Holy crap-- somebody just went and TORE MY FREAKING USB CABLE IN HALF while it was still attached to my laptop!!!
No-- wait-- sorry. That's just my USB drive. My bad. Never mind.
(And after the jump, how to make your own.)
It's no secret that there are a lot of strange USB devices out there, particularly flashdrives. Not a comprehensive list, but we've sure seen Lego, twigs, action figures, bowling balls, sushi, anatomical parts, transparent drives, erasers, cassette tapes and on and on and on.
Despite all that, the picture above is a little surprising-- because
yes, it's a working USB flash drive. Here, we give the step by step
walk through of how to make your own.
This is a KingMax 1 GB USB flash drive, one of the
smaller varieties out there. I got it on eBay for about $10 and there
seem to be plenty more available. Above, you can see it in between my
fingers and in my computer for scale. The gold pads are just printed
pads on a tiny circuit board.
The plastic cover is attached only weakly, by a bit
of silicone adhesive, and peels off fairly easily to expose the bare
printed circuit board of the flash drive. Not too much to it, really.
Next we need a victim USB cable. I started with
this new $1.50 USB "A-B" cable. Looking at the end that we'll be
cutting up, you might notice a neat injection molding seam that runs
around the edge. Using a sharp hobby knife, cut neatly along that seam.
Cutting there actually provides some camouflage for you: Since we
expect there to be a seam there, it's very hard to notice an additional
cut as well. If you really want your seams to be invisible, you might
want to use a black
USB cable.
Cut deeply enough that you actually cut through to the metal shell
underneath the rubber, at which point you can start to peel back the
rubber parts.
The metal shell underneath the rubber overmolding
consists of two of pieces of thin steel that are stamped and folded
into place. They are held together by some tabs and slots-- use a small
screwdriver to defeat the tabs and you can pull the flap the "lid"
piece, so that you can now get at the inside of the metal shell.
With the one piece of the metal shell removed, you
have access to the middle parts of the shell where the original USB
wires and plastic and metal connections are located. Cut them away with
your choice of tools. I found that the hobby knife worked well enough
to sever the wires, at which point the remaining plastic parts could be
removed pretty easily. What's left is just the metal shell-- ready for
us to put our own circuit board in.
Now we can start to test-fit the bare-board USB drive into the metal
shell. Seems to fit okay. Still need to fix it in place, though.
One other final detail to take care of: The back
side, where the circuit board will be resting, has some metal parts
that the back side of the circuit board will be touching-- so we need
an insulator there. I had an old piece of clear blue heat-shrink tubing
that happened to fit well, but a piece of electrical tape would have
done the job too. Once that was added, it all looked safe and still fit
together.
To bond everything together and fill all the extra
space inside the USB cable end, I use gel-style 5 minute epoxy.
Fortunately, five minutes gives you enough time to apply the glue,
place the flash drive in place, and put the rubber molded housing back
on. Hold the connector firmly-- paying attention to the seams for
alignment-- until the epoxy cures, about five more minutes.
Last step: Cut the cable as desired. A jagged cut looks different than a clean cut-- take your pick.
So that's it-- how to make your own cut-off usb cable flash drive. A few more pictures are available in this
flickr photo set. As usual, if you have interesting pictures of our
projects to show off, please post them in the Evil Mad Science
Auxiliary, http://www.flickr.com/groups/evilmadscience/pool/.
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France:U Peru:14 Spain:13 USA:R Canada:13+ Australia:MA Hong Kong:IIB
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制作成本
,000,000 (estimated)
版权所有
(Castle Rock Entertainment)
演职员表
导演
弗兰克·达拉邦特 Frank Darabont
编剧
斯蒂芬·金 Stephen King .....(short story Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption)
弗兰克·达拉邦特 Frank Darabont .....(screenplay)
演员
蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins .....Andy Dufresne
摩根·弗里曼 Morgan Freeman .....Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
鲍勃·冈顿 Bob Gunton .....Warden Samuel Norton
威廉姆·赛德勒 William Sadler .....Heywood
克兰西·布朗 Clancy Brown .....Captain Byron T. Hadley
祖德·塞克利拉 Jude Ciccolella .....Guard Mert
耐德·巴拉米 Ned Bellamy .....Guard Youngblood
制作人
Liz Glotzer .....executive producer
David V. Lester .....executive producer (as David Lester)
Niki Marvin .....producer
原创音乐
托马斯·纽曼 Thomas Newman
摄影
罗杰·迪根斯 Roger Deakins .....(director of photography)
副导演/助理导演
Michael Greenwood .....second second assistant director
Thomas Schellenberg .....key second assistant director
John R. Woodward .....Bullhorn Tower Guard
杰西·约翰逊 Jesse Johnson .....third assistant director (uncredited)
制作发行
制作公司
Castle Rock Entertainment [美国] 哥伦比亚影业公司 Columbia Pictures Corporation [美国]
发行公司
PolyGram Film International ..... (1994) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
哥伦比亚影片公司 Columbia Pictures [美国] ..... (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
Rank Film Organization [英国] ..... (1995) (UK) (theatrical) (as Rank Film Distributors)
哥伦比亚三星家庭视频公司 Columbia TriStar Home Video [美国] ..... (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
Filmayer S.A. [西班牙] ..... (Spain)
Guild Home Video ..... (UK)
Roadshow Entertainment Video [澳大利亚] ..... (Australia) (VHS)
Sandrew Metronome [丹麦] ..... (Australia) (VHS)
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) [阿根廷] ..... (Argentina) (video)
VCI Distribution [英国] ..... (Argentina) (video)
Village Roadshow Entertainment [澳大利亚] ..... (Australia)
Vídeo Arte [巴西] ..... (Brazil) (VHS)
华纳家庭视频公司 Warner Home Video [美国] ..... (1996) (USA) (VHS)
Warner Home Vídeo [巴西] ..... (2000) (Brazil) (DVD)
特技制作公司
Motion Pixel Corporation ..... (digital special effects)
其它公司
Redman Movies and Stories [美国] ..... camera crane
Arlene Fishbach Enterprises ..... music consulting
Bald Eagle Sound Inc. ..... post-production sound
Boston Light and Sound Inc. [美国] ..... dailies projection system
D. Bassett & Associates Inc. [美国] ..... negative cutting
Direct Travel of California Inc. [美国] ..... travel services
Du Art Film Laboratories Inc. [美国] ..... production dailies processing
Epic Soundtrax [美国] ..... soundtrack published by
Hollywood Rental Company Inc. [美国] ..... production equipment
International Film Guarantors Inc. ..... completion guaranty
Joe Dunton & Company International ..... Arriflex camera and lenses provided by
Nancy Seltzer & Associates ..... publicity
Pacific Title [美国] ..... titles and opticals
Preston Camera Systems ..... gyrosphere aerial camera system
Joe Dunton (Cameras) Ltd. (I) (II) [英国] ..... camera equipment provided by
上映日期
加拿大
Canada
1994年9月10日 ..... (Toronto Film Festival)
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