yet) and as I came to the end of this instructable, I realized that I have the same Flash Drive as you, except mine has like my dad's company on it haha.
Nov 3, 2009. 8:22 AMthelazytooth says:
lets hope you dan't have a 3 year old little brother who plays with lego....
Nov 16, 2009. 1:19 PMneivadan says:
ya and hope none of your pets plays with it then ur creation is done for but if u od have any
May 25, 2009. 2:33 PMzebrahotline says:
wont the stick over heat because of the L.E.D and all the silicone within the block?
May 25, 2009. 9:30 PMgirrrrrrr2 says:
L.E.D.s put out really little heat unless they are over powered... and then it is not that much heat... it will burn out before anything bad happens
May 27, 2009. 10:14 AMKasm279 says:
the flash memory gets quite hot, especially when your using it as an external hard drive (the laptop has no internal one.) thats why big sticks of have heatsinks on them
Jun 4, 2009. 3:40 PMgirrrrrrr2 says:
maybe send us a link to one of these big ones because i habe never seen one with a heat sink and i have seen one that claimed to have around 30 gigs of space in it... (flash drive not external hdd)
May 31, 2009. 1:18 PMAntpopper says:
I've never seen a flash drive with a heatsink, and I can't Imagine one ever would ever be necessary, I have a 2 gb optima pro, and it doesn't even get warm even after hours of use as an external harddrive. Also, usb specifications limit the maximum power to 500ma, so the maximum power and usb device can possible need to dissipate is 2.5w, which that brick could do just fine.
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