Pink Eraser USB Flash Drive

Want to make a flash drive that nobody in a modern office would even think about taking? Hide it in a pink eraser and it's secure in this digital age.

Step 1: Get your erasers and flash drive

You can get a couple of erasers in an office supply store or an art store. They're cheap.

The flash drive I got at an office supply store. I got a 1 gig since I barely ever use that much as I use flash drives for moving small files around. I don't need anything bigger for now. This is also pretty cheap.

Bonus points for the pink cap on it. It was like this flash drive wanted to be in an eraser from the beginning.

Comments

[Adambowker98]

What attachment did you put on your rotary tool to hollow out the pieces?

[1827110]

I just hid a small one in the USB thing of a mouse.

[1827110]

Then I took it apart and pot it in a pen!

[splazem]

Also, I saw it in More Show Me How. It's a great book, and in one of the pages was about hiding your flash drive. One of the examples was a pink eraser. In this case though, I think it was a nicer form of copying. Anyway, great instructable! 

[marcottt3]

I find it interesting the tutorial, above all, very original, is ideal because it fulfills two functions

[happyjo]

Thanks for making this loverly ible! :D

[atomiclegocreations]

Here's what it would be like at school:

student erases something with this

student shows up and uses it too

while he does this the cap falls off and reveals to be a flash drive

expecting to see things, the student puts it into the computer

and what shows up is a very complicated math problem that explains how 2+2=10.

[happyjo]

:D Haha!

[jal08]

What bit did you use to hollow out the eraser? Thanks!

[cmorgan3]

If you read the tutorial, it says that he used a rotary tool. One of the biggest manufacturers of a rotary tool is Dremel. Google it.

[dmeza]

instead of doing it with a flashdrive can i do it with a usb adapter

[xeon_hl2]

nice
but be careful or it will erase your data
lol

[crazybot_99]

HA ha ha.. good one..

[aj0my0lizard]

this is a awesome idea i just did it and you can use a drill to hollow it out then use a soldering iron to fix mistakes and carve your initials

[Zoocata]

ba dum pish

[jason the redneck guy]

Dane-elec means "Dane's Electronics"

[Air_Assassin]

I found this in a book called show me how except they use one eraser

[rachelmaryb]

Can't you just put the usb in whole?

[fungus amungus]

No, then you'd have to gut the eraser so that it was extremely thin, which is a pain and likely to fall apart.

[nubabuba]

u can just use an exacto knife but being extremely focused not to mess up.

[chilll2009]

i saw that in an alexx rider book

[Schooniedude]

i love alex rider books...

[knex_mepalm]

Give me my USB back!

[gogglepoofs]

i would hav never thouht of that its got dual function too

[RelientOwl]

Just what ive always wanted!

 

[iamaspy]

 I cant even take apart the frame that covers the drive. D=
I have a kingston 2gb data traveller, help on taking it apart?

[BraisedDuck]

ok is urs the swiveling one or d one with d cap? if its the swiveling type, take out the outer case 1st using clipper or saw. if its cap type, u should notice a hole like notch on one side. using some plyers pry it apart

[sparkster1]

 Alex Rider is a great series.

[Derek__Hull]

whats a rotary tool?

[turnerfromdh]

a dremel

[chosenangelx]

whats a dremel???? dont say a rotary toll T_T

[hyudryu]

If you dont know what a dremel is, google it :D A rotary tool is a more general term for a dremel. Dremel is a specific tool of the rotary tool catagory.

[CapnTac]

A rotary tool.

[fordman15243]

http://www.mytoolstore.com/dremel/mototols.html

[BleachItBlack]

thank u

[chosenangelx]

ty

[PikminRed]

Copied within a day or two

[mg0930mg]

Why even bring that back up?

[zaarenoc]

Why do we always have to cannibalize an existing USB drive?  Is there not a supply of "usb guts" available somewhere?

Doug

[sergio5465]

Can I use a blade to hollow it out???