Incubot shiroi "voltron + shiroi nekobot USB" Japan tsunami relief

Greetings from Tokyo! Sean Bonner, who I'll be meeting in a few days along with the Safecast crew, shares word of a nifty, limited-edition USB gadget to benefit Japan tsunami relief.

The tsunami and earthquake have faded from the headlines, but the need for aid is still real. Incubot, in conjunction with partners World Events Productions and CustomUSB, have created a line of Japan Relief customs 2G USB drives: limited edition, fully licensed, and in colors honoring the japanese flag. Packaged in "Ganbari Japan!" custom boxes. 100% of profits go to Japanese Red Cross Society and to Safecast radiation monitoring efforts.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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Blaine

Dope.
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I want one, but 2GB seems too small
- irsean
  
  I just pull a larger one out of a cheapy no name drive that you buy at the checkout in Office Depot and put it in the cool form factor you have. In this case, Voltron. In my case I have the limited edition Dog Tags that you got for prebuying BF2142. When it was new it was only 128MB, now it’s a hefty 8GB. It’s not that hard. Play with a few cheapies to get a feel for taking it apart and putting it back together.
http://www.facebook.com/AnneLucy.Chauvin Anne-laure Chauvin

how much do they cost? and where do you buy them?
Nathan Neulinger

It shouhd be 5 2GB drives that combine to form a USB hub. :)
- Blaze Curry
  
  You could always buy one and then make that…I betcha boingboing would even put up your video of it!
http://twitter.com/andyinindy andyinindy

Wow, Xeni… way to shake off the jet lag and manage to post something! Impressive. Your powers are most formidable. Now take your damn shoes off, gaijin.
http://www.facebook.com/Theismisacrime Stephen Bullock

I can just imagine this little guy with his arms above his head sticking out of my laptop. Adorable! Great cause too.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=529371831 Jon C Coward

How do I get one?
http://twitter.com/AwesomeRobot AwesomeRobot

awwwwwwwwwwww yeah
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Boxes say “Ganbare Japan!” not “Ganbari Japan!”
joeyspumoni

they’ll welcome the flat screen tvs.
money is not what they need.
License Farm

I blogged this on http://fuckyeahvoltron.tumblr.com. Gotta get my hands on it.
seanbonner

The link in the post lets you buy them, $20 each or both for $37. They have a 2GB drive because that’s cheap and quick, and the idea isn’t really that this will be your main usage drive rather it’s a limited collectable (only 200 of each made) to help with fund raising. Sure it could have had a bigger drive, but then it would have been much more expensive and less $$$ would go to the causes they are trying to support.
http://twitter.com/miaouxmiaoux Miaoux Miaoux

International shipping?
- benher
  
  I wondered as well; even in Japan I can think of about 3 friends who would dig on these!