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This credit card size wireless SSD lets you carry your own cloud server in your pocket!

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The skyBOX is the second most powerful piece of tech you can fit into your pocket, after your smartphone. Designed to be the same dimension as a stack of credit cards, the skybox gives you the power of having your own Wi-Fi enabled cloud server in your pocket. It’s made to be universally compatible, working with any device that supports Wi-Fi connectivity, and comes with up to 4 terabytes of permanent storage. That’s enough to back up 50 smartphones, store millions of photos from your DSLR, or remotely host your own media server with over 5000 movies to choose from. Moreover, the skyBOX is wireless and portable, so you can carry it around in your pocket, accessing data no matter where you are.

The most obvious benefit of having a wireless drive that’s with you anytime is that aside from its convenience, you don’t need to worry about paying hefty monthly subscription fees for cloud storage. The skyBOX comes with 4 storage tiers, ranging from 512GB to the whopping 4TB. Fitted with the latest generation in wifi technology – Wi-Fi 6, the skyBOX allows you to store files on it and retrieve data wirelessly at speeds as high as 900Mb/s. Whether it’s data from your smartphone, tablet, DSLR, or even work laptop, the skyBOX supports multiple device connectivity, giving you the freedom of sharing files between all your Wi-Fi enabled devices. In theory, that means you can edit videos shot from your camera directly on your smartphone or laptop without manually transferring files. You could, in theory, even watch those videos (or movies on your laptop) directly on your wifi-enabled TV.

The skyBOX automatically enables data transfer between any devices within its wifi range, but a simple upgrade turns it into a remote cloud server too, essentially giving you the power to leave the skyBOX at home and access its files from anywhere, right through the skyBOX app. The app even lets you connect to your various cloud drives (Google, iCloud, OneDrive) and works seamlessly across Android, iOS, MacOS, and Windows platforms, giving you complete control over all your data and access to any file on any device.

Designed to be universally compatible, wireless, and weigh just over 6 ounces, the skyBOX is perfect for photographers and videographers, allowing them to cross-share files between their DSLRs, drones, action cameras, and their phones, tablets, and laptops without worrying about cables, dongles, and ports. It’s also a great alternative to paying hundreds of dollars per year to Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Amazon to back up and store your device data. No matter what disk size you opt for (512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB), you pay for it just once, and have complete ownership of and agency over your own data. Besides, I really like the idea of being able to practically carry your own server with you and use it to back your phone/tablet up while you store and watch hundreds of movies on any device for free!

Designer: Ryan

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skyBOX – Credit Card Size Wireless SSD Storage

Skybox is the all-in-one portable SSD storage with built-in wireless connectivity and universal compatibility, ensures effortless streaming and backup of photos, videos, and music files from and to any of your mobile devices, cameras, or drones.

Features & Benefits

Pocket Size – Fit in your pocket or bag easily without any hassle. Great for photographers, videographers, content artists, or general public using smartphones and cameras.

One-touch Backup – Backup SD card/USB with just one click, even without the internet. Extra security for your work and memories.

Edit Anywhere – Edit photos/videos directly from Skybox.

Large Capacity – With up to build-in 4TB capacity.

Wireless Sharing – Connect to multiple devices simultaneously. Share and manage files with the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology.

2200MB/s High-speed Transfer – With USB-C 3.2 Gen 2×2 interface, the maximum transfer speed is up to 2200MB/s.

Skybox Demonstration

One-touch Copy Demo.

Wireless streaming demo.

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Google’s Acquisition Spree Reaches into Space

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Google is often compared to the apocalyptic AI Skynet, but a new acquisition has brought it the closest yet to the oft referenced fictional doomsday computer.

It’s official, Google’s on a buying spree.  The most recent–although still pending regulatory approval–is for the satellite company Skybox Imaging.  The $500 million acquisition marks the 154th acquisition since Google’s inception in 1998 and the 27th acquisition in the last 12 months (that’s an average of more than 2 acquisitions per month for those of us that are counting).

Skybox marks another new territory in the ever growing company, but fits right in with Google’s stable of acquisitions that are assumed to be leveraged in the execution of Project Loon, Google’s initiative to provide internet access to hard to reach–or disaster areas–via weather balloon.

Other project loon acquisitions include Titan Aerospace, which designs and produces high altitude UAVs, which–combined with a company like Skybox Imaging–means Google now owns several layers of the air and sky.  You could even say it creates a sort of net in the sky, like some sort of… Skynet.

Although Google may intend to use the satellites produced by the now-Google-owned Skybox to beam out internet connections,  pre-acquisition Skybox Imaging leveraged its satellites to capture high resolution images and videos of changes to the surface of the earth.  You can see a sample of the work done by Skybox Imaging in the video below (note that as Skybox imaging captures in HD,  the video below does support 1080p playback).

Although much of this is new territory for Google, the video above may remind you of many existing Google services.  Imagine if Google leveraged these satellites to augment Google maps, including real time traffic and weather updates.  Some of this is already handled by other Google acquisitions like Waze, but Waze depends on user gathered data to generate traffic updates.  Traffic in the video above is clearly visible, meaning traffic updates such as accidents or traffic jams will be visible by Google as they happen instead of waiting until the effects are felt by another driver running Waze.

Such an addition to Google Maps will help it to jump ahead of competing mapping and navigation solutions by leaps and bounds.  It also means the images in Google maps will be far more up to date instead of being updated only every couple of years, so any changes from construction on roads or creation of new landmarks could be immediately noted.

Obviously, Google owned satellites in the sky will definitely raise privacy concerns and bring out even more Skynet jokes (as evidenced by this article), but just like Apple’s TouchID or Google Now, most marginally privacy infringing services also bring major benefits to consumers.

We’ll see how many different ways Google chooses to utilize its new satellites and whether it will just use it for Project Loon’s internet distribution plans, or if it will branch out and incorporate the technology with the many other existing Google services, but either way, the sky is literally not even the limit.

Source: Engadget

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