Because it’s made of real gold. Not the drive itself, but the case. Might be a good investment though considering the financial state of the world at the moment. We live in dire times, friends. Not to encourage hoarding, but yeah, this is one USB that if preserved could become a family heirloom. Not sure if descendants would want to inherit a USB though, they might not want to find out what’s saved inside it.

If you are looking for a little bit more of a unique flash drive to store your music creations on what could be better than this retro styled 8GB TR-808 Flash Drive. The USB flash drive is based on the legendary Roland TR-808 Drum Machine.

Why hasn’t anyone thought of these before? Actually yeah, USB ‘clips’ came to our attention many moons ago. Maybe because USBs are so ubiquitous that people have just stopped designing out of the box. Anyway, seen below are 4GB USBs whose cases are fashioned after paperclips. It’s sensible for most work places as digital and paper files still coexist. A cool thing about them is they can be clipped onto other edges, whether it’s your neck tie or a business card.

This simple yet innovative USB Clip design provides a simple method of keeping data files together with hard copy documents. The design by Emamidesign has won a 2010 Red Dot product design award and became a Best of Best winner.