Floppy Disk Drive Stands Up to Avoid Spills - Neatorama

London-based designer Chambers Judd modified the floppy disk drive pictured above. Normally it lies flat, but the moment that it comes in contact with a liquid, little legs raise it up out of danger. Video at the link.

Link via CrunchGear | Photo: Chambers Judd

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It reminds me of a white grand piano.

Seeing how "Attenborough Design Group, a fictional organisation..." this could very well apply to an alternate reality with a different tech level.

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Looks to me like a 5 1/4 inch floppy drive. They went out of use about a million years ago.

(okay more like the early 80's)

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So I spill a beer on it and it rewards me by popping up and knocking over the backup beer I have sitting on top of it.

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Jeez, don't be so negative! Don't you think they can take this technology and put it in other things on your desk?

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This would be great to help prevent me from constantly spilling beer on my router, but probably not provide much due to me kicking it over in a drunken nerdrage.

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