CES Trial By Fire: Hard Drive Demolition : So, How Does It Work?

By Rachel Rosmarin , published on January 7, 2009 at 9:30 PM
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Iosafe patented a few methods for making hard drives nearly indestructible--as in, Black Box from the airplane indestructible. They include "FloSafe" technology which detects dangerous heat levels and automatically closes up the drives breathing vents. This tech manages to keep airflow moving through this drive to disperse heat even when inside the thick insulation brick under the metal enclosure. Another tech trick, which Iosafe calls "endothermic insulation technology," picks up on trapped water molecules, which get released when external temperatures get above 160 degrees. Moore refers to what happens without this technology as "a hard drive EZ Bake Oven." Need more details? You can get some at Iosafe.com, but hey, this stuff is patented...and this young company doesn't seem ready to spill all of its secrets yet.
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zodiacfml 01/08/2009 10:43 AM
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overkill. this thing won't prevent theft or drive failure. i'll stick with slow internet storage, most even are free.

theubersmurf 01/08/2009 4:11 PM
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Well, I bet the FBI would like broad adoption of these...

Anonymous 01/08/2009 6:26 PM
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Yea, but I still can't get my wife to back up her data....

lumpoco 05/29/2009 4:20 AM
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So this company makes the drives and protects them. Wow! I'd buy their products, but I'm not sure how reliable their drives are. I also think that eventually the protected drive would have been damaged as evidenced by the scorch marks surrounding the drive. Now if the drive were to withstand a thermonuclear explosion then I'm convinced. Although if that were to happen I probably won't be around to use my protected data. This product makes little sense for the average consumer. The high cost would deter the average consumer during these harsh economic times. The company has to provide another product or service to make this worthwhile. Otherwise, they are destined to fail.

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