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The Switch – a build-it-yourself Swiss pocket knife

1 Comment / Gizmo of the Day, Miscellaneous / By Khalid Hosein / September 10, 2010

Here’s another innovative product courtesy of crowd-sourced Quirky: a modular swiss pocket knife. The Switch is a utility tool where you can decide what tools go into it. You can choose from 18 attachments (including a 1GB thumb drive). You assemble them and lock them in a place with a simple body cover.

Tools/attachments include: Standard Knife, Pliers, Scissors, Nail File, Tweezers, Thin Flathead Screwdriver, Phillips-Head Screwdriver, Eyeglass Phillips-Head Screwdriver, Eyeglass Flathead Screwdriver, Wood Saw, Serrated Blade, Corkscrew, Combination Bottle Opener/Flathead Screwdriver, Combination Can Opener/Wire Stripper, Pen, Magnifying Glass, LED Flashlight, 1GB USB Memory Stick.

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Price: $79.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Victorinix says their latest Secure Pro Swiss Army Knife is ‘Unhackable’

1 Comment / Gizmo of the Day, Miscellaneous, Portable / By Khalid Hosein / July 2, 2010

Victorinix of Swiss Army Knife fame, has a new model of their utility knife with a USB memory stick, the Secure Pro. This is another of their models that they say is unhackable.

They stood behind that claim and offered a £100,000 prize to a team of professional hackers if they could break into it during the two hours launch event. The USB drive features AES256 encryption.

The Secure Pro comes in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB sizes (£50 – £180), and also includes scissors, screwdriver, ballpoint pen and an LED mini light.

Currently only available at their London store.