Quirky Split Stick Double-Ended USB Flash Drive [Dual 2GB Drives Built Into One Stick]

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Quirky is a company that is truly driven by consumer innovation. They are a community-based consumer products company that asks its users to submit their product ideas for consideration and possible development. If they’re ideas are chosen for actual production the inventors get to share in the profits and the fame. Interesting concept. Their latest community inspired invention, the Quirky Split-Stick, takes the common USB flash drive and gives it a dual personality.

The Split Stick is basically a double-sided USB drive. Using a slider on the center of the drive, you can access both ends of the device giving you the ability to physically separate the information that is stored on the stick into two separate and distinct areas. According to the site, “…you can enforce the digital divide between office and personal, home and away, yours and hers, g rated and x rated, or whatever else you choose to separate.”

The quirky Split Stick sports two 2GB retractable USB drives that are built into one slim stick. Constructed of anodized aluminum and encased in a protective rubber membrane (like a data condom, I guess) the Split Stick is available in a range of colors including orange, blue, pink, red, black, violet, grey, or green. Quirky claims that once they have started shipping the units they will offer custom laser engraving as an option so that users can label each end of the stick according to what they want to store on it. Unnecessary but cool. The Split Stick is listed at $19.99 and is available for pre-order at www.quirky.com.