StormFly - Computer On A Wrist Band

KickStarter Friday - Wrist band computer boots as USB device

In the past few years, computers have changed to allow you to boot one up using a USB stick. And it is that simple fact which creates opportunities to leverage that idea in a whole new way. We all know that the memory available on a USB stick continues to grow and today you can put a whole operating system on one. It would be great if you could get one which did that for your family and protected your computer while it was being used.

And that is exactly what StormFly can do for you and is this weeks KickStarter project. It just closed a few weeks back gathering over $120,000 and exceeding the goal which was set. The concept is a simple one and the ease of carrying one will be the key to its success. This looks to be tailored to the family and those who like to play games. When your kids come to the office with you, letting them use your computer could get you an infected computer taking hours to clean up. The StormFly runs its own operating system and does not touch the one on your computer. A great idea in the making.

The StormFly is a USB stick which is running a Linux version and takes over the computer after your plug in the USB and reboot. This USB 3.0 stick comes with 16 GB of storage and after loading the Linux OS on it, there is still plenty of room on it. The great thing about this is that after you have rebooted the computer and StormFly is running, you do not have access to the hard drive on the computer. That means that the underlying hardware is protected from something being deleted or accidentally downloading a file to it. A great idea and with the games that kids play, they can load that onto StormFly and carry it with them. And when not in use, it looks like a brightly colored wrist band.

The StormFly site is up and running which will soon be selling the consumer product for about $60 as they say in the video. These should begin shipping to those who pledged support for the project next month. You can expect to pick up your own StormFly in May or June for this great idea.