There have been some crazy and incredible gadgets on display at this year’s CES in Las Vegas like Lanchiya’s Alladin speaker system for the iPod and Tosy’s lackluster mRobo robot. None more outlandish than Victorinox’s Swiss army knife/SSD combo. The knife features a knife, nail file and scissors and a 1TB SSD USB 3.0 drive with LCD display. The tiny read-out gives you information of what’s on the drive and how much room is left on it. Which is pretty nice and the fact you can get 22Mbs read speed with such a tiny drive is incredible.
What’s outlandish is the asking price which is $3,000 US! Yes that’s 3 followed by 3 zero’s! I have seen some pretty expensive gadgets before like Leatherman’s gold-plated 25th Anniversary Argentum multi-tool for $25,000 but that will increase in value as the price of gold rises but technology has a tendency to be replaced, usually monthly, …..you get the idea. Still having a genuine Swiss Army knife that can hold a vast amount of data and has super-quick speeds in a small package is pretty cool, but only tech-nerds with deep pockets will be able to afford one. The knife/SSD combo’s will be out around April of this year, but Victorinox has not yet decided if it will keep the three-grand price tag.
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