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Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by Mithaldu »

I don't get it. How the hell do i put this in my computer? The second image block implies not the usb port. And even if it were to be put there, i wouldn't want to put glue in there, and have no idea how a thin sheet of material is supposed to maintain contact. Maybe i need a special drive for it?

Note, i don't actually care for the answers at this point, just wanted to lay out for the guys who made the page how its very confusing and useful for getting me to want it.

Edit: So as it turns out that this is in fact a fake advertisement for a non-extant product i feel compelled to point out this irony: I assume some ad company or group made this in order to attract customers, likely because they have a hard time getting real customers. Now the ironic part is that my confusion when faced with it demonstrates perfectly why they have such difficulties.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by tlarkworthy »

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

I don't get it. How the hell do i put this in my computer? The second image block implies not the usb port. And even if it were to be put there, i wouldn't want to put glue in there, and have no idea how a thin sheet of material is supposed to maintain contact. Maybe i need a special drive for it? Note, i don't actually care for the answers at this point, just wanted to lay out for the guys who made the page how its…

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Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by pmjordan »

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

I don't get it. How the hell do i put this in my computer? The second image block implies not the usb port. And even if it were to be put there, i wouldn't want to put glue in there, and have no idea how a thin sheet of material is supposed to maintain contact. Maybe i need a special drive for it? Note, i don't actually care for the answers at this point, just wanted to lay out for the guys who made the page how its…

It seems that they're all stuck on an "optical data transfer surface", whatever that's supposed to be. I'm guessing this is just a visual design study, not an end-to-end product design. (Seems to me a workable solution might involve Bluetooth LE - good luck filling a 32GB drive that way though - I estimate it'll take you about 11 days)

Of course, you could store just some cryptographic keys and unique file IDs on a small, low-throughput drive in a form factor like this, and link it into a cloud storage service. That would at least approach making practical sense.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by toki5 »

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

I don't get it. How the hell do i put this in my computer? The second image block implies not the usb port. And even if it were to be put there, i wouldn't want to put glue in there, and have no idea how a thin sheet of material is supposed to maintain contact. Maybe i need a special drive for it? Note, i don't actually care for the answers at this point, just wanted to lay out for the guys who made the page how its…

"Each of the dataSTICKIES can be simply peeled from the stack and stuck anywhere on the ODTS (Optical Data Transfer Surface), which is a panel that can be attached to the front surface of devices like computer screens, televisions, music systems, and so on. The special conductive adhesive that sticks the dataSTICKIES to the ODTS is the medium that transfers the data."

This should be made MUCH MUCH clearer, because it's a really cool idea that takes way too long to find in that page.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by iamthepieman »

I can see this being really handy in a small size for storing an album (25-50) worth of photos, a CD of music or a paper or presentation.

If they were cheap enough they would be nearly disposable. I can also see them having the same problem as disposable information storage.

Like their namesake, sticky-notes, they might be great for quickly storing an idea but terrible for retrieving them because they end up getting misplaced or lost among a big pile of paper.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by roryokane »

Mithaldu wrote: post #3

I don't get it. How the hell do i put this in my computer? The second image block implies not the usb port. And even if it were to be put there, i wouldn't want to put glue in there, and have no idea how a thin sheet of material is supposed to maintain contact. Maybe i need a special drive for it? Note, i don't actually care for the answers at this point, just wanted to lay out for the guys who made the page how its…

It looks like the answer is in the pictures on the right in the How block near the bottom. You stick a strip called the Optical Data Transfer Surface (ODTS) to the edge of your computer screen. It can somehow read any dataSTICKY that has been stuck to it. Presumably that strip is connected to your computer through a USB cable or Bluetooth.

But yeah, it is confusing that the site doesn’t make that clear. They should show how you plug dataSTICKIES in right next to that “not the USB port” image in the Why block.

Re: DataStickies: USB drives as sticky notes

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Post by salehenrahman »

tl:dr; there is a surface (called ODTS) that you stick the drives to. The surface itself connects to your computer via USB, and its through that the drives' content can be browsed.

Not a bad concept. I just fear that the adhesive might not last very long. Unless, if it uses another form of adhesion, such as magnets.

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