Star Wars Flash Drive

Turn your boring old flash drive into a piece of aweome Geekware. I used a mold of Han in Carbonite. I was inspired by Enter The USB and the like. I get cool ideas from HackNMod.com and (of course) Instructables!


**Materials:
A flash drive
Something to put the flash drive into (a supercool mold of Han Solo in Carbonite, for example)
Something to attach it with (epoxy, duct tape, etc.)
Knife (or something else sharp and pointy)

**Possibly needed:
Scissors (to make the drive fit in the case)

Step 1: Get your flash drive

Obtain a flash drive. This can be done at any office supply or computer store.

**NOTE**: I am not in any way to be held liable for your actions, and/or any injury or destruction of property that may occur.

Comments

[giganticweasel]

I've done something similar but used the Han Solo in carbonite mould as a 4 port USB hub. I cut all the square "panels" out of the side and glue gunned in the innards of a cheap USB hub. It worked really well as you can see from the pictures. All I need now is a piece of grey plastic for the back...

[Wayfers]

You should submit an instructable, please.

[krowii]

Thats awesome!

[crazycommanche=US=]

those are both realy cool nice-ible's

[Squall Leonhart]

Awesome I Have A Han Solo Shirt With Him Froze In Carbonite.

[Gamer917]

where did you get the han solo thing, i am a huge starwars fan but i hate episode 3

[InsertWittyName]

...You are my hero.

[dudeguy1234]

:D

[nick000bristow]

wow, it looks awesome :O love the t-shirt too

[dudeguy1234]

Thanks.

[dtfgator]

Nice iMac.. Macs rule!!! btw... Mr. Linux.. Ubuntu isn't that great...

[jillg]

once you go mac, you cant go back.

[slimguy379]

%5 of ALL software is mac compatible, that means that %95 is for either linux or windows. So that's one of the reasons as to why mac programs are so expensive. That truly the only reason as to why i dont like mac. And you know Mac is this proverbial "people computer" but for school ive been using it for the past 5-6 week and still don't understand it, and i build computers so if really anybody was going to get the hang of it, it would be me....... but hay opinions are what make the world go around.

[dtfgator]

I build computers too, write code in HTML, Python, AppleScript and C++, and find mac the best. Windows is just terrible in every possible way, and when something goes wrong in Ubuntu, Red Hat, Solaris or FreeBSD, you find yourself looking through the bios for hours trying to fix the issue. Besides, Wine (the windows to linux converter) is a pain, and a lot of thing don't even have GUI.

[slimguy379]

yes, i would have to agree as far as writeing code etc, but for the average users that only use it for every day things windows i feel is worthy....

[=SMART=]

i see a sweet iMac in the background there!! AWESOME

[dudeguy1234]

Yeah, I made the box into a little house for my cat to play with xDDD Yeah, as you can see below I took the pictures with the embedded webcam.

[=SMART=]

oh yea i can see the hole, cool :D

[ultrauber]

nice! it'd be cool to cover up the back with a matching piece of plastic. you did such a good job, yet no one has rated you. i am glad to be the first +1

[rob_c]

This is one of the most brilliant things I could ever think of. I'm not much of a DIY type when it comes to tools and stuff, but I do love opening up my electronics (restored an abandoned iPod that way) and I customize everything i have from my wallpapers and icons to my coffee tumblers. Never mind the fact that I'm a HUGE smeggin' Star Wars fan. Thanks for posting this, man. I am in awe of your L33tN3sS. 'sessly.

[dudeguy1234]

Thanks, I guess xD

[stranoster]

Well written... Awesome idea. I could do with something to gloat about because after all being an admin and making other geek friends drool is a bit lame after a while. Really good and yeah... Cool

[gmjhowe]

looking at the size, would it be possible to fit a 1.8 or 2.5 laptop hdd in there? make a cool external hdd

[LinuxH4x0r]

Nice! It looks a little too bulky for me. Great job

[dudeguy1234]

yeah, mine was a little on the big side. You could always stick it inside some old gutted piece of hardware from an old computer.

[Patrik]

One of these I'm going to post an instructable on how to use a broken laptop as a case for a USB stick...

[LinuxH4x0r]

laptop? Naw, I'll do a server rack.

[dudeguy1234]

hmmn, I don't know, wouldn't a Honda Civic be better? or maybe a Hummer... But seriously, size isn't as big a problem as weight.

[LinuxH4x0r]

Actually for me size matters more. Don't take it personally, I was just kidding. I almost forgot - F-350 (I hate hummers)

[GreenDay]

Sweet, but just out of curiosity, why are all the pictures inversed?

[paulgeering]

well spotted!

[dudeguy1234]

Because I took them with my built-in iSight Camera

[GreenDay]

Ahh... another flaw with Macs :p

[WurdBendur]

It's not a flaw, it's a feature. He just doesn't know how to use the camera.

[dudeguy1234]

I know how to use the camera, I just didn't think people would need to start a thread about how the images on a tutorial are reversed. I obviously underestimated the amount of free time people have.

[dudeguy1234]

you know of a better built in camera? or at least one that doesn't reverse images? thought not.

[GreenDay]

I'm just an anti-mac person. I don't like them, and they don't like working for me.

[gmjhowe]

in other words u struggle to use one? just stick to windows my friend,
*pats on head* :P

[GreenDay]

That's actually it. I hate the damn mouse on them. If I could plug in my windows mouse it'd be awesome, but of course macs don't like windows mouses (or atleast in my case).

[gmjhowe]

may i ask which mouse ur using with it? personally i use a razer diamond back.