Recycle Can for your PC

Tempo

The Tempo is a concept storage device that will copy any file you delete from your PC or Mac and hold on to it until you choose to purge it. A ring of LEDs along the side light up to indicate the capacity, negating the need for a software interface of any kind, and it comes shaped like a small trash can.

I love this because it’s one of those things that would have yielded zero attention if it weren’t for its clever design and user experience. [via Engadget]

3 comments

1 George P. { 08.27.07 at 4:31 pm }: That’s brilliant! I guess the whole thing is wireless? I hope you don’t need to USB connect it.. I need this in linux.. stupid rm kills me with no recycle bin…
2 Adam { 08.27.07 at 4:34 pm }: The concept site has the Bluetooth logo, but that would be atrociously slow. WiFi would work best.
3 George P. { 08.27.07 at 8:03 pm }: Yea, to bad it doesn’t work for Linux, though I doubt it would be too hard to setup. It also opens up a world of other problems.. people could potentially go through your computer’s trash

Mmm… that’s interesting.. I wonder if it has some kind of hashing (or password) mechanism that protects your data in the bin (assuming someone steals your trash)

Anyways, good find.