The process of collecting, separating and re-manufacturing of used or waste product into new item is known as recycling. A series of steps are included in the recycling process to make a new product. This process is to increase the existence and usefulness of a used product that can be put to further use in something else. Many items are there that can be recycled to make something unimaginable. We can say the same about USB flash drive. Several household things are there that you can use to give your old, naked circuit board USB pen drive a new case or covering. There are several innovative ideas for making USB pen drive mods with the use of recycled products. You would find five such extraordinary ideas discussed below:
1. Embedded USB Mod in Teddy Bear
If you are a girl and like teddy bears then this is the ultimate thing to catch your fancy. This is among the cutest items that you can use as USB flash drive. Sergio de Ana, the modding maestro, is the innovator behind this original and huggable item. He had made it for his girlfriend. It is done over a 256 MB memory stick that his girlfriend left after switching off to a new 1 GB flash drive. He mentioned that the old one was quite large so he had to find something to suit its size and thus he got a stuffed toy for this. His skill and patience showed him the way to make it. Not only had his girlfriend loved it, millions of people who got a glimpse of it through the Internet liked it.
2. Rubikâs Cube USB Flash Drive
A Rubikâs cube USB pen drive- Sounds very interesting! Would you like to know how to make this item? Well, that could be a bit tricky but not impossible. You would need to cut out a small USB flash drive carefully from its casing. Then carefully strip out the corner pieces and edges of a Rubikâs cube that you are not using anymore. Move on to saw off the non-sliding part of a used stick lip balm. In order to stick all the pieces together you would need a washer, some clay and a screw. With some final additions and few re-assemblies, you would have your new flashy USB pen drive that swivels smoothly in and out the cubes. You must know that this is the innovation of BrittLiv, the expert modding magician.
3. Wine Cork USB Flash Drive Mod
You may not see wine corks often nowadays since synthetic alternatives and screw tops are replacing them. However, you can make use of the ones that you have collected until now from popping open several wine bottles. Get your friend a custom-made wine cork USB flash drive if you cannot afford the expensive French wine. Jokes apart, you have a great idea to transform a useless item to something massively useful and that too so unique. You would need three things- a cork stopper, a small USB flash drive and display of dexterousness. The idea is quite simple and you would just have to follow the guide. Split the USB device from its seam, take the circuit board from its shell and stick it properly with tape. Carve a hole in the cork and fix the USB in it. Cheers! You are ready with an innovation in your hand.
4. Tennis Ball USB Pen Drive Mod
This is a cute little thing that the sportsman in you would surely love and demand one for his own. Fwjs, the designer of this mod came up with the idea when he was getting bored one night. Thank God! He was getting bored otherwise we could not have had seen the innovation. He took out a pocketknife, pierced the ball and carefully let the naked USB flash drive into it. Cut the ball open as much as you need otherwise the drive would come out. The best part is that due to the bounciness of the covering ball, your USB device can stay safely.
5. Zippo Lighter USB Flash Drive Mod
The trailblazing tinkerer, Kevin Saw, answered the question of the ways to do away with a boring, dab looking pen drive. He asks you to add a zing by using Zippo lighter mod. If you have the spark to make it, you would find it quite easy. Take out the circuit board from the thumb drive and pull out the ignition box and fuel from the lighter casing. Put the USB circuit board inside the lighter case and fix it up with hot glue. At the end, you need to glue two magnets inside the casing in order to snap shut the contraption so that dust does not go inside.
You are now armed with ample ideas to create your own recycled USB thumb drive. So, go ahead and try out these. Who knows? You may innovate something interesting.
