Tempo - external recycle bin or coffee cup?

August 27th, 2007

Not quite sure if the Tempo is of any use or not. It is a concept hard drive from Cagnina Design which stores deleted files. When you delete a file on your PC that file is stored in the Tempo drive, just in case you really needed it. Correct me if I’m wrong I actually thought that’s what the recycle bin was for in Windows? The unit does have a nice coffee cup design with blue LEDs that light up as the drive fills up with up to 250 GB of your unwanted data and wirelessly connects to your PC via Bluetooth.

So other than looking rather swish on your desk I’m not too sure if the Tempo actually serves any useful purpose. I also think that sticking a green recycling label on the side of a superfluous piece of power-sucking equipment is probably a tad cheeky. I know its represents ‘recycled data’ but even so guys.

Well, Cagnina Design, your Tempo gets 10 out of 10 for looks, but a big fat zero for usefulness. Unless, of course, someone out there can think of another use for the coffee cup drive? Let me know if you do!

Source: Sci Fi Tech